March 23, 2015

Castle of Frankenstein No. 15, 1970

The first monster magazine to acknowledge the growing tastes of the genre fans sprouting from little monsterkid acorns was Castle of Frankenstein. CoF provided a more erudite approach to its movie coverage, showcased influential comic book artists, struck a good balance between the old and the new in horror, and realized its readers were–ummm–readers by including book and comic reviews. In this issue, Peter Jon Dyer's All Manner of Fantasies investigates the causes and effects of fantasy and horror films, and Dan Bates sets his sight on Boris Karloff's swan song, Targets.

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The Monster Times Issue 9
May 17, 1972

March 23, 2015 / Magazine Morgue / Leave a Comment

Mar 23 2015

Science Fiction takes over the magazine for issue 9 of The Monster Times, leading off with This Island Earth. Disappointingly, the coverage for this memorable movie is not an insightful review or revealing production history; just a novelization-styled story article. TMT would do this too often. Perhaps it helped save time and money by being easier to do than researching material? Perhaps TMT felt newbies would be enthralled by a detailed literary take on the movie? Whatever the reason, its use was already worn thin by issue 9. Saving this issue from total annihilation is Science Fiction in the Comix, The Making of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the continuation of Mushroom Monsters or: The Day the World Ended & Ended, Part 5. The Monster Market also tests The Monster Fan Club, another one of those cheap items from the magazine ad pages monsterkids wish they still had. (Read issue 9.)