Famous Monsters of Filmland 002 1958 Warren Publishing

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PROUDLY PRESENFAMOUS

NUMBER 2OF FILMLAND

1958


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FAMOUS

OF FILMLAND

IN THIS ISSUE

RLD'S FIRST MONSTER CLUB

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EXCLUSIVE

SPECIAL NDFIRST ISSUE SOLD OUT


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a monster is reading this magazineNo, the Monster is not over your left

shoulder.Nor is it anywhere behind you.It is, in fact, YOUProof? Poof The Editor will consider

you a Class A monster if you don't buy hismagazine after he has slaved over it formonths in a hot dungeon . . . and your bestfriends will consider you a monster if youdo buy it. So either way, just like a voodoodollyou're stuckWhv fight it? Asjny friend Frankensteinsaid when he first saw KING KONG: It's

bigger than both of us

FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLANpis the magazine that is wilder, much wilder,because it is fortified with draculosis, thewonder-working miracle drug recommendedby Dr. Jekyll. After being around gather-ing dust for 3000 years, The Mummy just re-newed his subscription for another 300. Hehopes to hold together that long, but if hedoesn't, well, That's the way the Mummycrumbles.

Don't just stand there with your coins inyour claw, pay the man and run screamingin terror. THE MONSTER'S KEEPER


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ITHI5 POOR GAL looks good enough to EAT and all theBEASTIE wants for CHRISTMAS is HER between his TWOFRONT TEETH As the CREATURE from the GUMDROP PLANETpushes through the window to pull the heroine to her fate,he whispers to her: Why don't you FAINT? Then you'llnever feel the PANE


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Jfe FAMOUS ; fc.

f OF FILMLANDAWARDED THE GHOUL MEDAL RIBBON

SOCIETY FOR THE CARE AND APPRECIATIONOF MONSTER5

VOL 1 NO. 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

J. ACKERMANeditor

VICTOR LUCEmanaging editorGEORGE FRENOY

art director

JAMES WARRENpublisher

6 DEAR MONSTER ...Our Goryspondence Department. Cries fromfrom Typewrithers.

8 MONSTERS ARE BADDER THAN EVERGhnulumhia Studios, 20th Century-Wolf,R-K-Oh preview their Production Plans,FBI . . . Spooknik, Son of Sputnik .West ... I Wasn't a Teenage WerewolfCreatures . . . Dracula Slurped HereBeast i N.>i ) Good

wl-Point Pens and Weird Messages

M-G-Monster, Pharaoh-mount andncluding I Was a Thing for the

. The Frankenstein Family Goes. . The Monster Who was Afraid of

'It Ran Outer Spare . . . The,nd Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Vampir

Most Extinguished Citiz

26 THE MONSTER WHO MADE A MANThe Shock Light Falls on The King of the Monsters and Traces the TerrifyingCareer of BORIS KARLOFF.

36 MAD CREATES A HORROR MOVIEWe sent Our Monster over to Mad Magazine where He was able to Stc.-il SomeVery Funny Drawings which We have Reprinted And which Mad will No DoiihtSue Us for.38 GIRLS WILL BE GHOULSWho Said Women Are the Weaker Sex ? Never Underestimate the Powdir >>l ;iWoman Beneath that Mask may Lurk a Vampire, Werewolf or Zombie. This Tells

All about Girls Who have Made Good being Bad Little Monsters44 PUBLIC VAMPIRE #1The Inside Out Story of Tran.sylvfLUGOSI as Revealed by Dr. Acula.56 TERRORVI5ION

Does Your TV Look Different Lately? Do You Ha'Relax You're in the Beast of Company. All MonAeeording to the Latest Ghoullup Poll.64 MONSTERAMA QUIZ

Test Your Memorv and Your Nerves. If You can Answer All the Questions Rightwithout Fainting.'You Win Your Choice of a Date with a Mutant Ladybug or aOne-Way Horrorplane Fright to Karioffornia.

