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Issue: Monsters on the Prowl #23
Publication Date: June 1973
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Issues: #23 of 22 Issues (28 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roy Thomas
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Return of Grogg!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #87 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1961
was The Return of Grogg! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Return of... Grogg!

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
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Michael Koslov (last appearance); Ivan Grotsky; Grogg
Synopsis: Koslov is sent back home to investigate mysterious happenings in a remote area, where he discovers that the dragon Grogg is still on the loose. He sneaks into the secured area and finds that the military is planning a space mission to Mars to set up a base. With the help of a farmer, Koslov lures Grogg into the rocket and launches it on its mission to Mars, knowing that if the military ever successfully travel to Mars they will find an enraged dragon.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #87 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1961
was The Return of...Grogg! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: V-237
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person. The hero's name is changed here, and Soviet Russia is changed to the fictional country 'Bodavia'.
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He Kept Him in Stitches!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)
Penciller(s): Larry Woromay
Inker(s): Larry Woromay
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A surgeon gets the chance to operate on a Communist overlord and leaves his scalpel inside of him near his heart so that when he recovers enough in two days to move, he will die.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventures into Terror #15 published January 1953
was He Kept Him in Stitches [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: B-656
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The Macabre Mirror!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck (signed)
Inker(s): Don Heck (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): the duke; Carlotta
Synopsis: A greedy duke exacts crippling taxes from his people, taking their property when they run out of money. When he ignores a gypsy's warnings and tries to seize her ancient mirror he finds himself imprisoned within it forever, freeing his subjects.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #87 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1961
was The Macabre Mirror! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: V-238

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