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Cover of Issue #4

Stoner's Monster Mayhem #4 (Fall 1996)

Page 1 (Cover): Ben Chapman as the Gillman in THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON!

Page 2: Maniac Sketchpad by Terry L. Doubleday. He sketched a great rendition of Sam Scare of Scary Monsters fame holding a copy of the SMM Fanzine and stating that "Stoner keeps getting better and better!"

Page 3: SMM Credits, Table of Contents & an editorial From the Editor.

Page 4: Maniacal Mail - Letters from fellow Maniacs. Includes a letter from myself discussing a new contest to get more club members!

Page 5: Maniacal News: A Closer Look... News about the new Elvira Trading Cards that were produced by Comic Images and available from Stoner's Monster Mayhem; a new Universal Monster Trading Card Set from Kitchen Sink also to be available from Stoner's Monster Mayhem!; Article Deadlines; A new Aurora Dracula reproduction model kit to be available with the original box art.

Page 6: Happy 80th Birthday Uncle Forry! Top Ten List of how FJA became The Ackermonster from the bizarre mind of...Richard Stoner.

Page 7 - 8: Maniac Monster File: The Gillman: Article about The Creature From the Black Lagoon and all of the other Gillman sequels.

Page 9: Faces of the Gillman - photos of the Gillman from the different movies.

Page 10 - 12: Ben Chapman - The Original Creature From the Black Lagoon: article about Ben Chapman and his portrayal of the Gillman in THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON!

Page 13 - 15: How to Make a Monster - From Aurora to Monster Modelfest -or- How to meet a Monster: An obsession with plastic, leads to a meeting with Stoner by Charles Kuphal: article about model kit building and the Monster Modelfest Convention that took place in August 1996 in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Page 16 - 20: The Mayhem Maniac - Part II: a comic by Terry L. Doubleday.

Page 21: Universal Monster Pogs by Richard Olson - article about these (hard to collect a complete set) items; Maniac Joe Morton's artwork.

Page 22: The Maniacal Adventures of Dustin Jablonski (a.k.a. Dr. Monster) - a look back at some of his Maniacal childhood adventures.

Page 23: Maniacal Birthdays: Henry Hull, Julia Adams, Beverly Garland, Bela Lugosi, Elsa Lanchester, Ben Chapman, Michael Landon, Claude Rains, Boris Karloff, Rex Reason, Paul Wegener.

Page 24: Maniac Jim's Movie Trivia - the winner will win 10 Maniac Dollars to use toward purchases from Stoner's Monster Mayhem and a personally signed autographed photo of Ben Chapman as the Gillman!

Page 25: Maniac Monster Club Members; Next Issue; Classified Ads - an example: (Looking for......myself. Please respond if you know of my whereabouts. Dr. Griffin, The Invisible Man.)

Page 26: SMM Back Issues; Photo of Drag-u-la (one of the Munsters vehicles) stating "DON'T BE A DRAG! BE A STONER!"

Page 27: Photo of Ben Chapman as the Gillman stating "Be a Stoner! How do you think my Lagoon became Black!"

Page 28 (Back Cover): BE A STONER! JOIN THE MANIAC MONSTER CLUB!: Ad and coupon to do just that!


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