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Issue: Monsters on the Prowl #15
Publication Date: February 1972
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Issues: #15 of 22 Issues (28 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: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (3 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
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The Thing Called It!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): John Severin (signed)
Inker(s): John Severin (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Munch's animated construct [only called "It" in title]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Thing Called...It!

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): Heinrich Munch; Munch's animated construct [only called "It" in title]
Synopsis: A bitter scientist builds a monster to destroy his rival, failing in every attempt to animate it until the swamp accidentally gives the construct life. The creature has a conscience and refuses to murder, so its creator uses lies to turn the local people against it. In trying to kill his creation, the scientist is killed himself and another accident transfers the creature's consciousness into the scientist's human body, freeing the creature to live a noble life.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #82 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1961
was The Thing Called...It! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: [V-70]
Disclose Notes: This story is divided into two chapters: an untitled chapter 1 (6 pp) and chapter 2 — "It" Lives! (7 pp).
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The Man from Mars!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Joe Krunk; Luxurr
Synopsis: A dishonest carnival owner hires an amnesiac to play a Martian and cheats him on his wages. When the man regains his memory, he realizes that he really is a Martian, sent to Earth to capture a human for the zoo, and so he takes the crook with him.
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From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #68 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1961
was The Man From Mars! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [V-161]
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the second person.
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Terror of the Pterodactyl!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Englehart (script); Al Hewston (plot)
Penciller(s): Syd Shores
Inker(s): Syd Shores
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: The skeleton of a giant pterodactyl is discovered and exhibited in a museum, where it comes to life and terrorizes the city.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Englehart's first comic script credit; see www.steveenglehart.com

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