Well, Monster Kids, all good things must come to an end as they say. Other than a few more from FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND, this weekend I'm posting what I believe is the last monster movie magazine scan from the classic years of the 1960's that I can dig up here in the Mysterious Mansion. Over the last lucky 13 years I've posted a bunch from that period, but sooner or later they simply had to run out at some point.
What better way to close things out than the last issue of MODERN MONSTERS? This was a fine magazine and took things seriously, which makes it stand head and shoulders above many others that found they had to constantly poke fun at the subject in hopes of appeasing the demographic for which they were intended. CASTLE OF FRANKENSTEIN was one of the few exceptions. SHRIEK was another, but MM outdid them both with its excellent production and page layouts. One thing I quite couldn't figure out is publisher Jim Matthew's choice of a title. The contents stuck primarily to monster movies from the past, although one could argue they were all from "modern" times. Maybe it was the fact that he worked out of the Playboy Building in Los Angeles that prompted him to think of something a little more upscale sounding. Who knows?
There's tons of good stuff here by Bob Burns, Don Glut and Ron Haydock: an interview with Glenn Strange; special features on THE INVISIBLE MAN and KING KONG; articles on JACK THE GIANT KILLER, BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS, INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES and an unexpected two-pager on Willis O'Brien's unfinished stop-motion film, THE WAR EAGLE. It was evident that these guys were trying hard to put out a quality product -- too bad in didn't last longer.
MODERN MONSTERS
Vol. 1 No. 4
October-November 1966
Prestige Publications
Publisher and Editor: Jim Matthews
Assistant Editor: Don Glut
Art Director: Larry Byrd
Staff Photographer: Tony Stuart
Cover: Larry Byrd
Pages: 88
Cover price: 50 cents
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