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Random Sunday Morning Mask Pic - DPS Karloff

Image Source: Horrors of the Wax Museum Blog

August 1987 Model Figure Collector Magazine - Monster Collectibles Spread

Unimart Monster Daze Promos

These are few of the promos that ran in local newspapers to hype the Monster Daze events at the Norwalk Unimart supermarket back in 1965, as detailed in the Monsters Invade the Markets article in issue 38 of Famous Monsters magazine. These images come courtesy of Dr. Shocker...

Below are a few photos from the aforementioned Monsters Invade the Markets article in issue 38 of Famous Monsters magazine...

National Enquirer Horrors!

This wonderfully set up shot appeared in the National Enquirer back on August 16th 1988. There's a wide range of independent artist monster mask goodness pictured, including many Halloween Society pieces. Other assorted critters include a handful of screen-used creatures, and even a few Don Post Studios gems. Despite the caption, not all of these masks belonged to Forry. In fact, four of these masks resided in the Maskahuna's collection...

Atomic Vomit Wretch-Ed

The Yellow Phantom was fortunate enough to have received the gift of rubber from Santa Claws in the form of this bitchin' Atomic Vomit "Wretch-Ed" monster mask. It's totally wearable, and the colors are killer...

Seasons Creepings

Happy Eve!

Creepy Santa Mask

This Collegeville Santa mask is enough to make any kid's skin crawl...

Random Sunday Morning Mask Pic: The Silent Night He Came Home

Image Source: Trick or Treat Studios on Facebook

Weeny Witch Cut-Out Masks

The Weeny Witch Cut-Out masks were published as part of the promotional Party Books for vendors of skinless frankfurters. From what I have found, these booklets were published between 1952-54. I absolutely adore the old illustrations that line these two, three, and four-page fold out books.  Note: If you're looking for more Weeny Witch materials, check out this post from October 2010 on the Magic Carpet Burn blog.

 

House of PItocco - Strange Frank Flyer

This gorgeous Glen Strange Frankenstein bust was released by Tony Pitocco in 1997...

House of PItocco - Mummy's Hand Flyer

This Mummy's Hand bust of KHARIS played by actor Tom Tyler was released by Tony Pitocco in 1997...

More Alien Mask Ads

Here are some more ads of otherworldly monsters to piggyback the alien mask ad posted earlier today. These ran in the September 1979 issue of Warren Presents...

1978 Space War Masks Ad

I'm not entirely sure where I found this ad, but it's from a 1978 issue of Starlog. The ad features several alien masks from R. Quinn Studios...

1998 Great Cover-Up Catalog

This is the second of a two-part post featuring Great Cover-Up catalogs that are a decade apart from each other...