Filmfax (1986) comic books 1984-1991

Jan/Feb 1986. Space Patrol - live SF TV from the '50s - behind the scenes with the original cast & crew; actor Dick Miller - his early years with Roger Corman; Bowery Boys - director tells it like it was; cult films - Tobor the Great, Plan 9 from Outer Space; Trivia Trix - super quiz; videos reviewed. Cover price $2.95.

Invaders From Mars - the '53 classic vs. the '86 remake; exclusive Gumby interview; Tobe Hooper on new Invaders; Space Patrol (part 2) - continuing the saga; Charles Lamont on directing Abbott and Costello; Gumby animator art; Clokey interviewed; The Lost City - cult serial. Cover price $2.95.

Features in this issue include: retelling of Bela Lugos's life as told by his widow; article on director Reginald LeBorg; article and interview on Jonathan Frid of Dark Shadows fame; a piece on comedy horror films; the gimmicky films of William Castle; video reviews (including 1941 Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde) by Tom Weaver; and more. Bela Lugosi cover art painted by Barbara Fister-Liltz. Cover price $2.95.

Oct/Nov 1986. "The Men in the Grey Rubber Suit" - radiations, mutations & other 'B' movie monsters from the fabulous '50s; stuntman Ricou Browning remembers being The Creature from the Black Lagoon; producer Alex Gordon on The She-Creature; Beverly Garland on The Alligator People; Robert Clarke on The Hideous Sun Demon. Cover price $2.95.

Features in this issue include: retrospective of the original The Fly trilogy plus look at Cronenberg remake; Bill Warren on giant bug movies; behind-the-scenes feature on Them!; interview with A.I.P.'s Jonathan Haze; article on various incarnations of Little Shop of Horrors; letter by future Filmfax contributor David Hogan; and more. Cover painting of Little Shop of Horrors is by Barbara Fister-Liltz. Cover price $2.95.

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Beverly Garland recalls her early years as 'Queen of the 'B' Movies'; the 'Cult Films' of Ed Wood, Jr.; the best of the worst 'B' movie classics; actress Yvette Vickers; AIP's Charles B. Griffith; friends of Ed D. Wood, Jr.; Forrest J Ackerman on Elsa Lanchester; gimmick films; video reviews. Cover price $2.95.

Features in this issue include: a letter by Fred Olen Ray; article on Seven Footprints to Satan by legendary Famous Monsters editor Forrest J Ackerman; feature in Lugosi and Karloff in The Black Cat; article on The Vampire Bat (starring Fay Wray and Lionel Atwill); articles on Curse of the Demon and The Haunting; and more. Photo cover depicts Boris Karloff from The Black Cat. Cover price $2.95.

Features in this issue include: letter by Michael J. Weldon (author of The Psychotronic Encyclopedia); feature on movies that never got made by Famous Monsters icon Forrest J Ackerman; article on Mikel Conrad (The Flying Saucer); feature on Toho Studio's Battle in Outer Space; article on Earth vs. the Flying Saucers; "The Three Stooges in Orbit"; and more. Photo cover is from Battle in Outer Space. Cover price $2.95.

Features in this issue include: anecdotes on Dick Miller during the Roger Corman years; interviews with various cast members of Space Patrol; feature on Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space; family and friends share memories of Ed Wood; feature on kids' SF films of the 1950s; behind-the-scenes and cast interviews from The Adventures of Captain Marvel; remembrance of One Glorious Day by Forry Ackerman; and more. Cover photo depicts Tor Johnson of Plan 9 from Outer Space. Cover price $4.95.

Features in this issue include: Bob Hope interview; Robert Stack on "colorization" of films; article on I Married a Monster from Outer Space; piece on horror westerns; piece on Allison Hayes (Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman); conversation with Gumby creator Art Clokey; and more. Cover photo depicts Bob Hope in The Ghostbreakers. Cover price $4.95.

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Features in this issue include: review of video The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal; letter from genre expert Donald F. Glut; article on Edgar Ulmer's Detour; article on actor Tom Neal (Detour); recollection of The Three Stooges by Moe Howard's daughter; feature on musical comedy Just Imagine; life and times of George "Superman" Reeves; and more. Cover montage highlighted by poster art of Detour. Cover price $3.50.

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The Fantasy Films of Edgar G. Ulmer featuring The Man from Planet X. An Interview with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. on Early Hollywood. Forrest J Ackerman on The Bat Whispers, a Golden Age Mystery. Looking Back at Tod Brownings Freaks, a Controversial Horror Classic. Virginia Karns recalls Laurel & Hardy from Babes in Toyland. Stan Laurels daughter Lois Laurel Hawes remembers her dad. How Edgar Rice Burroughs Jungle Girl became a Nyoka Serial. Book and movie reviews. 66 pgs. Oct, 1988. Cover price: $3.50. Cover price $3.50.

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Features in this issue include: article on horror hosts and hostesses; feature on The Gorilla (starring TheRitz Brothers); "The Private Life of Boris Karloff"; interviews with Jack Larson and Phyllis Coates (for a 50th anniversary Superman feature); Curt Siodmak article and interview (part one); piece on One Step Beyond; and more. Cover montage highlighted by photo of Boris Karloff at the premiere of House of Rothschild. Cover price $3.95.

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Features in this issue include: John Carradine's final interview; horror host Zacherle interview; feature on Peter Lorre in Mad Love; Veronica Carlson interview; part two of Curt Siodmak interview; "Johnny Weissmuller as Jungle Jim"; "Deputy Seraph: Marx Bros. Lost Sitcom"; and more. Photo cover depicts Grouch, Harpo, and Chico Marx. Cover price $4.95.

