Monsters on the Prowl (1971) comic books graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $625.00 Paper: White Label #4152184003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($18.75) will be charged at checkout.

First issue of the series (continues from Chamber of Darkness). Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. I Discovered Gorgilla! The Monster of Midnight Mountain!, script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko; An expedition finds the missing link between apes and humans in Borneo; It is initially hostile, but defends its fellow primates from a dinosaur. Desert Scream!, script by Allyn Brodsky, pencils by Jack Katz [as Jay Hawk], inks by Barry Smith; Archaeologist Egon Allov plans to rob the Egyptian pyramid of Neron-Alak of its hidden treasure but he is imprisoned inside it, and releases its long-dead monarch. Kraggoom! The Creature Who Caught An Astronaut!, script by Larry Lieber and Stan Lee (plot), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko; An exiled gaseous alien criminal named Kragoom waits in Earth orbit for the first human astronaut in order to enter his body and possess his mind, planning to return to Earth as a conqueror. 36 pgs. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $199.00 Paper: White Label #4152184004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Steve Ditko and Marie Severin (alterations). I Brought the Roc to Life!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Two newlyweds in Egypt uncover a huge egg in the sand that hatches into the Roc in the warm sunlight. One Last Wish!, script by Mike Friedrich, pencils by Don Heck, inks by George Tuska; Jay High is a petty crook who dies fleeing from the police; Before his death he gave his mother a strange talisman he brought back from Viet Nam, and she uses it to wish he could return, but his father wishes that he return to the grave before they can see him. House ad for Conan the Barbarian #4, art by Barry Windsor-Smith. 36 pgs. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $88.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4604947016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.64) will be charged at checkout.

First 20-cent issue. Cover art by John Severin. The Thing Called...It!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A bitter scientist builds a monster to destroy his rival, failing in every attempt to animate it until the swamp accidentally gives the construct life. The Man from Mars!, art by Don Heck; A dishonest carnival owner hires an amnesiac to play a Martian and cheats him on his wages. Terror of the Pterodactyl!, script by Steve Englehart (script) and Al Hewston (plot), art by Syd Shores; The skeleton of a giant pterodactyl is discovered and exhibited in a museum, where it comes to life and terrorizes the city. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Monsters on the Prowl (1971) 15 CGC 9.2

Paper: White

Label #4664127003

First 20-cent issue. Cover art by John Severin. The Thing Called...It!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A bitter scientist builds a monster to destroy his rival, failing in every attempt to animate it until the swamp accidentally gives the construct life. The Man from Mars!, art by Don Heck; A dishonest carnival owner hires an amnesiac to play a Martian and cheats him on his wages. Terror of the Pterodactyl!, script by Steve Englehart (script) and Al Hewston (plot), art by Syd Shores; The skeleton of a giant pterodactyl is discovered and exhibited in a museum, where it comes to life and terrorizes the city. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Monsters on the Prowl (1971) 16 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4664067017

Cover art by John Severin. The Forbidden Swamp, script by Roy Thomas, art by John Severin; Kull and Brule enter a temple to the Valusian snake-god which is guarded by a giant undersea beast. There he meets Thulsa Doom for the first time; she pretends to be an ally and asks to return with them to the City of Wonders; continued from Kull the Conqueror #2. Where Walks the Ghost, art by Steve Ditko; An escaped convict looks to buy a house that has the reputation of being haunted so people will steer clear of him. Mister Morgan's Monster, art by Jack Kirby; Humanoid robots are banned, but their inventor keeps one in secret, and aliens try to turn it against humanity. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $99.00 Paper: White Label #4152184009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Mike Esposito. Oog Lives Again!, script by Larry Lieber and Stan Lee (plot), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; An alien trapped in ice is freed and mocks the fearful humans as it waits to be rescued. The Dangerous Doll, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein; A poor man finds a doll in the field and gives it to his lame daughter; What he doesn't know is that the doll is really an alien child waiting for its parents to come and bring it home. I Made Time Stand Still; An inventor accidentally makes time stand still, leaving himself the only person able to move. Enter....the Robot!, art by Steve Ditko; A mine foreman is concerned that a new robot may take his job, so he scrambles the wires in its control panel, which turns out to have been a mistake when there is a cave-in and he could have used the robot's help. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $149.99 Paper: Off white to white Label #4630413014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Sinnott. The Martian Who Stole a City!, script by Larry Lieber (script, plot) and Stan Lee (plot), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A Martian steals a city piece by piece, until a young boy figures out that it is vulnerable to light. Nothing Can Save Us!, script by Larry Lieber (script, plot) and Stan Lee (plot), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Trapped on a small planet a group of space pilots almost kill a space dragon out of fear until they realize that it protects the planet from runaway asteroids. The Drop of Water, script by Hank Chapman, pencils by Gene Colan; The tear from a statue turns out to be the universal solvent. In Little Pieces; A man finds he has the power to kill people by tearing photos of them. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $505.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4577160014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($15.15) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. When the Monster Strikes!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; An inventor builds a robot, but finds his neighbors terrified by its monstrous appearance. The Wax People!, script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; The mannequins in a store come to life in a creepy atmosphere as it closes. Less Than Human, art by Don Heck; A strident anti-robot activist is convinced of the worth of robots when his son is saved by his robotic playmate. Trapped in the Room of Shadows, art by Steve Ditko; A kind millionaire finds the first of two magical wishing stones with which he hopes to help all humanity; His greedy guide steals the stones and leaves him trapped. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $149.99 Paper: Off white to white Label #4630413015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. The Return of... Grogg!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; 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 Kept Him in Stitches!; 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. The Macabre Mirror!, art by Don Heck; A greedy duke exacts crippling taxes from his people, taking their property when they run out of money; he ignores a gypsy's warnings and tries to seize her ancient mirror. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Monsters on the Prowl (1971) 23 CGC 9.0

Paper: White

Label #4664127004

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. The Return of... Grogg!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; 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 Kept Him in Stitches!; 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. The Macabre Mirror!, art by Don Heck; A greedy duke exacts crippling taxes from his people, taking their property when they run out of money; he ignores a gypsy's warnings and tries to seize her ancient mirror. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $99.00 Paper: White Label #4152184010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby and John Romita (alterations), inks by Dick Ayers and John Romita (alterations). The Wonder of the Ages!!! Magnetor!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A strong but dim man is exploited for profit by a con man and then abandoned, unable to find work except in a freak show; His unusual size is thought to make him the perfect passenger for an experimental space flight, but a strange cloud gives him magnetic powers. Shangri-La, art by Bill Everett; A man makes it back from Shangri-La only to be informed that the man he spoke with, whom he takes to be mad, actually left for the valley four hundred years ago. They Met on Mars!, art by Steve Ditko; Two unrecognizable beings land on Mars and fight; One of them destroys the other's ship and escapes. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Monsters on the Prowl (1971) 25 CGC 9.6

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4664067018

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. Colossus Lives Again, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; The crab-creatures of Cancrius II come back to try to take over the earth and begin by taking control of Colossus again; Bob O'Bryan, a scenery designer, comes up with the idea of creating a plaster of Paris creature to trick the crab-creatures into taking over. Promo for Savage Tales #2 featuring Conan and King Kull, using an illustration of Conan. The One Who Watches!, art by Gene Colan; When an old man cries out that he sees a monster it submerges before the townspeople can see it; Ivan Von Gent, the famous scientist, is with the townspeople and he vows to figure out how the old man can see the creature but no one else can. I'm Drowning!, art by George Roussos; Pete Norris is a con who is about to get the chair for the murders he committed. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.