66 MONSTERS OF THE WORLD, UNITEVampires, Zombies and Even Humans are Invited to Join The Only Club in theWorld OF the Monsters BY the Monsters and FOR the Monsters. Don tDelay, Join Today. Become a Vice-President

67 MESSAGE FROM THE MONSTERIGOR, the Editor's Pet Monster, Invites YOU to praise this Issue. (All Criticismswill be Fed to the Hungry Crocodile in the Black Lagoon, along with the Foolswho Dare to send them in ) PRIZES for Beast Letters

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I E. Upssl Street. Philadelphia SO. P*nnn, Printbe incepted for nuojltitad leller*. mMiuscripts. inrt without writtHi n*iiunn from the publiahri


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the letter* were not ereu. Per initonce:WOLF FAN

I am sitting in a cold dark dungeon andwriting this to you by the light of the fullmoon. I must write this quickly as my earshave already begun to grow pointed andfurry and soon . . .

I must tell you that my joy knows nobounds How we monsters have awaitedthe day? when a magazine such as thiswould arrive I bayed at the moon for twohours after I read it

I particularly enjoyed 'Out of This WorldMonsters. Love them photos There areenough science fiction mags on the standsnow. Let '3 have more about monsters,Karloff, Lugosi, Chaney Si', and Jr.

I am 300 years old, and a male monster.You must continue with this projectmake MONSTERS OF FILMLAND amonthly. 1 would surely subscribe ... I. . . agh . . . I . . . would like ... to write. . . more . . . the moon ... my hands . . .my face . . . OWOOOO

Pete LutjensKingston, N. Y.

500.Ed.SCREAMS FROM MADOn behalf of the members of the MAD

staff, a soul-searing shriek of appreciationfor the grand job vou did on FAMOUS MON-STERS. We love it, especially the photocaptions ... in fact the whole magazinereflects an enlightened, wholesome andthought-provoking attitude on the subjectof Monsters, We're all looking forward toanother issue from your Black Pit. Bestwishes to you and your swarming, teemingstaff of nameless beings aswim in thegreenish half light of publishing from theclods at MAD. Niek Megliola

, ohn PutnamJerry De FuccioMAD, New York. N. Y.

HAIRLESS FANI am going out of my mind waiting forthe next issue of your super-fantastical)ygreat magazine Ever since the first issueappeared on our newsstands (they sold out

in two hours) I have been tearing my hairout waiting for Issue #2, and I now looklike a monster myself Let's have more,more. MORE Bob ScherlShaker Heights, Ohio

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MYSTERY SOLVEDThe identification of the unknown LonChaney picture on page 14 of your firstissue is A Blind Bargain, which alsoseems to have been called The Octave ofClaudius, released in 1922. Incidentally,congratulations on a terrific job ... a realValentine from start to finish.Robert BlochTnonk y

We;, Mr. Btoch

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1 paid. OR a luxurious yacht cruiBlack Lagoon. OR the chance toula's daughter ta the Society for thiion of Cruelty to Bat Annual Dance

note: I Editor Ackermarer 700 letters from m P ot the lower right.fl / 1 I I i 11 II LJP P.m. you, nam* ond address dearly, then mail coUPanf ^J I I I I ^J 1 #1 1^,7 with 'he f H payment for all items ordered. We'll^^^ I I ^L ^f ^^^ W*^ W^ 4^^^ poy fhe postage charges. All merchandise guaron-W \ V Lj~ ^^^ * ^W -* \ teed. Sorry, no C.O.D.'s.MONSTER HANDThese colorful rubberilsws fit right over

MONSTfR FOOT

DAGGERInto room wearing tbli diiggir'' amwill faint Made of nunllty rubber, thldevice appenrH aa though the dagger Iright through your head. Price onl:

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MAIL THIS EASY-TO-ORDER COUPON TODAYFAMOUS MONSTIRS, Dapt. MO-31054 tan Upjol StraotPhiladelphia SO, P.nno.

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PA disarming chap is MarvinChicago's WBKB. I begged him t.careful, said his victim just beforeshe fainted, but he assured methere'd be no arm in it.

all monsters like to loo|at people, according tthe latest ghoullup pol

Shock-tales for two, please, James, or-ders Dr. Lucifer as he rises slowly from hiscoffin to greet his WBAL-TV televiewers,the monster fans of Baltimore, Maryland.Tonight we have another spooktacular foryou, announces Milton Budd of WMBD-TV,Peoria, III., the emcee who carries his ownhead around in his hand.Heads I win, tails you lose, cackles

David Allen of WKBN, Youngstown, Ohio,as his own bodiless head addresses the TVaudience from a mysterious mist.

