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Series: Monsters on the Prowl

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Publisher: Marvel

Title: Monsters on the Prowl
Issue: 24
Page Count: 40
Publish Date: August 1973
Volume: 1
Contributors: Editor: Roy Thomas

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Monsters on the Prowl #24
Owner: Ghost Town

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Story Title: This Is...Magnetor! - cover
Pages:1
Pencils:Jack Kirby; John Romita (see notes)
Inks:Dick Ayers; John Romita (see notes)
Letters:Artie Simek
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Magnetor [Hunk Ranken]


Story Title: The Wonder of the Ages!!! Magnetor! - comic story
Pages:13
Pencils:Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks:Dick Ayers (signed)
Letters:Sam Rosen (page 1-6); Artie Simek (page 7-13)
Genre:science fiction
Characters:unnamed con man; Magnetor [Hunk Larken]
Synopsis: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. Angry at his previous humiliation, he attacks society and runs amok until a special rocket is created to allow him to leave Earth and find somewhere where he can fit in.


Story Title: Shangri-La - comic story
Pages:3
Pencils:Bill Everett
Inks:Bill Everett
Letters:Joe Rosen
Genre:fantasy
Synopsis: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.


Story Title: They Met on Mars! - comic story
Pages:5
Pencils:Steve Ditko
Inks:Steve Ditko
Letters:Artie Simek
Genre:science fiction
Synopsis:Two unrecognizable beings land on Mars and fight. One of them destroys the other's ship and escapes, with the two never knowing that they were both human space travelers: one from the United States, one from the Soviet Union.


Story Title: More Miniaturized Mouthfuls of Marvel-ous Mutterings! (Or: Not Only Is Dracula Alive and Well - but He's Got Company!) - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Marvel Bullpen Bulletins
Pages:0.5
Letters:typeset


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