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Issue: Where Monsters Dwell #3
Publication Date: May 1970
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Issues: #3 of 38 Issues (42 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S. (#1-30); standard Modern Age U.S. (#31-38)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Monster Called... Grottu!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Marie Severin (signed) [as 7]
Inker(s): Bill Everett (signed) [as EV]
Colorist(s): Marie Severin ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Grottu
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Artists' signatures found to the right of the bottom of the stairs.
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Grottu, King of the Insects!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Bill Everett
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Frank [Ulysses Bloodstone] (earliest published appearance according to later continuity); Lynn Avery (only appearance); Kasenga (only appearance); Grottu (introduction, origin)
Synopsis: The radiation from atomic bomb tests mutates a common ant, increasing his size and strength a thousand fold, and grants him human-level intellect. Calling himself Grottu, he declares himself king of all insects, and sets about on a plan to conquer the world, starting with Kenya. His efforts are foiled by an adventurer, who succeeds in turning Grotto's ant followers against him, leaving him for dead.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #73 published February 1960
was Grottu, King of the Insects! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: T-347
Disclose Notes: Grottu next appears in Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005). In later retcons it is established that Grottu's creation was planned by the Deviants. Unconfirmed writer and letterer credits removed pending some information supporting an attribution (17-02-2010).
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I Fought the Colossus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Prof. Reynolds; Colossus [supercomputer] (only appearance for both)
Synopsis: An advanced supercomputer turns Earth into a utopia, but suspicion remains, only to be inflamed when it is found to be building a giant robot. Humanity turns on the computer and destroys the robot, only to find that it was intended to replace the supercomputer, which breaks down, leaving humanity without its intelligence.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #72 published December 1959
was I Fought the Colossus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-463
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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The Gargoyle!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman
Inker(s): Paul Reinman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: An ugly man rejected by society applies for a job in a freak show. It turns out to be a ruse by a race of aliens who are uniformly gorgeous, and so want a man with an ugly face they find fascinating to marry their queen.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #78 published November 1960
was The Gargoyle! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pp1–3, p4: panels 1, 4, 5–6, p5: panels 1, 3–6, reformatted; reformatted and abridged
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: T-865
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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A Martian Walks Among Us!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A man happens upon a Martian spy in human form scouting Earth for an invasion but cannot get the authorities to believe him. He tracks down and kills the Martian, revealing that he himself is a Venusian agent in disguise working to protect Earth.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #78 published November 1960
was A Martian Walks Among Us! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: T-864
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person. Unconfirmed writer and letterer credits removed due to lack of clear attribution (19-02-2010).

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