Includes bibliographical references (page 227) and index.
Contents:
Preface : monsters-- unleashed! -- Introduction : four-color fiends -- Monster movie madness -- Creepy monsters, eerie zombies, and generally undead no-goodniks -- Invasion of the vampires, or, Bat's enteratinment! -- Conan the franchise : monsters, muscles and maidens -- Thrilling savage adventure tales : the bloody pulps -- Crazy kung fu apes fight space wars, or, Jump on in, the bandwagon's fine -- The new breed : illustrated horror, science fiction and fantasy -- Appendix : publications by category : comic books ; movie monster magazines ; black-and-white magazines.
Summary:
"This work provides an overview of monster magazines from the 1950s to the 1970s. The term "monster magazine" for the purposes of this study is used to describe both magazines that focus primarily on popular horror movies and magazines that contain stories featuring monsters which are illustrated in comic book style but printed in black and white"--Provided by publisher.
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