In Cleveland, Ohio, Mad Daddy holds forthon WJW-TV.And in San Francisco, Terrence plays hoston KRON-TV's Nightmare show.Who is your favorite Monster of Cere-monies on the spooky channels?


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MERIDIAN examines the quality of one offans' blood before showtime at Ft. Wayne,WPTA.

is Master of Sca-ymonies on Ft. Worth'sHe's now working on a shrinking device

use on Alaska so Tc ins can keep braggingtheir state is the biggest.

mimiof miamiDown Miami, Florida way a gay ladyknown as Screaming Mimi is the assistant

to Mr. Chuck Zink, the Jekyll-Hyde char-acter in charge of telecasting monster movieson station WTVJ. Mimi is a 5 foot highwitch's head, with wagging jaw thru whosewithered lips ghoulish laughter peals whileher red eyes blink blankly. Mimi's Mr. Zinkwears weird outfits and perches himself atopa casket, from which he sometimes suddenlyflies, remaining suspended in the air whilebloody knives and furry claws rake the spaceclose to his face.

helpIndianap-police The shock troops who flock to the terror-

vision dial in Indianapolis on WISH-TV arescared for awhile before, during and afterthe show by a ghost-host named Selwin.Selwin is said to be the son of the Catwomanand her husband, the Wolfman. When he wasa child he called his Mother mummy, Hisfavorite games as a youngster were Hydeand Go Shriek and Kick the Candle. Hefirst went to kinderghosten, and later atVoodoo U. in Louisiana earned a Bat-chelor's Degree (maggot, cum laude) inPublic Spooking.While attending the funeral of one of his

ex-friends, Selwin met his bride-to-be, Ima-nold Batt, whom he lovingly refers to asBeady Eyes. Like many young couples theyhad great difficulty finding a suitable house... to haunt.

Selwin is very sports-minded, beastballand casketball being his two favorite games.He also adores bowling . . . with humanheads.


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the phantomof ft. wayne

The Hunchback of Notre Doom gets aheadthe program by making a present to the Tarantula girl of KPTV, Portland, Ore.

Crossweird puzzles are the pet pastime ofLondon-born Dr. Meridian. He hostsSHOCK in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, wherewatchers of WPTA tele-channel 21 weekly(and more often weakly) watch him in hislaboratory in the process of conducting- newexperiments such as brain transplantation,the preservation of a human head, and othermouth-watering delights.


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WCAU (in Philadelphia) stands for Weird Crea-tures Attack Undead, and here's Roland, anexcellent example.If things are looking black for host WarrenReed at Seattle's KTNT-TV, that, sez hts assistantFrankie, is because he is kind of a cross-patch.

texas terrorGorgon the Gruesome is the moody man

for the Ft. Worth-Dallas territory on sta-tion KFJZ-TV. He's 29-year-old Bill Cam-field, who bends every effort to create a realmood of horror when he presents NIGHT-MARE. Each show opens with a close-upof Gorgon's eyes, and the audience is warnedthat the following program is devoted tothe pursuit of the unearthly, the terrifying,the shocking. Thunder crashes and the tele-vision eye moves slowly down a long, dimlylit hallway. At the end of the hallway eachweek lies a new surprise, such as:A beating heart, floating in boiling oil

... A man lying strapped to an operatingtable beneath a razor-sharp pendulum swing-ing closer and closer... A chemistry lab with test tubes andbeakers mysteriously mixing themselves

... A full scale graveyard with Franken-stein exhuming a body from a real coffin

. . . Candlesticks and skulls that float abouta morgue, moved by an invisible visitor.

ogre ofOregonA gal named Tarantula Ghoul is the host-

ess with the ghostess on the ball in theHOUSE OF HORROR show telecast fromKPTV in Portland, Ore. Immediately fol-lowing her first show Tarantula wasswamped with- phone calls, telegrams andspecial delivery letters from grade schoolstudents, high school organizations and evencollege fraternities, offering her such titlesand honors as Miss Halloween, The GhoulWe're Most Dying to Meet, Miss GhouldenRule Days, etc.

sinisterseattle-ites

The frightmare fans of Seattle, Washing-ton's KTNT-TV revel in the frantic anticsof Warren Reed and his personal Franken-stein monster, Paul Herlinger. Reed petsrubber snakes that are uncomfortably real-istic, and holds conversations with skullsduring breaks in the beasty pix, while themute Frankie lumbers around the studioplaying with toys and giving his silent ap-proval to stories read from fairy tale booksby his boss.


