FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND # 10 Jan 1961 Exc cond

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Famous Monsters # 10 January 1960Excellent condition; nearly flawless spine; virtually no cover wear; off-white pages - another 'just off the newsstand' copy of a rare issue. A WORD ABOUT MY COLLECTIONI first came to Hollywood in the early eighties determined to make it in the movie business. When I landed my first job as a screenwriter in 1983, the very first thing I set out to do with my earnings was complete my collection of Famous Monsters. I scoured Southern California, visiting every little Mom & Pop used bookstore (remember those?) I could find. I walked into just such a bookstore in Pasadena one day and a lovely old lady showed me into a dark storage room in the back where sat a nondescript box filled with her son's collection of Famous Monsters - issues 1 - 50. They had been stored in that room for 10 years and all were in superb condition. I purchased them on the spot, took them home and put them all in plastic, after giving them the once over. They have been in my possession for the past 28 years, stored in a dark, climate controlled, smoke free environment. That's a total of 38 years in storage. I had visions of handing down the collection to my own sons, but alas, the world has changed and my boys aren't interested in an old magazine their Dad collected as a kid. Sigh... As any true collector knows, we don't own our read more

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