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Issue Details

Issue #28
Published May 1974
Frequency 7 times a year
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 36
Editing Roy Thomas ?

Cover Details - "Droom -- the Living Lizard!"

Characters Droom
Genre monsters
Pencils Jack Kirby
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #9 (May 1960)

7 page story "I Saw Droom the Living Lizard!"

Characters Droom (introduction, origin); Dr. Henry Gordon; Arnold
Synopsis A scientist invents a growth serum intended to solve world hunger by enlarging vegetables. A tiny exotic lizard is accidentally soaked by the liquid and grows into a giant lizard that rampages across the country. The creature is launched into outer space and it drifts through space frozen, eventually landing on Earth to become the first dinosaur.
Genre monsters
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Don Heck
Editing Stan Lee (original story)
Notes Reprint mistakenly identified as being from Astonishing Tales #9. Narrated in the first person. A revised version of Droom appears next in Fantastic Four / Iron Man: Big in Japan (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005).
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #9 (May 1960)

5 page story "Where Monsters Prowl"

Synopsis Monsters inhabit the body of a reporter.
Genre monsters
Pencils Bob Brown
Inks Jack Abel
Editing Stan Lee (original story)
Notes Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker (September 2010).
Reprinted from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #125 (July 1954)

3 page story "Tough Guy"

Synopsis Bart Nelson is too tough for the demons of hell -- nothing they do to him has any effect until they come up with a rather unique torment.
Genre horror
Pencils John Rosenberger
Inks John Rosenberger
Editing Stan Lee (original story)
Reprinted from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1950 series) #17 (April 1953)

5 page story "The Little Monster"

Synopsis An alien visits a household and gives the couple gifts. He lives in the cellar and dines off passing strangers.
Genre horror; science fiction
Pencils Bill Benulis
Inks Jack Abel
Editing Stan Lee (original story)
Reprinted from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #15 (September 1953)