Monsters on the Prowl (1971) UK Edition comic books 1971

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 1/- cover price. First issue of the series (continues from Chamber of Darkness). Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. I Discovered Gorgilla! The Monster of Midnight Mountain!, script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko; An expedition finds the missing link between apes and humans in Borneo; It is initially hostile, but defends its fellow primates from a dinosaur. Desert Scream!, script by Allyn Brodsky, pencils by Jack Katz [as Jay Hawk], inks by Barry Smith; Archaeologist Egon Allov plans to rob the Egyptian pyramid of Neron-Alak of its hidden treasure but he is imprisoned inside it, and releases its long-dead monarch. Kraggoom! The Creature Who Caught An Astronaut!, script by Larry Lieber and Stan Lee (plot), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko; An exiled gaseous alien criminal named Kragoom waits in Earth orbit for the first human astronaut in order to enter his body and possess his mind, planning to return to Earth as a conqueror. 36 pgs.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 1/- cover price. Cover art by Steve Ditko and Marie Severin (alterations). I Brought the Roc to Life!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Two newlyweds in Egypt uncover a huge egg in the sand that hatches into the Roc in the warm sunlight. One Last Wish!, script by Mike Friedrich, pencils by Don Heck, inks by George Tuska; Jay High is a petty crook who dies fleeing from the police; Before his death he gave his mother a strange talisman he brought back from Viet Nam, and she uses it to wish he could return, but his father wishes that he return to the grave before they can see him. House ad for Conan the Barbarian #4, art by Barry Windsor-Smith. 36 pgs.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 1/- cover price. Cover art by Jack Kirby and Marie Severin (alterations). I Was a Slave of the Living Titan!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; An electrician finds and revives an alien criminal, who psychically enslaves all humanity, forcing them to build him a ship that will help him escape and destroy the Earth; The electrician sabotages the ship and sends him into orbit around the sun. House ad for Fear #4, pencils by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, inks by Dick Ayers and Steve Ditko. Escape!, script and art by Ralph Reese; Joe Lowrey escapes from prison and flees into a swamp, where he finds a man who claims to have been part of Ponce de Leon's expedition to find the Fountain of Youth hundreds of years earlier. House ad for Astonishing Tales #6. 36 pgs.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 1/- cover price. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby and Marie Severin (alterations), inks by George Klein and Marie Severin (alterations). I Defied Gomdulla--The Living Pharaoh!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; An ancient alien robot disguised as an Egyptian mummy-god is reactivated, and forms a cult until it is foiled by a policeman and his own high priest. When the Space Beasts Attack!!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; An alien armada lands on Earth with weapons that seem to disintegrate anything; Humanity is helpless before the aliens, until a farmer realizes that the aliens never fire at humans and spreads the word. The Maiden and the…Monster!, script by Stan Lee; An aquarium attendant tells the origin of a monstrous sea creature on display. House ad for X-Men #71, pencils by Werner Roth, inks by Dick Ayers. 36 pgs.