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Issue: Monsters Unleashed #2
Publication Date: September 1973
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 05/29/1973
Volume: 1
Pages: 76
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 USD
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Content Items: 31 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from The Comic Reader #96, April 1973.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color covers; black and white interiors
Dimensions: standard U.S. magazine
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Monster of Frankenstein

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
horror
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FlagEssential Monster of Frankenstein #1 published January 2004
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]black and white
FlagEssential Monster of Frankenstein #1 published January 2004
as Monsters Unleashed #2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Never Finished High School?`

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Ad for at-home high school courses from Wayne School of Chicago, Illinois.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Frankenstein 1973

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
horror
Frankenstein Monster; Derek McDowell; Tisha; Victor Frankenstein (cameo; flashback); William Frankenstein (cameo; flashback); Henry Clerval (cameo; flashback); Elizabeth Frankenstein (cameo; flashback)
I really don't believe it!
Derek discovers the Frankenstein Monster in suspended animation in a circus carnival. Tisha attempts to destroy it but instead manages to revive the monster.
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FlagJourney into Nightmare #2 published January 1978
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FlagEssential Monster of Frankenstein #1 published January 2004
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The story in this issue takes place between panels of Frankenstein (Marvel, 1973 series) #12.

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[untitled]

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Beware! Here come the vampires!
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House ad for Vampire Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 ([August] 1973).
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Monster Rally

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Editorial includes information on the new Monster of Frankenstein feature.
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Karloff, The Man, The Monster, The Movies

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Lifeboat!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
horror, occult
Oliver Holmes (also flashback, death); Osburn (also flashback); Margaret Trevor (death); Christopher S. Clemens (death); Omar (also flashback); Lord Holmes (flashback)
On a lifeboat shortly after the sinking of the Titanic, Omar, an old man from India, gets revenge for the enslavement of his people by the British.
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FlagMonsters Unleashed Annual #1 published January 1975
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[untitled]

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Once again, the Zombie has risen from the grave!
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House ad for Tales of the Zombie (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (October 1973).
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The Ultimate Fiend Club!

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House ad for FOOM membership kit at $2.50 each.
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The Madman

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Subject Matter
horror, occult
Jane Bryant; Dr. Grimm (death); Thorn (death)
Nurse Jane Bryant arrives at the mysterious Hagstone Sanitarium for a job, but she is really there on a secret mission of her own.
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FlagMenace #4 published June 1953
was The Madman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[untitled]

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House ad for Monster Madness and Dracula Lives.
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Back Issues Offer!

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White tie and fangs are required!
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Marvel back issue ad for black & white magazines.
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The World's Most Wanted Monster: The Saga of the Karloff Frankenstein

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Monster 7 Feet Tall

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Ad offering seven-foot polyethylene monster novelties with glow in the dark eyes. Choose from Frankenstein's Monster and Boney the Skeleton. From Honor House of Lynbrook, New York.
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Movie Posters

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Send $1.00 for catalog for original movie posters and other memorabilia from The Cinema Attic, P.O. Box 7772, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Secret Book Safe

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Subject Matter
With combination lock only you can open
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Send $1.00 for a "secret" book safe in the shape of a book with combination lock from Honor House, Dept. 190BS10, Lynwood, New York.
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Announcing: Two Great New Supernatural Hits from the Marvel Comics Group!

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House ad for Strange Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #169 (September 1973) and Marvel Spotlight (Marvel, 1971 series) #12 (October 1973).
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Savage Tales Is Back!

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Subject Matter
fantasy
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House ad for Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #2 (October 1973).
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Man's beginnings are lost, shrouded in the mists of antiquity.
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This introduction uses a still photo from the film The Mask, 1961.
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Sword of Dragonus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Dragonus (also flashback); Balthus (flashback); Zareen; Talvuras (death); Old One (death); Thald (death); Dark Demon (death)
A barbarian named Dragonus battles wizards, demons and beasts to save a princess from being sacrificed.
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FlagPhase #1 published January 1971
was Sword of Dragonus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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I'll Make You a Master of Karate

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Ad for karate instruction book and training dummy from Precise Publications, Dept. KA-11, Box 322, Lenox Hill Sta., N.Y., N.Y. 10021.
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Reading More But Enjoying It Less?

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humorous
Four out of five leading funny people agree…
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House ad for Crazy (Marvel, 1973 series).
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Robert Graham (photo of James Arness); Dr. Patricia Medford (photo of Joan Weldon)
For a fleeting second of eternity, man has been master of this wildly-spinning sphere.
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Photo used in introduction is taken from the film Them (1954), Warner Bros.
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The Roaches!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
horror, occult
Marcia Kenwell; Mrs. Schapalov; Osip Schapalov; Mr. Grant
With an extreme phobia against roaches, Marcia was stuck in an apartment building infested with them. It was made worse by her neighbors, the Schapalovs, with their unclean habits, drawing even more roaches into the building. If only there was some way to get rid of the roaches and the Schapalovs.
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FlagMasters of Terror #2 published September 1975
as The Roaches [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagL'Écho des Savanes Spécial U.S.A. #5 published January 1977
as Le cafard [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJourney into Nightmare #2 published January 1978
as The Roaches! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Adapted from Thomas M. Disch's story.
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Next Issue: The Man-Thing Walks Among Us!

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Coming attractions for next issue.
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Novelty Items

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Subject Matter
Win Every Fight
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Ads for miscellaneous novelty items and an American Cancer Society ad.
On last interior page.
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Fear Lives!

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--in the Haunt of Horror
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House ad for The Haunt of Horror (Marvel, 1973 Series), a digest prose magazine.
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Will Your Job Be Next to Go?

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Subject Matter
A million jobs have disappeared since 1960.
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Send for free booklet to learn how to start a Duraclean franchise business in the field of cleaning services from Duraclean International, 3-1Y5 Duraclean Bldg., Deerfield, Ill. 60015.
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Have You Seen This Coupon Before?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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It has helped to start many men and women on the road to higher pay.
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Ad for extension courses from La Salle Extension University of Chicago, Illinois.

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