Monster Menace #1

(December 1993)

I Spent Midnight with the Monster on Bald Mountain! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number

T-460

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Anton Gorge; Evil [never actually called "the Thing/Monster on Bald Mountain" in this story]; Good

Synopsis

A sculptor builds two statues, one representing good and the other, evil, but the evil statue comes to life and attacks him. The good statue saves him, and both of them fall into the swamp.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #7 (January 1960)

Keywords

Bald Mountain; monsters

Indexer Notes

Original title: I Spent Midnight with the Thing on Bald Mountain! Narrated in the first person.

[We're #1] (Table of Contents: 2)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Colors

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) ([August] 2007)

Keywords

monsters

What Lurks on Channel X? (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number

V-345

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Bill Jones; Ruth Jones; Mr. Cragley; Jordan

Synopsis

A couple with a nasty landlord get a free TV set from a stranger. It is a device sent by aliens to enslave Earth by hypnotizing people through the sets in preparation for their landing force. The couple snap out of the hypnosis and the aliens from Pluto realize that their plan has failed and leave Earth. It turns out the landlord took down the antenna that the couple had set up to improve reception of the set, and the couple express their overwhelming gratitude to the puzzled landlord.

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #73 (October 1961)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.

Monster Menace... Some Titanic Thoughts (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee; Mort Todd

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Text page includes half page article on Marvel monsters by Stan Lee and half-page editorial by Mort Todd on the reprinted stories and creators. Includes background image of cover to Monster Menace #2.

The Terror of Tim Boo Ba! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number

[V-474]

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Tim Boo Ba

Synopsis

Alien warlord Tim Boo Ba is master of all he surveys but is wiped out in a torrential flood when an Earth boy drips water on the small scale model that is Tim Boo Ba's home planet.

Reprints

• from Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #9 (February 1962), #9 (February 1962)

Indexer Notes

This is a retelling of "Earth Will Be Destroyed!" drawn by Steve Ditko in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #9 (May 1960).

I Fought the Molten Man-Thing! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Steve Ditko

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number

[T-484]

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Frank Harper; lava creature

Synopsis

An airline pilot goes on vacation after a traumatic crash, but witness a volcanic eruption and strange creature. He uses a wind tunnel to drive the lava-covered creature back beneath the surface.

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #7 (January 1960)

Keywords

monsters