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The Monster Times Issue 20
March 1973

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Jan 5 2016

Star Trek stays alive in issue 20 of The Monster Times. An episode guide, coverage of the book adaptations by James Blish, a fan clubs yellow pages, and a smashing Keep on Trekkin' pullout centerfold make this an all warp speed issue. Toss in Karloff's The Mask of Fu Manchu and a look at the stage play, Warp, with costumes designed by Neal Adams, and you've got your typical TMT smattering of 1970s pop culture nirvana. Warp began in 1971 at the Illinois Organic Theatre Company before moving to Broadway in 1973. A science-fantasy trilogy and space opera, it circulated before Star Wars hit the big screens in 1977.

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Mexican Lobby Card:
The Ship of Monsters (1960)

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Jan 2 2016

Women and monsters: What would horror and science fiction be without them? Here’s the minimalist Mexican lobby card for La Nave De Los Monstruos.

Mexican Lobby Card:
Tarzan’s New York Adventure (1942)

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Dec 31 2015

My favorite Johnny Weismuller Tarzan movie: Tarzan's New York Adventure. This Mexican lobby card shows him enjoying the luxury of indoor plumbing.

Mexican Lobby Card:
Down Dakota Way (1949)

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Dec 31 2015

Here's a wholesome Mexican lobby card for Roy Roger's Down Dakota Way. Note how Trigger, his horse, gets top billing above Dale Evans and Pat Brady. I bet they worked for hay too. I was never a big fan of Rogers, mostly of Gene Autry (the Singing Cowboy). Don't forget it was Autry who gave us Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Of course, the rest is history.

Mexican Lobby Card:
Tarzan’s Secret Treasure (1941)

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Dec 31 2015

I've probably seen every Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movie at least four times. They'd pop up every weekend on local television (Sunday, I recall), along with Abbott and Costello movies. In this one, the natives truly are restless, causing much mayhem for Jane and Boy. I hear a new reboot of the Tarzan storyline is coming from Hollywood. I'm sure they'll muck it up with the usual flair for petulant-scripting you get from writers unfamiliar with how to handle a particular genre. Like jungle movies. Back in the 1940s, there was an aura of mystery and danger you could play with. Today, if Tarzan's not carrying a cell phone and selfie-stick, I'd wonder what the hell was wrong with him.

Mexican Lobby Card:
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

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Dec 31 2015

Caught this movie for the first time during a Famous Monsters Convention (I think it was an FM con) back in the 1970s. Hilarious movie. Photography and scenes are splendid.

Mexican Lobby Card:
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954)

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Dec 31 2015

It's the buccaneer's life for me in 2016. Swinging around the yardarm all day. Clinging tightly to platinum blond slave girls (with impeccable couture) while wielding my rapier with deft and deadly aim. And you get to wear awesome high boots and poofy shirts with floppy sleeves to work. Perfect.

Mexican Lobby Card: Tarzan Escapes (1936)

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Dec 30 2015

Here's the beautifully illustrated Mexican lobby card for Tarzan Escapes (1936), La Fuga De Tarzan.

Mexican Lobby Card:
Los Hermanos Del Hierro (1961)

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Dec 30 2015

One of the most evocative Mexican lobby cards I've seen, Los Hermanos Del Hierro is mesmerizing in its direct simplicity and expressive illustration. Does it remind you of a Night Gallery painting like it does for me?

Mexican Lobby Card:
El Hombre Que Logro Ser Invisible

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Dec 30 2015

What confounded me when watching James Whale's The Invisible Man was how the formula ingested wasn't invisible itself. How could simply drinking a concoction turn you invisible? The 1940's The Invisible Woman side-stepped that by having the invisibility process induced by a machine designed by a slightly eccentric professor (John Barrymore). This imaginative Mexican lobby card is for 1958's Invisible Man in Mexico (aka The New Invisible Man), El Hombre Que Logro Ser Invisible.

Mexican Lobby Card: Bride of the Gorilla (1951)

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Dec 30 2015

Must have been a hell of a wedding. Here's another shameless example of exploitative promotion. You never see guys in ripped clothing lying unconscious in some big ape's arms do you? Here's the pressbook.