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TV Host Ma vin claims he needs thiscard like a hole in the head Knifework if you can get it we always say.

Miss Ghoul is a post mortem member ofthe Daughters of the Salem WitchcraftTrials.

She has formed a local chapter of theBlack Cross for instructions in Second Aidaid being: given when First Aid has failed.She lectures on the care and feeding ofinfants, using a live 9 foot boa constrictor asa model.Her studio surroundings consist of the in-terior of the House of Horror, which houseseverything from Frankenstein's laboratoryto King Tut's Tomb, and the exterior, whichis a rundown cemetery.

In real life Taranch, as she's called forshort, is Suzanne Waldron, and she. owns aGreat Dane named Frankenstein who reallyleads a dog's life.

Chicago'sshockerMarvin the Near-Sighted Madman is themonicker of Terry Bennett, Chicago host

of SHOCK on WBKB. Terry has taken tohis role like a ghoul out of a graveAs the myopic madman, each week Mar-vin terrifies his own attractive blond wifeJoy, who scarcely enJoys having her tootsiestoasted, her fingers roasted, her heartstabbed, her brain fried and her tonsilssqueezed for grape juice, but whatcha gonnado when that's the way the monster mum-


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ghost ofhonorRoland, the original Cool Ghoul, is a

real weird host. Philadelphian John Zach-erle plays the Roland role for WCAU-TV'sSHOCK THEATRE and is at constant oddswith his man Friday, Igor and his true love,My Dear. Neither are ever seen, but areheard.When Roland asked each viewer to sendhim 3 hairs from their head so he couldstuff himself a pillow, he got 23,000 en-velopes the day after the announcement con-taining 22,999 human hairs and a promisefrom a bald man to send 3 as soon as hegot his toupee back from the laundromat.

hatched inhollywood

And to think this vogue for vampires asMonsters of Ceremonies all began in thatsuburb of Lugosi Angeles known as Holly-wood when a vamp named VAMPIRAcrawled out of a coffin and into the hearts ofher hearty fans.

Little did she dream what a stake she hadin the futureWhen last seen she was driving thatawayin a black shrouded chariot. Whose? Itlooked like Ben Hearse. #

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YOUR

If you have run your eyeballs carefully ovthe contents of this issue you should be ato answer at least 33 out of the 32 questioin the following test of your knowledgeThings Better Left Unknown. If yousucceed in answering 33 out of the 32 quetions correctly, you had better give up moster movies (a fate worse than death) aconcentrate on arithmetic.

If you get all the questions right, sethe answers by carrion pigeon to the DeLetter Office at Washington, D. C. (Distriof Creatures) and by return mail you wreceive an incredible shrunken ant. {Pleastate whether you wish a red or black antcase you are a winner, and note that no sustitutions such as termites or tarantulas mbe made.) In case of a tie, wear it.

If you miss more than half the questionthat's what you get for just looking at tpretty pictures instead of reading the articlShame on you Turn in your fangs, andchoke-a-cola to quench your thirst tonigh

If you miss ALL the questions, you'refake monster-lover: mail us back this magzine and 50tf, and the 35^ you paid for yocopy will be cheerfully refunded to you.

QUESTIONS1. THE BLACK CAT, THE BLACKBIRD, THE BLACK SCORPION, CREATURE FROM GREENHELL and THE BLACK SLEEP: one of these does not contain black in the title can you detectwhich one?2. Jules Verne's WAR OF THE WORLDS was about an invasion of Earth by terrible creatures fromMars (true or false).3. Walt Disney filmed 20 MILLION LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA. which was written by Jules Vernewith a ballpoint pen the kind that writes under water (true or false).4. GODZILLA'S LITTLE ACRE starred Teena Louise (true or false).5. Lon Chaney Sr. was the son of I.on Chanev Jr. (true or false).6. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN-UPS was filmed in TeehniCola (true or false).7. IT CONQUERED THE WORLD was about (a) a giant gumdrop, (b) a baby jelly-bean, (e) acreature from Venus.8. THE THING inspired what series of detective telefilms? (Clue: Robby the Robot appeared in one

of them.)9. THE SPIDER and THE FLY would make a great double bill (true or false).

