Castle of Frankenstein #18, Part 1!
waffyjon.blogspot.com 6/3/2009 — Time to start looking at a new monster magazine! And we're looking at Castle of Frankenstein #18, from 1972. The front cover painting, "Mad Medico, Maiden & Monster" was painted by Ken Kelly. Page 2 (the inside front cover) featuress "Barr's Bestiary #1," a new feature for the magazine, ...

Castle of Frankenstein #18, Part 5!
waffyjon.blogspot.com 7/1/2009 — Page 28 of Castle of Frankenstein #18 features Frankenstein Mini-Reviews, and the movies covered are "Light at the Edge of the World" ("action-filled" Verne adaptation), The Omega Man (rave review, longer than any other review in this issue), "The Return of Count Yorga" ("very good sequel"), ...

Castle of Frankenstein #12, Page 37!
blog-of-frankenstein.blogspot.com 9/20/2009 — Here's the last page of a tribute to Basil Rathbone from issue 12 of Castle of Frankenstein, my favorite monster mag that I've been able to afford to buy back issues of! If you want to read the full article, you can click on the picture above, and if you follow the Flickr links right, you ...

Castle of Frankenstein #18, Part 6!
waffyjon.blogspot.com 7/8/2009 — Pages 36 through 40 of Castle of Frankenstein #18 talk about the movie "Tales From The Crypt," based on the classic EC comics! So, the beginning of the article says that Arnold Friedman called CoF to say that Charles W. Fries from Metromedia need some old horror comics of the 1950s, and ...

Castle of Frankenstein #18, Part 3!
waffyjon.blogspot.com 6/17/2009 — Pagefs 14 and 15 were about the movie "The House That Dripped Blood," and feels like as much of a filler as the earlier "Mephisto Waltz" pages. Then, starting on page 16, an article about "El Topo," and... I have no idea why that movie is being covered in this magazine. Anyway, ...

Castle of Frankenstein 2000 Yearbook!
blog-of-frankenstein.blogspot.com 11 days ago — The Blog of Frankenstein is your daily destination for vintage Frankenstein-related goodies, including posters, lobby cards, stills, toys, and other coolness! And yes, I know that Frankenstein was the doctor, and not the monster... but the term has become such common use thanks to toys and the ...

Halloween Horrors Day 4 - Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
david-z.blogspot.com 10/4/2009 — How many monster movies open on angry villagers slinging torches at a snarling monster? More than a few I would wager. In how many of these films is the monster a classic Flintstones style caveman?? I'd bet it is just one, FRANKENSTEIN'S CASTLE OF FREAKS is just that movie. A deranged bit of ...

Castle of Frankenstein #26 Cover!
blog-of-frankenstein.blogspot.com 5/7/2009 — The first issue of the revived monster magazine... on Random Acts of Geekery, I've been known to post scans of this mag, as well as other monster mags!

Castle of Frankenstein #18, Part 8!
waffyjon.blogspot.com 7/22/2009 — And we're up to page 48 of Castle of Frankenstein #18, finishing up the letters page! Letters here were from Sammy Shapiro of Charlotte, NC, and Robert Campbell of Tiverton, RI. The page also has an ad for the 7-reel version of the Phantom of the Opera for $67.95 plus postage. The Headitorial ...

Castle of Frankenstein #16, Part 2!
waffyjon.blogspot.com 10 days ago — This time around, we're looking at the article on "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth"! So, on the left-hand page, as you can see, there's a full-page shot of star Victoria Vetri, along with some brief info on her. Page 13 features cast and production credits on the film, as well as a very ...