Issue | #28 |
Published | May 1974 |
Frequency | 7 times a year |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Roy Thomas ? |
Characters | Droom |
Genre | monsters |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Reprinted | from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #9 (May 1960) |
Characters | Droom (introduction, origin); Dr. Henry Gordon; Arnold |
Synopsis | A scientist invents a growth serum intended to solve world hunger by enlarging vegetables. A tiny exotic lizard is accidentally soaked by the liquid and grows into a giant lizard that rampages across the country. The creature is launched into outer space and it drifts through space frozen, eventually landing on Earth to become the first dinosaur. |
Genre | monsters |
Pencils | Don Heck |
Inks | Don Heck |
Editing | Stan Lee (original story) |
Notes | Reprint mistakenly identified as being from Astonishing Tales #9. Narrated in the first person. A revised version of Droom appears next in Fantastic Four / Iron Man: Big in Japan (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005). |
Reprinted | from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #9 (May 1960) |
Synopsis | Monsters inhabit the body of a reporter. |
Genre | monsters |
Pencils | Bob Brown |
Inks | Jack Abel |
Editing | Stan Lee (original story) |
Notes | Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker (September 2010). |
Reprinted | from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #125 (July 1954) |
Synopsis | Bart Nelson is too tough for the demons of hell -- nothing they do to him has any effect until they come up with a rather unique torment. |
Genre | horror |
Pencils | John Rosenberger |
Inks | John Rosenberger |
Editing | Stan Lee (original story) |
Reprinted | from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1950 series) #17 (April 1953) |
Synopsis | An alien visits a household and gives the couple gifts. He lives in the cellar and dines off passing strangers. |
Genre | horror; science fiction |
Pencils | Bill Benulis |
Inks | Jack Abel |
Editing | Stan Lee (original story) |
Reprinted | from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #15 (September 1953) |