10. Orders were given to shoot THE INVISIBLE MAN on siKht (true or false).11. CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN was the sequel to DONOVAN'S BRAIN (true or false).12. THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED was the sequel to GONE WITH THE WIND (true13. DEVIL DOLL was the sequel to BABY DOLL (true or false),14. ALUCARD was about an eripmav and starred Aleb lsogul (frontwards or backwards).15. THE MAGNETIC MONSTER had an iron constitution (true or false).16. Shirley Temple starred in DR. JEKYLL MEETS HEIDI (true or false).17. THE INVISIBLE WOMAN got that wav by using too much vanishing cream (true or false).18. I WALKED WITH A WHITE ZOMBIE starred Curt Siodmak (true or false).19. Richard Matheson wrote THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN but THE INCREDIBLE SHRINK-ING MAN never wrote back (true or false).20. KING KONG has a sequel, THE KONG AND I (true or preposterous).21. THE MAD GENIUS, who was a MAD GHOUL, invited THE MAD MAGICIAN, and THE MADDOCTOR to his MAD HOUSE, where he showed them a copy of MAD (true or mad).22. THE MAN WITH NINE LIVES was the sequel to THE CAT PEOPLE (who's kitten who?)


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imonstersiBob Hope in PALE FACE was a remake of MARK OP THE VAM-PIRE (true or false).The theme song of MIGHTY JOE YOUNG was Gorilla MyDreams (true or falsetto).THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME was about (a) football, (b)getting married, (c) filling out Income Tax, (d) mad Zaroff huntinghuman beings on his secret island.THE MYSTERY OF THE WACS' MUSEUM was about womensoldiers in World War II (true or extremely unlikely).Who found THE ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, (a) Lassie, (b) MobyDick, (c) Sam Boceuti, (d) H. G. Wells.FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND is the most (true).FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND is worth its wait (true).FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND should be on every psychi-atrist's couch (true).FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND is reinforced with vitaminBoo-2-U (how very true).I promise to love, honor and obey FAMOUS MONSTERS OFFILMLAND (good for you ).

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You now hold In your clows the second issueof the ORIGINAL movie monitor mogaiine. Butdid the first Issue somehow slip thru your talons?Don't be a missing link While there is iHII time,get your copy of #1 for only 35*. This Col-lector's Item will no doubt prove to be anprice several years hence if anybody willpart with theirs in 19601FAMOUS MONSTERS Is to popular, even thepublishers hate t sell their copies But weknew how horrible it would be for a monster-

lover not to be able to read all about:The Teenage Girl Who Creoted FRANKEN-

STEIN . . ....What Happened when KING KONGappeared on TV

...The Behind-the-Scene Story of Holly-wood's HOUSE OF HORRORS

... The SCREAM Test

...Alice In MONSTERLAND...How to Ride a NIGHTMARE. . . DRACULA Drinks AgainETC.SoWe offer you this ghaulden opportunity to

pick up the first Issue while there are (till a fewavailable. Trick or treat? With Halloween sonear, it shoud be no trick at all to get someoneto treat you to the first Great Issue of FAMOUSMONSTERS OF FILMLAND.

It's only four bats.Er, bits.

Yes Rush me the ORIGINAL COLLECTOR'SEDITION of FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILM-LAND #1 the mogoiin. no self-respectingmonster would dare be without II I enclose3S for this 63-page Treasure Chest of FAMOUSMONSTERS.NAMEADDRESS _.___CITY ZONESTATEmail to: FAMOUS MONSTERS Dept. A

10B4 E. UPSAL STREET


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HERE'S WHAT YOU'VEBEEN WAITING FOR

