"THE MONSTER TIMES" MAGAZINE LOT.
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Winning Bid:
$274.50 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
8
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, November 13, 2014 12:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, November 13, 2014 12:00:00 PM)
Time Left:
Ended
Auction:
Auction #213 - Part II
Item numbers 1063 through 2753 in auction 213
Value Code:
H - $200 to $400 Help Icon
Item Description
Lot of 36 11.5x16.75" newsprint magazines, touted as the "World's First Newspaper Of Horror, Sci-Fi And Fantasy!" Title ran for 48 issues and also included two Star Trek Specials. Lot includes issues #1-18, 21, 23-38 and 40, published between 1972 and 1975 by The Monster Times Publishing Company. As publicized by cover tagline, issues covered a wide and expansive range of horror, sci-fi and fantasy themes and properties, including Godzilla, King Kong, Gorgo, Star Trek, Spider-Man, Green Lantern and Green Arrow, Tales From The Crypt, Universal Monsters, Dark Shadows, zombies, Tarzan, Batman, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, EC Comics, Planet of the Apes, This Island Earth, Night of the Living Dead, zombies, Superman, Conan and much more. Features images of Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Christopher Lee, Bruce Lee, Leonard Nimoy and more.

Creators include - Roger Corman, Edgar Allan Poe, Stan Lee, Marv Wolfman, HG Wells, Gene Roddenberry, William Gaines, Bram Stoker, Lee Falk, HP Lovecraft and others.

Artists include - Jeff Jones, Rich Buckler, Tom Sutton, Frank Frazetta, Dick Calkins, Berni Wrightson, Gray Morrow, Al Feldstein, Joe Kubert, Jack Kirby, Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Jerry Robinson, Johnny Craig, Jim Steranko, Esteban Maroto and others.

Characters include - Frankenstein's Monster (Boris Karloff), The Bride of Frankenstein (Elsa Lanchester), Captain Kirk and Mister Spock, Toho Kaiju, Creatures From the Black Lagoon, Dracula, Fritz the Cat, Blacula, Wolf Man (Lon Chaney Jr.), The Phantom and others.

Scattered aging and edge wear, one issue has two 7" tears to pages. VG. Most are VF overall.
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