Where Monsters Dwell (1970) comic books 1972-1974

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First 20-cent issue. Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Frank Giacoia. I Dared to Battle the Crawling Creature!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A teenager mans a drill-pod and finds a primitive tribe and a horrible creature beneath the surface. When Darkness Falls!!, art by Steve Ditko; A man sees mannequins move during the business hours of the store, and stays until closing; When the mannequins step down from their positions he berates them for nearly being caught. The Frightening Fog, script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A mysterious fog envelops the entire world for days, terrifying everyone; It was actually created by benevolent alien peacekeepers to hide Earth from an invasion. All reprints. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by John Severin. The Green Thing!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A botanist invents a serum to magnify the latent intelligence of plants; He tested it on a remote island, but the plant was evil and wanted to conquer the world. The Haunted Paper!, art by Steve Ditko; A criminal skips town and sets up a newspaper as a front; The paper's typesetter writes headlines that seem to predict the future but it's a scam to convince the criminal to turn himself in. The Coming of Maaboo!, art by Don Heck; A mercenary hears of a tribe that hoards gold while waiting for the return of a legendary alien; The mercenary poses as the alien and steals the gold, but he is abducted by the real alien. All reprints. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by John Severin. Kraa the Unhuman, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; An American teacher investigates the mysterious statues made by one tribe in Africa, and finds that they worship a native mutated into a monster by a Soviet atomic test. Meet the Dead, art by Don Perlin; A medium gets her spirit contacts to frame another medium as a fake who is draining away clients from her. Dead Ringer!, script by Mimi Gold, art by Rich Buckler; An escaped death row convict finds that, even on the outside, he cannot run away from his sentence. All reprints. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Vince Colletta. Beware of Googam, Son of Goom!!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Goom leaves an offspring in a cave to complete his conquest, and the son comes across the family of the scientist who was responsible for his father's defeat. He Who Laughs Last, Gets...The Horselaugh; A man who plays the rear end in a dummy horse act is jealous of the man who plays the head, so he kills him and when he returns to the stage that night, is trampled by the front part of the costume. I Am... Gorak!, art by Steve Ditko; A famous magician is enraged when his power is questioned, and he reveals that the whole world is an illusion, and only he is real; He even confronts the reader, but fades away as the story ends. All reprints. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Vince Colletta. I Opened the Door to...Nowhere!, art by Steve Ditko; A thief forces a shop owner to hide him in a back room, but finds himself opening doors without rest for years. If the Coat Fits, script by Jack Oleck, art by Russ Heath; A man leaves a coat with a pawn shop owner that transports the wearer into another dimension and replaces them with a shadow person. The World Beyond, art by Steve Ditko; A scientist creates a pill to shrink himself to subatomic size, convinced that whole other worlds exist at microscopic levels. The Hidden Vampires, art by Tony DiPreta; When a village has been sucked nearly dry of blood by undetected vampires, a vampire stalker arrives with his helpers, a black box filled with hungry mosquitoes. All reprints. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover pencils by Jim Starlin. The Sacrifice!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein; In the year 1971 a man makes the first flight to Mars and finds to his horror that a plant creature has destroyed all life on Mars and demands to be taken to Earth so as to repeat the process. The Red Face; A man arranges for a rival to be murdered at Mardi Gras, but instead of meeting the assassin in a Devil costume, he gets hauled away by the real Devil. The Mask of Morgumm!, art by Don Heck; A harmless-looking criminal decides to buy a frightening mask, but when the store owner tells him he can't have the most frightening he steals it. The Man Who Vanished!, art by Joe Sinnott; An evil old man in a cabin tends plants who used to be people. All reprints. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by John Romita. The Insect Man, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A soldier is placed underground in a capsule to test the effects of isolation; He is attacked by a telepathic insect. Beware...the Ticking Clocks!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A king is beset by an assassin in the king's clockroom whereupon the assassin is transformed into yet another figurine upon the king's favorite timepiece. Something Lurks in the Fog!, art by Don Heck; An unrepentant con-man is scared straight when he strays onto a forbidden road and enters a world between life and death. Long Live the King!, script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A greedy prince marries a dowager queen; He tries to use her sleepwalking to cause her death, but the portrait of her husband calls out to warn her, and ghostly hands push the prince to his death. All reprints. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover pencils by Jim Starlin, inks by Frank Giacoia. Klagg! His Mission: Destroy Mankind!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Klagg, an alien who visits Earth, becomes so upset upon learning humanity still wages war that he declares war upon the nations of the Earth. While the Town Sleeps!, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; The statue of the Dutch boy plugs the hole in the dike with his finger. What Happened to Harry?, art by Dick Ayers; A brilliant inventor's boss tries to steal his new time machine in order to take credit for it. All reprints. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. Fin Fang Foom!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A young historian from Taiwan is scorned by his father for his refusal to join the army, even in the face of an imminent communist invasion; Instead of fighting directly, he crosses to the mainland to awake the dragon Fin Fang Foom. Haunted!, art by Vic Carrabotta; A ghost scares off potential buyers of a derelict house. The Clutching Hands, art by Cal Massey; A writer murders another writer to steal his work, but the dead writer's hands continue to make trouble for him. All reprints. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. Elektro! He Held a World in His Iron Grip!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A scientist creates a computer so sophisticated that it can out think human beings; It hypnotizes the scientist into building it a huge robot body so that it can move and conquer the world. I Found the Girl in the Blue Glass Bottle!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A curio shop owner uses an ancient magic bottle to shrink people, but one of his victims turns the magic of the bottle on him and escapes, as the shop owner shrinks to nothing. The Demon in the Dungeon!, art by Don Heck; A novelist rents a castle in Transylvania, where the locals believe a demon lives; He discovers that the creature is a lost alien child. All reprints. