An amazing Spider-Man centerfold poster caps this 13th issue of TMT. The Amazing Colossal Goof? points out some blunders in the movies we love, and an interview with John Romita, conducted by Gerry Conway, makes this a fun, mostly comics, issue. The blood lust also continues with Brides of Blood and Brain of Blood. Oh, and horror host Seymour dares to keep Captive Wild Women.
(Read The Monster Times issue 13)
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In this issue more Apes coverage with a behind the scenes look at Planet of the Apes, Gorgo discovers The Monster Times, The Steranko History of Comics is reviewed, TMT apologizes for screwing up ownership of the naughty I Drink Your Blood and I Eat Your Skin (while continuing to go rabid over both movies), and horror host Seymour appears again.
(Read The Monster Times issue 12)
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Thousands of fans showed up for the 1974 International Star Trek Convention at the American Hotel. By 1976, three Star Trek conventions ran in New York within a two-month period (fancyclopedia). I attended the Al Schuster convention at the New York Hilton, which attracted tens of thousands of fans (upwards of 50,000!). I waited on line for hours but did manage to get in, although thousands didn't. It was disorganized and not planned well at all. The convention was investigated by the New York Attorney General because many ticket holders couldn't get in. Most memorable moment for me: William Shatner getting a cream pie tossed his way by a kid who was goaded into doing it as a joke. Shatner handled it all like a pro and the audience ate it up.
This is the blue cover, newsstand, edition of the Star Trek Lives collector's issue. The Monster Times also published a grey cover edition that was available only at the convention.
(Read The Monster Times Star Trek Lives Collectors' Issue 2)
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At 17.5 x 22 inches, and 10 pages, this movie pressbook for Konga is almost as big as he is! I want the Konga bank and the coloring page looks like fun. (Read the pressbook)
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This Curse of the Cat People Mexican lobby card is more melodramatic and intense than the movie. And no, there is no cowering, clothes-challenged, female victim in the movie. Sorry to disappoint you.
The Famous Monsters 1975 Convention is the one monster convention I’ll never forget. Seeing Peter Cushing in person was a blast. It was and still is the highlight of my monsterkid adventure.
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The Mexican lobby card for Hell's Headquarters (1932). Lots of color, violence, and, of course, the requisite semi-clothed female victim to spice things up. But only on the lobby card. I don't think the movie is as exciting.
The Mexican lobby card for The Adventures of Superman television show.
This Mexican lobby card for La Selva Perdida certainly conveys a strong sense of danger. I like the understated gorilla lurking in the background. It's not a jungle movie without gorillas lurking about, ready to steal away any unfortunate woman they find alone.
Here's what grabbed my attention to this Mexican lobby card for Mercenarios De Las Llamas: the inset scene. Take a wild guess as to where THAT scene is from. It certainly isn't from this movie. Here's a hint: it's a classic science fiction movie.
With Eerie Publications not one to waste artwork dollars, the cover for volume 5, issue 4, of Terror Tales combines covers from Tales from the Tomb, August and October issues from 1970. So if you think it's a bit incoherent you're thinking right. In this issue, splendidly murky and swirling panels from Reynoso makes Ghoulish Feast a moody read. Pool of Horror, which leads off this issue, is also good, albeit with word balloons like "There's something evil in the air, I can feel it!" it is a tad contrived. The Swamp Devils hunger for revenge as the Harrabys can't escape their doom, and creatures that look like human moles in Doom Creatures are oblivious to fire and bullets, but not barium! (Say, wasn't barium salts the poison used on Frank Bigelow in the 1950 noir classic, D.O.A?)
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