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Growing Up With Monsters: Memories of a 60s Monster Kid

The release of the old Universal Horror Movies to television as a package called "Shock Theater" in the late 1950s, followed by the publication of "Famous Monsters of Filmland", created a craze for all things monstrous and horrific among adolescent and teenage boys and (some) girls. The craze lasted into the early 1970s, and the kids were known as "monster kids".I was one of them, and I still have an abiding fondness for the horror/dark fantasy genre; so much so, in fact, that I've actually taught courses in it. Anyway, here are some of the things that started it all.
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Famous Monsters of Filmland (Warren)
Famous Monsters of Filmland
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Warren
Castle of Frankenstein Magazine (Various)
Castle of Frankenstein Magazine
2
Various
Journal of Frankenstein (Magazine)
Journal of Frankenstein
3
Magazine
Monster World (Warren)
Monster World
4
Warren
Creepy (Various)
Creepy
5
Various
Eerie (Archie Goodwin & Others)
Eerie
6
Archie Goodwin & Others
Vampirella (1969) (Warren)
Vampirella (1969)
7
Warren
Spacemen Magazine (Ackerman)
Spacemen Magazine
8
Ackerman
Monster Make-Up Handbook (Warren Pub.)
Monster Make-Up Handbook
9
Warren Pub.
The Mole People (Warren Pub.)
The Mole People
10
Warren Pub.
Horror of Party Beach (Warren Pub.)
Horror of Party Beach
11
Warren Pub.
Shriek! (Magazine)
Shriek!
12
Magazine
Horror Monsters (Magazine)
Horror Monsters
13
Magazine
Mad Monsters (Magazine)
Mad Monsters
14
Magazine
Monster Madness (Magazine)
Monster Madness
15
Magazine
Mad Magazine (Gaines)
Mad Magazine
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Gaines
The Best From Famous Monsters of Filmland (Ackerman)
The Best From Famous Monsters of Filmland
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Ackerman
An Illustrated History of the Horror Film (Clarens)
An Illustrated History of the Horror Film
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Clarens
Autumn People (Ray Bradbury)
Autumn People
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Ray Bradbury
Tomorrow Midnight (Ray Bradbury)
Tomorrow Midnight
20
Ray Bradbury
The World of Chas Addams (Charles Addams)
The World of Chas Addams
21
Charles Addams
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
22
Thriller
Thriller
23
One Step Beyond
One Step Beyond
24
The Addams Family
The Addams Family
25
The Munsters
The Munsters
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The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits
27
Shock Theater
Shock Theater
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Chiller Theater
Chiller Theater
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Zacherley
Zacherley
30
Bobby "Boris" Pickett - Monster Mash
Bobby "Boris" Pickett - Monster Mash
31
Mars Attacks (Topps)
Mars Attacks
32
Topps
Monster Model Kits
Monster Model Kits
33
Weird-Ohs Model Kits
Weird-Ohs Model Kits
34
Monster Trading Cards (Topps)
Monster Trading Cards
35
Topps
Monster Flipbooks (Topps)
Monster Flipbooks
36
Topps
The Captain Company (Warren)
The Captain Company
37
Warren
Castle Films (Warren)
Castle Films
38
Warren
Frankenstein (Classics Illustrated)
Frankenstein
39
Classics Illustrated
The EC Archives: Tales From the Crypt Volume 2 (Al Feldstein)
The EC Archives: Tales From the Crypt Volume 2
40
Al Feldstein
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