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. The Monster Hunts for Me!, script by Larry Lieber and Stan Lee (plot), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; An old man in a boarding house tells a woman that he is being hunted by a shape-shifting alien. Inside the Flying Saucer!, script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; This story shows an ordinary movie crowd reacting to a film of alien invasion; When the film ends, the people gather their coats and belongings to go home. The Hooded Horror!, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Sy Barry; A gang boss who always wears a hood makes his underlings curious about what lies beneath so one of them uses a knife on him when he's asleep and discovers that the hood really was his head. All reprints. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Christopher Rule. I Was Trapped By the Things on Easter Island!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Christopher Rule; A pilot crash lands on Easter Island where he observes the statues rise out of the ground and discuss invasion plans of their home planet and the enslavement of Earthmen. The Ape Man, art by Steve Ditko; A criminal hopes that the story of an ape man in the jungle surrounding his prison will prevent pursuit; Instead he discovers that the ape man is real. The Spice of Life!, art by Al Eadeh; The fantastically wealthy Ed Bean finds everything he has done in his life frightfully boring (even murder); He offers a million dollars to anyone who can come up with something he hasn't done. The Monster Escapes!, script by Larry Lieber and Stan Lee (plot), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; An alien planning to invade Earth crash lands and tries to find a rocket to escape; Instead, he accidentally conceals himself in an airtight time capsule and suffocates. All reprints. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby. The Ruler of Earth!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; In the near future of 1990, humanity has created a computer, named R.O.E. (Ruler of Earth), to settle disputes for it; A handful of communists attempt to re-program the computer to serve their aims. They Called Her a Witch!, script by Stan Lee, art by Russ Heath; Peasants call an old woman a witch, a man gives her the benefit of the doubt, but it turns out the peasants were right. When the Earth Vanished!, art by Steve Ditko; Tiny alien invaders decide to detonate their ultimate bomb thinking that unobserved Earthlings have gone into hiding to avoid their invasion force and end up blowing up an Earth boy's ping pong ball and themselves as they are caught in the aftershocks of the blast. The Man Who Fell!, art by Paul Reinman; A town's mayor threatens to imprison a gypsy fortune-teller who spurned his advances if her prediction that he will be injured by a fall does not come true. All reprints. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. The Thing Called Metallo!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; An escaped convict tests a radiation-proof suit under a fake name; When he realizes the suits power, he uses it to go on a crime spree. The Man Who Followed!, art by Mannie Banks; A sportsman looking for the thrill of the hunt evolves apes into cunning opponents, but he doesn't foresee that they will become immune to his weapon. The Executioner, art by Myron Fass; A story told from the point of view of a turkey on Thanksgiving Day. All reprints. 32 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Last 20-cent issue. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. From Out of the Black Pit Came...Grogg!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Atomic tests conducted by a coerced dissident scientist wake the ancient dragon Grogg; The dragon chases the soldiers into a cave in the mountains and their commander tries to appease it by sending out the scientist. Follow the Leader, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Space explorers are attacked by alien animals, and only make the situation worse by killing the largest beast, which was actually a robot holding the animals in check. All reprints. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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First 25-cent issue. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. I Saw Droom the Living Lizard!, art by Don Heck; 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. Where Monsters Prowl, pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Jack Abel; Monsters inhabit the body of a reporter. Tough Guy, art by John Rosenberger; 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. The Little Monster, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel; An alien visits a household and gives the couple gifts; He lives in the cellar and dines off passing strangers. All reprints. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by Frank Giacoia. Ozamm the Terrible!, script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), art by Don Heck; A factory worker laid off to be replaced by a machine foils a seemingly invincible alien by cutting off his power source. A Fate Worse Than Death, art by Seymour Moskowitz. Tennis Anyone?, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel; A tennis player with poor form beats an expert with a racket consisting of strings of human intestine. The Wax Men, art by Joe Sinnott; A man has dinner every night with wax figures around the table and refers to them as his family. All reprints. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Larry Lieber and John Romita (alterations), inks by Vince Colletta and John Romita (alterations); The Thing in the Black Box!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A shipwrecked man meets the legendary Pandora, who tricks him into releasing the demons from her box; Humanity is helpless against the demons, but the man forces Pandora to recall them by dispelling her illusory beauty. 13 Years!, art by Bill Savage; A man commits suicide after spending thirteen years of his life waiting for stolen jewels to cool off only to be told they are fake. The Man Who Wasn't, art by Bill Walton; A man invents a youth serum and wishes to give it to the oldest member of an old folks home, but the man doesn't want it. Just Suppose..., art by Tony Mortellaro; A writer finds an alien and makes a pet out of him, but when his fellows come for him, the tables are turned. All reprints. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by Frank Giacoia. I Was In the Clutches of the Living Shadow, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A mystery writer who believes in flying saucers witnesses the landing of a unit of two-dimensional alien warriors disguised as shadows to slowly infiltrate Earth. The Mental Case; A psychologist treats a man who claims to have a demon in his head and ends up with it himself. Fifty-Fifty!; As per the terms of his divorce, a man cuts his stepson in half with an ax to take the top half. Johnny's Last Jump!; A crook plans on diving off a bridge to make his escape from the police, but the river is frozen solid. All reprints. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by Vince Colletta. The Return of the Monster; Clifford Armstrong wants to find out if the story of Frankenstein and his monster is true; He meets Nina Frankenstein, who takes him to the castle where her father is being forced to revive the monster. I Discovered the Secret of the Flying Saucers!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Christopher Rule; A man discovers that flying saucers are real, but are not actually ships, but alien beings able to travel through space on their own. The Face!, art by Joe Maneely; A companion of a wealthy man finds out that he does have a son after all so he goes to an inventor that has a machine that can transfer a photo of a face onto a living person. All reprints. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.