The Monster Times 1972-75

A big favourite with horror fans, The Monster Times ran for 44 issues and 3 Specials, between January 1972 and November 1975. So, Portrait of a Mutant presents another visual trip down memory lane with some covers from the first 12 issues.

 

Movie Monsters Magazine - Cover Gallery

A glance back at the short lived 'Movie Monsters' mag, published in 1974/5, lasting only four issues before folding.

 

Judge Death Lives!

Recently, I've begun trawling back through my old 2000AD's, from what I think is the comic's 'golden age' (progs 200-400). Having not done this for a couple of years, I was delighted to find that they are still holding up after thirty-odd years. There really was some incredible stuff published back then: Classic Dredd, Nemesis The Warlock, Strontium Dog, Rogue Trooper - All hitting the peak of their powers during the early to mid 1980's. but nothing brings back the memories of an eleven year old me flooding back like the astonishing 2000AD artwork of Brian Bolland, perhaps the best artist to ever work on Dredd.

So with that in mind, here are the two Bolland covers for the classic Judge Death story, 'Death Lives' from progs 224 and 225. (The story ran in progs 224-228) along with a couple of pages of art that ought to have you digging through your back progs immediately! Thrill Power Overload, indeed!

 

 The three brothers of Judge Death, Judges Fire, Fear and Mortis come to Mega City One to rescue him and are pursued by Dredd and Anderson as they make their escape to their own dark dimension; 'Deadworld', where (apparently) they are destroyed.

Monsters of the Movies - Cover Art

Everyone is familiar with the incredible artwork by Basil Gogos on Forrie Ackerman's FMF, but Monster Mags exploded after the launch of that magazine leading to some fantastic Monster Art over the years!

 Here are the covers to all nine of Curtis Magazines 'Monsters of the Movies' from 1974/5

Dracula A.D. 1972 - Posters

Dracula AD 1972 is probably my favourite Hammer film. That said, it's not even close to being the best film the studio produced, but I have an enormous soft spot for it as it was the first Hammer film I remember seeing on TV as a kid. I've not been the same since and as the decades roll by, I remain an Hammer film obsessive.