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FAMOUSMONSTERS62 wrote:

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I have never seen one in person but there are a few copies in ebay stores right now.

There is a copy of issue#1 for BIN of $139.95 . In the price guide I have it list's #1 in GD condition at $250.00 ,vg-fine $ 400.00, and vf -nm at $500.00-$600.00. And my price guide is from 1995

I might have to sell a few things , that sounds like a pretty good price compared to the price guide.

There are a few copies of #4 and a #3 also listed , one #4 is cgc graded 5.5 BIN $345.00.

Yeah..they're in not so great shape, though...I need a VF # 3, # 4 # 16 # 20 # 21--and I'll be fr*ggin happy!!!!!!!

Pulpmonster wrote:

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I always liked Monster Parade.....the issue w/ the Wolf Man cover is great, but
it's still a bit of a pulp magazine throw back to me. My favourite FM rip-off has
always been World Famous Creatures.....what you read about this magazine is
absolutely true......it was printed with outrageous amounts of black ink.....to this
day copies still bleed ink onto your fingers as you flip through them.
Good Times!!!

John

Pulpmonster--is that YOUR Bestsellers mag??!!

Pulpmonster wrote:

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Yeah, I've had it for a few years now. I'm pretty sure Steve Dolnick tracked it down for me.

john

Who knows how much $$$ it would command nowadays--maybe 2.5K .

carl2000 wrote:

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I've never bothered to add Monster Parade or it's sister publication, Monsters and Things to my magazine collection, for exactly the reason that pulpmonster stated. It leans more towards horror fiction than it does monster movies, ala Famous Monsters or Castle of Frankenstein. I had an issue or two of each, but then I sold them on ebay.

Right. But Since both titles DID have a number of movie monster articles in their respective issues, AND the fact that they were one of the few 1950s monster mag titles (coming out a few months after FM# 1), I always considered them an important component of my otherwise very incomplete monstermag ghoullection. But yes, I also feel the same way about some other monster mag tiles: Monster Mania, Modern Monsters, and Shriek never did a thing for me, coming out in the '65-66 timeframe--so I don't own any copies today (though when they all ORIGINALLY appeared on the stands, of course I bought them).