Thursday, February 16, 2012

COF #23 Apes Article

When I was 15 years old in 1974, I was living near Macon, GA at the time, and one weekend as usual I was spending the night at my Grandma's house. These trips were like a taste of freedom given to a prisoner, in that I was allowed to be myself there, and buy what I wanted. I made my trip to Chi-Chesters Pharmacy on Vineville Ave, to see what magazines, comics or paperback I could find... and this time I hit the goldmine: the following issue, #23, of the awesome magazine "Castle of Frankenstein." The issue was electrifying to me as I snatched it from the magazine rack in an instant and feasted my eyes on the Apes cover art! I was a rabid Apes fan by then (an interest that was second only to my fever for Star Trek), and this was just before the first issue of the Marvel Apes magazine had come out. Below is the art for the wraparound cover, and the main Apes article inside. I still remember reading the article as I walked back home to Grandma's house, and how excited I was.


(Click on images to enlarge. You may have to click on it again once it opens to view full-size.)

Zaius: "I'm tickling her underarm! Tickle, tickle, tickle!"
















Bonus: the cover art without the text! Found online.


2 comments:

  1. http://www.facebook.com/DrawbridgeOfTheCastle?ref=tn_tnmn new faceboook page for the initial run of issues of castle of frankenstein.

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  2. Planet of the Apes, a great Movie, i like Professor Zaius.
    Greetings Juergen Schoefer

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