Monsters on the Prowl #14

(December 1971)

The Return of the Titan! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

[V-97]

Content Information

Genre:

monsters

Characters:

Titan [Xemnu]; Joe Harper

Synopsis:

The Titan returns from space and takes over a small town to get revenge on the human that defeated him. This human tracks him down and uses a mirror to turn the alien’s hypnotic powers back on him and destroy him.

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• from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #66 (March 1961) [as "The Return of the Titan!"]

Indexer Notes

Title and name of main character changed to avoid confusion with the far more popular Hulk. This story is divided into two untitled parts (6 pp, 7 pp).

The Gypsy's Revenge! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-353

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Characters:

Monk Morgan

Synopsis:

An American criminal robs an old gypsy man, ignoring his pleas and curses. When he returns to the United States he sees a fortune teller at a circus, and finds the tent suspended in the void, with the fortune teller revealed as the old man.

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• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #25 (November 1961)

The Speed Demon (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Characters:

Speedy Simms

Synopsis:

Speedy Sims raced his car so recklessly he is doomed to race around the rings of Saturn forever.

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• from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #79 (April 1962)

Indexer Notes

Script and synopsis added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

I Was Trapped by the Mole Men! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-553

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Characters:

Dan; Casey (only appearance for both)

Synopsis:

A subway train full of people goes missing underground. A brash young cop finds that it has been taken by a subterranean race and violently rescues the train. He is shocked to discover that the mysterious people were benevolent, and that he has ruined a golden opportunity to gain knowledge.

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• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #73 (February 1960)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.

The Voice from Nowhere! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-283

Content Information

Genre:

horror; science fiction

Synopsis:

A space pilot landing on an asteroid is perplexed by a voice from nowhere pleading for help, but he realizes that the asteroid itself is the source of the voice.

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• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #23 (September 1961)

The Man Who Played Dead! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot)

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-596

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Synopsis:

A midget disguises himself as a dummy to gain access to homes to rob them.

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• from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #79 (April 1962)

Indexer Notes

Script and synopsis added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)