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Monsters on the Prowl #15

Marvel · Series began 1971 · February 1972

Dates

Cover date
February 1972
On sale
November 23, 1971
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #15 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

pencils: John Severin, Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Syd Shoresinks: John Severin, Dick Ayers, Don Heck, Syd Shoresletters: Sam Rosen, Artie Simekscript: Steve Englehart, Al Hewetson

Stories

  • The Thing Called...It! · 13 pages

    A bitter scientist builds a monster to destroy his rival, failing in every attempt to animate it until the swamp accidentally gives the construct life. The creature has a conscience and refuses to murder, so its creator uses lies to turn the local people against it. In trying to kill his creation, the scientist is killed himself and another accident transfers the creature's consciousness into the scientist's human body, freeing the creature to live a noble life.

  • The Man from Mars! · 5 pages

    A dishonest carnival owner hires an amnesiac to play a Martian and cheats him on his wages. When the man regains his memory, he realizes that he really is a Martian, sent to Earth to capture a human for the zoo, and so he takes the crook with him.

  • Terror of the Pterodactyl! · 7 pages

    The skeleton of a giant pterodactyl is discovered and exhibited in a museum, where it comes to life and terrorizes the city.

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