Issue | #1 |
Published | January 1970 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Characters | Cyclops [Polyphemus]; Duncan; Amanda |
Genre | monsters |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Notes | slightly redrawn |
Reprinted | from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #10 (July 1960) |
Characters | Cyclops [Polyphemus]; Duncan; Amanda |
Synopsis | A young couple thaw out a cyclops in an iceberg, and must lure it into an icy pit to keep it from hurting anyone. |
Genre | monsters |
Script | Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ? |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Notes | Narrated in the first person. |
Reprinted | from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #10 (July 1960) |
Characters | David Hartnell (only appearance); Gorgolla (only appearance); Stonians (introduction and origin) |
Synopsis | An explorer discovers Gorgolla in the Himalayan Mountains. Gorgolla awakes and captures him, then summons his Stonian brethren to begin their attack on Earth. The lesser gargoyles under his command however betray Gorgolla. He is seemingly killed by the Stonian army when they revive as they had learned the ways of peace by observing humanity for centuries and no longer wished to live as slave soldiers. After defeating Gorgolla, the Stonians pledge themselves towards protecting humanity. |
Genre | monsters |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Notes | Gorgolla's people are next seen, along with his father, in Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #22 (February 1974). |
Reprinted | From Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #74 (April 1960) |
Characters | Gor-Kill; Hans Grubnik |
Synopsis | A gaseous alien comes down to Earth and inhabits a dam of water to harass local villagers. The village loafer realizes that the alien is using the water in the dam to embody itself and steals dynamite in order blow up the pass before the alien can reach the sea. The loafer succeeds, but is imprisoned for stealing the dynamite. |
Genre | monsters |
Script | Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ? |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Notes | Narrated in the first person. |
Reprinted | from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #12 (November 1960) |