THIS ONE'S A THRILLER, TOO!

Taking a cue from Boris Karloff's intro from his horror/suspense TV show, I present this nicely done fanzine from 1972 published by Jerry Weddle out of New York. Behind the cover by Bill Nelson you'll find a retrospective of Terrence Fisher's Hammer horror films and features on rare fantasy movies, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, and "Gone, But Not Forgotton", a guest editorial by Robert Bloch.

RARE MOON MONSTER POSTER

Up for auction is this rarity from the pages of comic book advertising. It's unlikely that anyone reading comics in the early 1970's didn't come across the ad to join "The Monster Club". For a mere buck you got quite a bit of stuff including photos, masks and this poster.

What struck me as odd is that there is an obvious difference between this poster and the one from earlier years. Perhaps they sold out of the first one and upgraded it. Any ideas?

Old and new posters side-by-side.

The poster is estimated to bring in $1,000-$2,000.

Read more about the Moon Monster HERE.

MONDAY IN MONSTERVILLE

More monster mirth from the brush of Hal Sherman in Dell's one-shot humor magazine, MONSTERVILLE (1962).

GORGO RETURNS FROM THE DEEP!

I don't know about you but Gorgo is one of my favorite giant monster movies. Like Godzilla, Gorgo is a product of "suitmation" and great care was taken to "animate" both mother and baby Gorgo by building the sets to exacting scale for more realism. Named after the Greek gorgon Medusa, Gorgo was first slated to be set in Japan, then France, then Australia and finally the production execs settled on England. It got pasted in the UK press when it was released, but who listens to critics anyway!

If I had an extra coupla hundred bucks I'd probably spring for this. It would make a nice desktop conversation piece, don't you think?

Gorgo' Limited Edition 13" Mother Statue

Retail price: #179.99

Here's a really unique item a 13" x 20" long Mother GORGO  that comes fully assembled and painted ready for display packaged in a full color graphic Box!  Only 500 are made worldwide.

For a hundred dollars less you can get this limited edition Gorgo vinyl action figure. No info on how tall, but I bet it's not 13". What's cool about this is it comes with a baby Gorgo.

Gorgo Comic Limited Edition Vinyl Figure

Retail price: $79.99

The perfect addition to your Gorgo collection! This new paint app is meant to represent the amazing artwork found in the 1961 Charlton Comics illistrated by Steve Ditko. The highly detailed sculpt comes with 26 points of articulation like the original Gorgo. Along with the main Gorgo figure you will get the baby Gorgo in matching light green paint. This re-release is limited to 500 pieces and expect this to sell out quickly don’t miss out!

And to top it off, wouldn't you know it but the next issue of Charlton's GORGO comic book series features both mother and baby Gorgo!

Read the first 8 issues HERE.

GORGO

Vol. 1 No. 9

October, 1962

Charlton Comics Group

Cover: Joe Sinnott; Vince Colletta

Editor: Pat Musulli

Script: Joe Gill?

Art: Joe Sinnott; Vince Colletta; Bill Molno

Pages: 36

Cover price: 12 cents