HERE'S HOW you can becomea vice-president of the all NEWFAMOUS MOHSfER

Monsters of the World, UniteJoin the only Club in the World OF the Monsters

FOR the Monsters BY the MonstersHere's your chance to enroll for a lifetime (even if you live to be a thousand) in

the original FAMOUS MONSTERS' CLUB, sponsored by this magazine.All new members will receive the following:MEMBERSHIP CARDwallet' size, identifying you as a Vice-President in goodcreeping with International Monsters, Unlimited, better known simply as the > AMUUbMONSTERS' CLUB. Space to sign your name is provided on the card.MEMBERSHIP BADGEa brilliantly colored badge will immediately tell the world

that you are a Member of the FAMOUS MONSTERS' CLUB, with the title of Vice-President boldly printed on the badge.MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE suitable for hunting in your bedroom, rave or dim,proclaiming voui Official Membership. Certi Urate li.its nil the benefits to which you areentitled as a Vice-President of the FAMOUS MONSTERS' CLUB.

Dear Monster:The entire cost of joining the FAMOUS Hurry and sign me up as a Charter Vice-MONSTERS' CLUB is only 75c and this President of the FAMOUS MONSTERS'

brings you your MEMBERSHIP CARD, CLUB I enclose 75v for my membership^OFFICIAL BADGE and CERTIFICATE. card, badge, and official certificate which ,Members may find penpals among other w ,n be mailed to me RIGHT AWAYmembers through our pages (each issuewe'll have a MONSTER PENPAL PAGE). NAMEMembers may also seek or offer items for annBJT'mtrade such as monster photos, mad maga- Auuncaazines, eerie comics, homemade drawings, CITY ZONE.etc. ... (5 free lines of ads per member )JOIN TODAY DON'T DELAY RUSH STATEYOUR 75c BEFORE MIDNIGHT TO-GETHER WITH THE APPLICATION SEND (WITH 75c) TO.FAMOUS MONSTERS' CLUB

1054 E. UPSAL STREETPHILADELPHIA 50, PENNA.


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FRAN KENSTINE, noted collector ofis pleased to note that a magazine

at last appeared that tells his side ofstory. We publish his picture here on ourpage because Fran Kenstine is the kindwho usually has the last word.

(the Editor's pet monster)This is Igor speaking.Thank you for the 2,000,000 letters you

sent me about my fltst issue.But what were the rest of you doing thatyou didn't write?

We'll never get the Post Office out of thered if you don't all get busy and lick astamp.Which were your favorite articles in thisissue? Your favorite pictures? What didyou like least? Would you like to see morecartoons? Would you like to star in aMonster Movie? How much would youHave you joined our Monster Club yet?Why not? (see page 66 for details )And what do you think of our newMonster Mail Order Department onpage 54?We want you to write and tell us justwhat vou want (or don't want) in future

issues of FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILM-LAND. And to make absolutely sure youdon't miss a single exciting issue, fill outthe subscription coupon at the bottom ofthis page and send it in with your letter.Don't forget to send money with it, youfools.

I have some genuine PRIZES for theletters I like best, the ones that tickle myfunnybone most, or are the most help tome in telling my Editor what to put inthe next issue. I will give away absolutely

free:FIRST PRIZE : The Bride of Franken-

stein, rare, blood-curdling 265-page bookimported from Europe about the MostFamous Monster of them all. Twenty-sixspine-tingling chaptersSECOND PRIZE: Fivglossy photographs, one scfive most exciting honor nTHIRD PRIZE: One gof your choice, of any picture in this v.of FAMOUS MONKTKRS OF FILMLAND,autographed to you personally.

Ghoul-bye for now see you next issue.And don't forget to subscribe NOWDon't delay, write today, before your clawsbecome too long,

(signed) IGOR1054 E. UPSAL STREETPHILADELPHIA 50, PENNA.

motion picturene each from theovies ever made

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NAME..PLAY IT SAFE .PLAY IT COOLBE A LIVE ONENOT A GHOUL .GET YOUR FAVORITE ADDRESSMAGAZINE r.TfvCITY.

SUBSCRIPTION DEPT.FAMOUS MONSTERS1054 E. UPSAL STREETPHILA. 50. PENNA.

I enclose two dinky green old dollarsi> RIG hol-otr-Uii'-pn-KM,* issues of FAMOMONSTERS OF FILMLAND. That shring sound in my neighborhood will beshouting for JOY when the postman delimy latest issue


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