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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published August 1967
Frequency Quarterly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Helen Meyer (president); William F. Callahan, Jr. (executive vice-president); Harold Clark (vice-president/advertising director)
Notes Designed, produced and copyright © 1967 by Dell Publishing Co., Inc. #12-510-708 on cover.

Cover Details

Characters Miss McGargoyle; Melvin Monster
Genre Humor
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley (signed)
Inks John Stanley (signed)

6 page Melvin Monster story "The Cloud Monster"

Characters Melvin Monster; Baddy; Mummy; Cloud Monster
Synopsis Melvin flies his batkite and catches the Cloud Monster.
Genre Humor
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley
Inks John Stanley

4 page Melvin Monster story "Great Teacher"

Characters Melvin Monster; Miss McGargoyle
Synopsis Miss McGargoyle ties a boulder to Melvin and tries to sink him in a bottomless pothole.
Genre Humor
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley
Inks John Stanley

6 page Melvin Monster story "Cut Rate"

Characters Melvin Monster; Little Horror; Baddy; Mummy
Synopsis Things go wild when Melvin uses the 1/2 magic wand that Little Horror gave him.
Genre Humor
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley
Inks John Stanley

2 page Melvin Monster story "Overtime"

Characters Melvin Monster; Damon
Synopsis Melvin falls off a cliff and asks his guardian demon Damon to save him, but it's Damon's lunch hour.
Genre Humor
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley
Inks John Stanley

5 page Melvin Monster story "Fast Student"

Characters Melvin Monster; Miss McGargoyle
Synopsis Miss McGargoyle decides to finally enroll Melvin in grammar school, and immediately graduates him and moves him on to high school.
Genre Humor
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley
Inks John Stanley

4 page Melvin Monster story "Bed Ridden"

Characters Melvin Monster; Cleopatra
Synopsis Cleopatra tries to eat Melvin by putting a hole in his mattress.
Genre Humor
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley
Inks John Stanley

2 page Melvin Monster story "Fresh Tree"

Characters Melvin Monster
Synopsis Melvin threatens a naughty tree with termites.
Genre Humor
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley
Inks John Stanley

2 page Melvin Monster story "Close Call"

Characters Melvin Monster
Synopsis Melvin is frightened when he spots a human being.
Genre Humor
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley
Inks John Stanley

1 page Melvin Monster story "Chemistry Set"

Characters Melvin Monster; Baddy
Synopsis Melvin uses a chemistry set, which accidently changes him into a human.
Genre Humor
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley
Inks John Stanley