SCARY MONSTERS #129: UNDERGROUND REALMS & BEYOND

Scary Monsters #129 (Winter 2023) is a festive feast for fans of underground realms and their varied paths and denizens. Scott Jackson's Gogos-esque cover stirs the flavor with a slave-dweller portrait from Virgil W. Vogel's venturesome The Mole People, which is essayed at length in this special issue.  

In addition to that imaginative, '50s sojourn, readers are treated to articles on Hollow Earth speculations; Battle Beneath the Earth; Superman and the Mole Men; The Lost City; The Lost Kingdom; The Slime People; The Incredible Petrified World; Unknown World; C.H.U.D.; Undersea Kingdom; Latlantide; The Return of Chandu; and The Phantom Empire (yep, the one with good ol' Gene Autry). 

Beyond these subterranean plunges, #129 features Lugosi's movie laboratories (The Devil Bat, The Ape Man, Return of the Ape Man, Voodoo Man and Murders in the Rue Morgue); Henry Hull and Warner Oland in Werewolf of London; genre favorite Robert Hutton (The Colossus of New York, Invisible Invaders, The Vulture, They Came From Beyond Space, Trog, Cry of the Banshee, Torture Garden and Amicus' Tales From the Crypt); Japanese bloodsuckers (The Vampire Doll, Lake of Dracula, Evil of Dracula); "Kaiju Corner" poster promotions; Ted V. Mikels' amazing Astro Zombies; stylish, haunted fiction; spacey, airwave sci-fi; Vincent Price and Christopher Lee's Poe-latched Oblong Box; radioactive terrors; and Native American mysticism (The Manitou, Prophesy, Nightwing, Wolfen and Poltergeist II), to name but a far-out few. 

Fun, fun, fun! That's what one gets in Scary Monsters #129. So, why wait? Dig up a copy at

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GOODBYE, EDDIE JONES...

To Superman fans, you achieved iconic status, playing Pa (Jonathan) Kent on "Lois and Clark".

However, your charm distinguished other stand-out portrayals. 

On television, there were memorable moments in "The Equalizer"; "Tales From the Darkside"; "Castle"; "The Young Riders"; "The Big O"; plus a recurring role as "the Official" in the 2000-2001 version of "The Invisible Man".   

On the big screen, you beamed like a seasoned champ in "C.H.U.D."; "The Rocketeer"; "Sneakers"; "Cadillac Man"; "Seabiscuit"; "Return to Me"; "Year of the Dragon"; "Apprentice to Murder"; "Trading Places"; "Fighting Tommy Riley"; "A League of Their Own"; "The Grifters"; and "The Day Lincoln Was Shot". 

You'll be unceasingly recalled for your humility and urbanity, Mr. Jones: a man whose earthy and soulful contributions won't soon be forgotten. 

FAREWELL, JOHN HEARD...

Though you weren't exclusively known for the offbeat and macabre (as fans of the cheerful "Home Alone" films can attest), you nonetheless left your mark on more than a few horror and fantasy entries: "Cat People '82"; "C.H.U.D."; "The Insomniac"; "The Seventh Sign", "Sharknado"; "Too Scared to Scream"; "Would You Rather?" and of course, the ever magical, "Big"; as well as  memorable guest appearances on "The Lizzie Borden Chronicles" and the acclaimed "Battlestar Galactica" revival. 

You gave each of your roles an amiable, common-man touch, which your fans identified with and appreciated. We were with you every step of the way, no matter how humorous or terrifying the events, seeing through your eyes as each story unfolded. You did you're job well and then some, Mr. Heard, with a legacy that most actors can only envy. God bless...