Every Creature fan needs at least one copy of Mechanix Illustrated in their collection — the May 1954 issue with a cover story on the newly released film.
What would Mechanix Illustrated cover about a 50's monster movie, you ask? The How-To-Do magazine features the article, "Science Creates a Monster," detailing the creation of the iconic $18,000 Creature suit.
The article does describe Milicent Patrick as the designer of the Creature (and then goes on to say that those designs were just the first step, and that Bud Westmore and Jack Kevan had the job of creating the Creature suit).
Come back next week for another interesting item from my Creature collection!
