Filmfax (1986) comic books 1980-1989

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.