Synopsis:
In the City Medical Club, a group of doctors is discussing the Tibetan lama who has requested medical attention from a Western physician. Anthony Druid decides to lend a hand. Before dying, the lama announces that Druid is fit to replace him in his battle against evil and passes on his mystic abilities.
Notes:
Original title: I Am the Fantastic Dr. Droom. Heavily edited for this reprint in accordance with Doctor Droom's retroactive renaming. New lettering on splash likely by Jim Novak. Tartaglione was given a credit in the letters page of issue #21. Bonnie Wilford credit revealed in the letters page of issue #22.
Character(s):
Groot (introduction, origin); Leslie Evans; Alice Evans
Synopsis:
The monarch of Planet X arrives on Earth in order to capture a town for experimental purposes back on his homeworld. The hero of our story defeats Groot with termites.
Notes:
Groot next appears in Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 in a flashback story, he then appeared in modern continuity in Nick Fury's Howling Commandos (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (January 2006) and eventually became a member of the second incarnation of the Guardians of the Galaxy.