| Issue | #23 |
| Published | June 1973 |
| Frequency | bi-monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.20 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Roy Thomas ? |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #87 (August 1961) |
| Characters | 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. |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Editing | Stan Lee (original story) |
| Notes | Narrated in the first person. The hero's name is changed here, and Soviet Russia is changed to the fictional country 'Bodavia'. |
| Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #87 (August 1961) |
| 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. |
| Genre | horror |
| Script | Stan Lee (signed) |
| Pencils | Larry Woromay ? |
| Inks | Larry Woromay ? |
| Editing | Stan Lee (original story) |
| Notes | Larry Woromay tentative credit from Michael J. Vassallo. |
| Reprinted | from Adventures into Terror (Marvel, 1951 series) #15 (January 1953) |
| Characters | 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. |
| Genre | horror |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Editing | Stan Lee (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #87 (August 1961) |