Contents - Interview with Forrest J Ackerman by Dave Keil; review of "Five Weeks in a Balloon" (with Peter Lorre); book review of "The Survivor and Others" by H. P. Lovecraft; new film/fan news and coverage of the 1962 World SF Convention.

Contents Articles include a review of the 1962 Hammer "The Phantom of the Opera" directed by Terence Fisher as well as the previous Lon Chaney and Claude Rains versions; there's a new films column; retro-review of the Boris Karloff "Mr. Wong, Detective"; article on the holiday of Halloween; G. R. Guy laments that publisher James Warren won't allow Forry Ackerman "to write seriously for F.M.". Noted fanzine artist Larry Byrd provides fiction ("Cosmonaut") and a reprint of the original 1934 Paul Ernst story, "The Thing in the Pond".

Contents 8 page fanzine include editorial by Dave Keil, crossword puzzle, letters column and short reviews of then-current horror films Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds", Hammer films, "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"; "Varan the Unbelievable"; "First Spaceship On Venus"; "The Manchurian Candidate" and others.

Contents The Bela Lugosi cover artwork is by fanzine artist Larry Byrd and articles include fan fiction, poetry, monster crossword puzzle and book reviews. There's a preview of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds"; a biography of Bela Lugosi; a reprint of the 1958 story "But Who Can Replace a Man?" by famed British author Brian W. Aldiss ("Frankenstein Unbound"); plus the usual letters column.