THIS ISSUE DEDICATED TO
HAKALA HODSON
—a devoted filmonster fanne
who has pleased the Acker-
monster With contributions
above & beyond the kala"
duty Hakala is a nurse—
which is a good thing to keep
in mind it Ye Old Ed is expect-
ed to maintain his health till
1984 in order to turn out that
200th issue'
MAE DAY
To those who put down Mae
Clarke just because they
didn't see anything about
animation in the 100th issue
—for your information Mae
Clarke along With the little
flower girl are probably the
only living people to have any-
thing to do Wlth that classic
film FRANKENSTEIN
STEVEN DHUEY
Milwaukee. Wisc.
*Michael Marks, the actor who portrayed Little Maria's father, is still happily with us. He got a standing round of applause at the 2d Fantasy Filmcon (covered in this issue).
THOUGHTS ON CHANEY
After reading the article
"Tears for Chaney" I believe
rather than exploiting an ac-
tor's death FM exploits his
life and I would be one of the
angriest fans if it did not continue
to do so FM would have no appeal
to me if it did not delve into the lives
& careers of the greats—Karloff.
Lugosi. Chaney Sr, Jr. & many otrers
JAMES E PATTON
Chillicoth, Ohio
WANTED! More Readers Like
PAULA GLENNA ENGLISH
PRAISE FOR "PICTORIAL
HISTORY"
WOW, have I found a book!
Get ready - the title "A Pic-
torial History of Horror Mov-
ies" by Denis Gifford. This
book has everything from
Bats to Zombies It has great
color and black-&-white pic-
tures & posters I like it most-
ly because there's not 2 pages
with just writing, on almost
every gage there's a picture
In the ibliography the Editor
of the book reveals that he
studied under the great editor
of FM. 5 of his marvelous
books plus the original mon-
ster mag itself FM.
WAYNE SIEMS
Lombard, Ill.
* This is an extremely popu-
iar book which your editor
was delighted to give an en-
thuiastic review. Readers
who have not yet acquired a
copy will be pleased to find
they may order it from the
Captain Co —see ad in back
of this issue.
WANTED! More Readers Like
PAUL VOLPE
A YOUNG MONSTER
SPEAKS HIS MIND
In #104 the heartwarming
story called "Son of Psycho'
cannot be explained in words
I'm sure no matter what I
say about FM articles—be it
monstrous. great. good, stu-
pendous or countless other
complimentary words—they
do not tell the full extent of
the greatness of FM articles
I have been a monster fan
& been collecting monsters
since age 2
MARK GRATMAN
Philadelphia. Pa.