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Issue: Monster Menace #1
Publication Date: December 1993
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Issues: #1 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel ComicsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: 10/04/1993
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 75960604062900111
Price: $1.60 CAD
£0.95 GBP
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from the ComicList Database as compiled by Jim Cowling with information from one distributor.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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I Spent Midnight with the Monster on Bald Mountain!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, horror
Character(s): Anton Gorge; Evil [never actually called "the Thing/Monster on Bald Mountain" in this story]; Good
Synopsis: A sculptor builds two statues, one representing good and the other, evil, but the evil statue comes to life and attacks him. The good statue saves him, and both of them fall into the swamp.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #7 published January 1960
was I Spent Midnight with the Thing on Bald Mountain! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-460
Disclose Notes: Original title: I Spent Midnight with the Thing on Bald Mountain! Narrated in the first person.
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We're #1

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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What Lurks on Channel X?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Bill Jones; Ruth Jones; Mr. Cragley; Jordan
Synopsis: A couple with a nasty landlord get a free TV set from a stranger. It is a device sent by aliens to enslave Earth by hypnotizing people through the sets in preparation for their landing force. The couple snap out of the hypnosis and the aliens from Pluto realize that their plan has failed and leave Earth. It turns out the landlord took down the antenna that the couple had set up to improve reception of the set, and the couple express their overwhelming gratitude to the puzzled landlord.
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From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #73 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1961
was What Lurks on Channel X? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-345
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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Monster Menace... Some Titanic Thoughts

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text page includes half page article on Marvel monsters by Stan Lee and half-page editorial by Mort Todd on the reprinted stories and creators. Includes background image of cover to Monster Menace #2.
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The Terror of Tim Boo Ba!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tim Boo Ba
Synopsis: Alien warlord Tim Boo Ba is master of all he surveys but is wiped out in a torrential flood when an Earth boy drips water on the small scale model that is Tim Boo Ba's home planet.
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From Content Item: FlagAmazing Adult Fantasy #9 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1962
was The Terror of Tim Boo Ba! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagAmazing Adult Fantasy #9 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1962
was The Terror of Tim Boo Ba [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [V-474]
Disclose Notes: This is a retelling of "Earth Will Be Destroyed!" drawn by Steve Ditko in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #9 (May 1960).
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I Fought the Molten Man-Thing!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Frank Harper; lava creature
Synopsis: An airline pilot goes on vacation after a traumatic crash, but witness a volcanic eruption and strange creature. He uses a wind tunnel to drive the lava-covered creature back beneath the surface.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #7 published January 1960
was I Fought the Molten Man-Thing! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [T-484]

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