Dates
- Cover date
- August 1961
- On sale
- May 9, 1961
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #87 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition10¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
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Creators
Stories
- The Return of...Grogg! · 13 pages
Koslov is sent back to Russia as a spy, and discovers that the dragon Grogg is still on the loose. He lures Grogg into a Soviet rocket and launches it on its mission to Mars, knowing that if the Soviets ever travel to Mars they will find an enraged dragon.
- Peril on Paper · 2 pages
An artist alters a matter transmitter to create images out of the human imagination, but more than just the image of the imagined monster is created.
- The Lighthouse from Nowhere! · 5 pages
A lighthouse appears by a village, but their teacher feels they shouldn’t use it unearned and destroys it. They build a new one, never knowing that the first was a beacon for an alien invasion, now aborted.
- The Macabre Mirror! · 5 pages
A greedy duke taxes his people into poverty. When he ignores a gypsy's warnings and tries to seize her ancient mirror he finds himself imprisoned within it forever, freeing his subjects.
Reprinted in
Monsters on the Prowl (1971), Creatures on the Loose (1971), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)