Features in this issue include: Ken Tobey article and interview; Mel Blanc article and interview; part one of detailed history on Monogram Pictures; feature in The Adventures of Robin Hood; and more. Cover montage highlighted by Mel Blanc surrounded by Looney Tunes characters. Cover price $4.95.

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Aug 1989. The complete history of Batman on film & television, including the serials, TV shows, feature films, plus rare photos & interviews; the amazing lost worlds of Willis O'Brien; Zach's back on 'Z-TV!'; Carnival of Souls - surrealistic horror from director Herk Harvey; Colossus of New York - actor Ross Martin remembered; poverty row horror - from Bela Lugosi to Rondo Hatton; confessions of a Hollywood gorilla - Steve Calvert, simian stuntman; interviews wth TV Batman Adam West, Batgirl Yvonne Craig, 'Batwriter' Stanley Ralph Ross; profile of Selar Shaik Sabu; the films of PRC (Producers Releasing Corporation). Cover price $4.95.

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Features in this issue include: feature on Forry Ackerman selling his collection; article on Science Fiction Theatre; article on The Angry Red Planet; "Glamour Girls from Outer Space"; director Ed Berns on Queen of Outer Space; interview with Richard Webb (Captain Midnight); "Director Robert Wise Remembers The Day the Earth Stood Still"; and more. Photo cover is from Science Fiction Theatre. Cover price $4.95.

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Features in this issue include: letter by John Landis; article about genre films with the brain as a theme; lengthy feature on The Monster of Piedras Blancas; interview with screenwriter Robb White (who worked for William Castle); article on detectives in horror films; and more. Gorgeous cover photo from The Monster of Piedras Blancas. Cover price $4.95.

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Rocky Jones, Space Ranger - classic 1950s sci-fi television; Barbara Steele - her career in profile; Arthur Lake - Blondie's Dagwood; The Thief of Bagdad (silent) - go behind-the-scenes with the special effects wizards of 1924. Cover price $4.95.

Lon Chaneys last interview. Part two of Rocky Jones, Space Ranger feature. Jocko Mahoney interview. Feature on Evelyn Ankers. Robert Campbell remembers working with Roger Corman. Hazel Court interview. Henry MacRae: The Man Who Would be Serial King. Rocky Jones Bios: The Bad Guys. Rocky Jones episode guide. 98 pgs. May, 1990. Cover price: $4.95. Cover price $4.95.

Features in this issue include: interview with makeup artist Harry Thomas; "A Complete History of Dick Tracy" part one; feature on TV's Men into Space; part two of Lon Chaney Jr. article; remembrance of the late Wendayne Ackerman by husband Forry; and more. Cover photo is from Men into Space. Cover price $4.95.

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Features in this issue include: feature on Abbott & Costello monster movies; article on "sword and sandal" actor Steve Reeves; part two of "A Complete History of Dick Tracy"; article and interview of Laurette Luez; article on I Was a Teenage Werewolf (includes interviews with director Gene Fowler, Jr. and actor Whit Bissell); and more. Cover photo is of Michael Landon as the Teenage Werewolf. Cover price $4.95.

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Features in this issue include: feature on teenage genre movies; "The Amazing Life of Mamie Van Doren"; Huntz Hall interview; Sylvia Sydney interview; feature on Prehistoric Women; and more. Cover photo shows a ravishing Mamie Van Doren. Cover price $4.95.

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Features in this issue include: commentary on Santa Claus Conquers the Martians; Jimmy Stewart interview (!); feature on Babes in Toyland; Charlton Heston interview; and more. Photo cover shows Heston working with Cecil B. DeMille. Cover price $4.95.

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Features in this issue include: piece on The Phantom of the Opera (Chaney version) laserdisc; article on Lon Chaney/Tod Browning collaborations; interview with Marx Bros. costar Allan Jones; "Frankie Thomas Remembers being Tom Corbett Space Cadet"; interview with Eli Wallach; interview with composer Albert Glasser; and more. Cover photo is of Harpo Marx. Cover price $4.95.

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Features in this issue include: "Remembering Johnny Eck" (of Freaks fame); article and interview of Donald Duck voice actor Clarence "Ducky" Nash; producer Sid Pink remembers The Twonky; feature on The Soupy Sales Show; lengthy Rondo Hatton article by Fred Olen Ray; piece on John Wayne's work for Monogram; Sam Arkoff interview; article on blacklisted actor Lionel Stander; and more. Cover photo shows Clarence "Ducky" Nash. Cover price $4.95.

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Features in this issue include: interview with Rhino Video's Johnny Legend; "Cycle Cinema"; Russ Tamblyn interview; interview with producer Sam Sherman, conducted by Tom Weaver; and more. Cover shows Russ Tamblyn on wheels. Cover price $4.95.

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Russ Meyer on 'sexploitation'; Tura Satana - The Astro-Zombies; complete Thrill Killers - pressbook reproduced inside; Les Mohr - behind-the-scenes with Rockin' Rocketeers; exploitation experts expound on ethics of excess. Cover price $4.95.

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Features in this issue include: article on Fess Parker; "The Life and Films of Ivan Tors"; interview with Rose Hobart (of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde fame); part one of feature on the Boris Karloff-hosted television series Thriller; part one of article on comic talents Wheeler & Woolsey; article and interview of Wheeler & Woolsey costar Dorothy Lee; and more. Cover photo is of Boris Karloff's Thriller. Cover price $4.95.

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Features in this issue include: "Bela Lugosi in Black Dragons" by Tom Weaver; article and interview of Clayton Moore (The Lone Ranger); "Behind the Scenes with Richard Derr" (of When Worlds Collide fame); part two of Wheeler & Woolsey article; article on H. Rider Haggard film adaptations; article and interview of Marie Windsor; part two of Thriller article; and more. Cover photo depicts Lugosi in Black Dragons. Cover price $4.95.