Dates
- Cover date
- August 1961
- On sale
- May 9, 1961
- Pages
- 36
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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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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.
Publisher’s description
Koslov is sent back to Russia as a spy, and discovers that the dragon Grogg is still on the loose.
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)