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Issue: Creatures on the Loose #11
Publication Date: May 1971
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Issues: #11 of 28 Issues (35 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Moomba is Here!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby; Marie Severin (alterations)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers; Marie Severin (alterations)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Moomba
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #23 published September 1961
was Moomba Is Here! [Illustration on Cover, Front]re-inked
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Unbelievable Menace of Moomba

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Moomba; the Wooden Statues; Frank; Balubbi Tribe [Katu]; John; Spirit of the Golden Sun (mentioned)
Synopsis: Frank, an explorer, discovers that native African wood carvings are actually an advance fifth column invasion force under the command of Moomba. Katu uses his magic to force Moomba and his Wooden Statues to leave Earth.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #23 published September 1961
was The Unbelievable Menace of Moomba [Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 1
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #23 published September 1961
was [The Unbelievable Menace of Moomba], Part 2: The Menace That Was...Moomba [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 2
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: V-285
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person. Story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp), and part two—"The Menace That Was...Moomba" (7 pp).
This story is an elaboration of the plot of "I Was the Prisoner of the Living Statues!" drawn by John Forte, in Tales to Astonish #6 (November 1959).
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The Underground Gambit!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Herb Trimpe
Inker(s): Herb Trimpe
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Roger Krass; Herbert T. Brimstone; Zack; Nick; Peter of the People (fictional); Captain Capitalist (fictional)
Synopsis: Roger Krass has been drawing underground comics for a living but hating it all the while. A mysterious man shows up with an offer that will finally recognize his true talent, but it turns out there's a catch.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagChamber of Chills #24 published September 1976
as The Underground Gambit [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantomet #7/1987 published January 1987
as Undergrunnstegneren [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Pick a Pair of Winners from Mighty Marvel!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 and Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series ) #9

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