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Issue: Monster Menace #2
Publication Date: January 1994
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel ComicsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 75960604062900211
Price: $1.60 CAD
£0.95 GBP
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
horror
Reprinting
FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as Creatures Run Amok! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Ditko color credit confirmed by Mort Todd.
When the Totem Walks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
horror
Bull Drago; Hunk; Indian shaman (introduction for all); Totem (introduction and origin)
Two escaped convicts stumble across a tribe of Indians, rob them of food, and plan to shoot them in the morning to eliminate witnesses to their flight. Their totem comes alive during the night in response to the chieftain's prayers and chases the convicts back to prison. They think they are safe, but the story ends with the totem tearing the iron bars off their cell window while they shrink back in fear from its approach.
Reprinting
FlagStrange Tales #74 published April 1960
was When the Totem Walks! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
[T-604]
Story continued in Monster Menace #4 (March 1994).
Save Me from the Weed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
horror
Lucius Farnsworth; George
A wealthy man urges his unambitious gardener to go into business for himself, his diligence saves the world when he snips a radioactive telepathic weed while it rests. His employer realizes that everyone has their own part to play.
Reprinting
FlagStrange Tales #94 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1962
was Save Me From the Weed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
[V-524]
Jack Kirby, Atlas Comics and Monsters

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as Jack Kirby, Atlas Comics & Monsters [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Jack Kirby writes about the Marvel monsters; Mort Todd discusses the reprinted stories. Includes a key to the monsters Ditko illustrated on the cover.
I Can't Escape from the Creeping Things!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
horror
Silas Bleede
A greedy businessman tries to cut down an ancient tree and is attacked by its branches during the night.
Reprinting
FlagJourney into Mystery #62 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1960
was I Can't Escape from the Creeping Things! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
T-888
Narrated in the first person.
I Fought the Colossus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Prof. Reynolds; "Colossus" robot
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
FlagStrange Tales #72 published December 1959
was I Fought the Colossus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
T-463
Narrated in the first person.

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