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Fantastic Films (1978) comic books 1978

  • Issue #1
    Fantastic Films (1978) 1
    • Staple rust.

    Vol. 1 #1 in indicia. April 1978 on cover. Subtitled The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in the Cinema, Fantastic Films #1 includes: animating the Star Wars chess sequence, The Ships of Star Wars, Rick Baker interview, Animating the Death Star Trench, Dr. J. Allen Hynek on Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Forerunners of CE3K, The Day the Earth Stood Still retrospective, The Language of Klaatu, Mystery of the Seamless Saucer, The Original Story and the Final Film (of Day the Earth Stood Still), The Gort Effects, How the Earth Stood Still, and The Music that Made the Earth Stand Still. Cover price $2.00.

  • Issue #2
    Fantastic Films (1978) 2
    • Poster centerfold detached but present.

    Vol. 1 #2 in indicia. June 1978 on cover. Subtitled The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in the Cinema, Fantastic Films #2 includes: Mothership Architecture, The Alien Language of CE3K Translated, Kirk Alyn interview, Superman movies preview by Mike Gold, The Powers of Kal-El, The Animated Kryptonian, The Man of the Steel vs. the Cathode Ray article, Superbeings that Almost Were (Superboy and Superpup), 50s bubblegum cards article, The True Origins of Superman, and The Daily Planet. Cover price $2.00.

  • Issue #3
    Fantastic Films (1978) 3

    Vol. 1 #3 in indicia. August 1978 on cover. Spectacular Special Effects Issue. Subtitled The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in the Cinema, Fantastic Films #3 includes: Interviews with Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra (including Galactica photos), R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) and Susan Sackett; Woody Allen on 'The UFO Menace'; the weapons of Star Wars; exclusive Star Trek II photos; alien languages of Star Wars translated. Cover price $2.00.

  • Issue #4
    Fantastic Films (1978) 4

    Vol. 1 #4 in indicia. October 1978 on cover. Subtitled The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in the Cinema, Fantastic Films #4 includes: Ray Harryhausen interview, Metamorphoses (animated film) article, Winsor McCay profile by Mike Gold, Inside Jaws 2, Future Animation by Gold, The Lord of the Rings (animated film) preview, and Greg Jein interview. Cover price $2.00.

  • Issue #5
    Fantastic Films (1978) 5
    • Pedigree: John G. Fantucchio
    • From the John G. Fantucchio collection, but comic does not include a certificate of authenticity.

    Vol. 1 #5 in indicia. Galactica and the art of John Dykstra (interview). Science Fiction on Television. Spock Speaks—Alien Linguistics by Tauna Le Marbe (the Vulcan language translated). Remembering Captain Midnight. SF TV Animation. Feature on The Outer Limits. The Amazing Worlds of Gerry Anderson. A gallery of Ralph McQuarries pre-production paintings for Battlestar: Galactica. 70 pgs. Dec, 1978. Cover price: $2.00. Cover price $2.00.