Black Shield Productions 1962 - 1963 Editor: Ron Haydock

Fantastic Monsters ( FanMo ) was

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started by Paul Blaisdell and Bob Burns

in an effort to produce a more mature monster

magazine. Published by Blaisdell and edited by Ron Haydock,

Jim Harmon, Bob Burns and Larry Byrd ( who did the fold-out cover

painting for no. 7 ). Like Castle of Frankenstein, FanMo was more of a

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professionally printed fanzine and had a much lower print run than Famous Monsters

and some others. Popular features included "how-to-do-it" articles by movie FX artist Blaisdell

and the foldout Monster of the Month posters. The covers of issues no. 2 - no. 6 were photos of

Blaisdell creations from movies like The She Creature and IT Conquered the World. FanMo is

one of the best of the 1960s monster mags and tough to find in excellent condition.

COVER GALLERY

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Fantastic Monsters no. 1

Fantastic Monsters no. 2

Fantastic Monsters no. 3

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Fantastic Monsters no. 4

Fantastic Monsters no. 6  Fold-Out Front Cover

Fantastic Monsters no. 5

Fantastic Monsters no. 7  Fold-Out Front Cover Art by Larry Byrd

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FanMo Fold-Out "Monster of the Month"

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Each issue of Fantastic Monsters featured an 11" x 17" color fold-out Moster of the Month poster. The fold-outs in FanMo no. 6 and no. 7 were in the front of the mag, which had a four page spread (on the back of the cover and poster) entitled MonsterScope that featured photos from The Bride of Frankenstein (in no. 6) and King Kong (in no. 7).

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CLICK ON THE COVERS TO SEE THE MONSTER OF THE MONTH POSTER You may need to set your browser to temporarily allow pop-ups in order to see the Monster of the Month posters.

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