Famous Monsters #251 - Was It Worth The Wait?

Hellllllllllllllll Yes!...But don't go berserk trying to collect all four covers...Unless of course you're a FM freak...then by all means go for it.

Personally though...They could have done without the Predator fanfare...I'm not really big on the Predator or Alien thing, but given that it's the next big thing in Sci-Fi films this year then I suppose FM, keeping in continuity with the 70's and 80's sci-fi content of its magazine did a very good job of presenting the next Predator film.

The Article " The Importance of Fear" by Robert Aragon is done with that classic twist of words and pictures that complement each other. Classic works by Renaissance artists such as Fuseli, Bosch, Bruegel, Claesx and the Romantic period of Goya and the expressionistic art of Edvard Munch go well with what Aragon has to say about the human nature of fear and the unknown...the hidden.

The William Stout interview is another classic piece of work giving insight to the man and his image magic.

This revival issue is itself going to be a classic piece of work, if for the only reason, to stand out among the many articles and interviews, is the one interview AND original never before published short story by Ray Bradbury.

Magazines such as Graham's magazine, who published Poe's stories and LIFE magazine when it published Hemingway's "The Old Man and The Sea", Weird Tales Magazine publishing Robert E. Howard's Conan stories, even Playboy magazine and its publication of the "Fly" by George Langelaan in it's June 1957 issue...this interview and short story will make this issue an instant collectors piece.

If you didn't take advantage of the offering...get yer arse out there and partake of the history.