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| 9.2 | $95.35 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1974-10-01 |
| 9.4 | $92.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_4_valueguide | 1974-10-01 |
| 9.6 | $1,092.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1974-10-01 |
| 9.8 | $992.35 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1974-10-01 |
| RAW | $20.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1974-10-01 |
| 10.0 | $1,290.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1974-10-01 |
| 4.0 | $6.50 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1974-10-01 |
| 6.0 | $58.95 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1974-10-01 |
| 8.0 | $75.50 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1974-10-01 |
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Monsters from the Sea
A single page detailing a variety of sea creatures. Two are Sea Serpents, one is a Giant Squid spotted by Captain Magnus Dens, and one is a sea monster that washed on shore of Girvan, Scotland.
| StoryTitle2 = Monsters Confidential | Writer2_1 = Tony Isabella | Penciler2_1 = Marie Severin | Inker2_1 = Marie Severin | Colorist2_1 = Black and White | Letterer2_1 = Typeset | Editor2_1 = Tony Isabella
| Appearing2 = * A text article discussing real world events or people, or characters from a real world perspective, as such, no conventional appearances.
| Synopsis2 = A single page editorial featuring information on stories featured in Monsters Unleashed as well as spotlighting other Marvel magazine titles.
| StoryTitle3 = Fever in the Freak House | Writer3_1 = Doug Moench | Penciler3_1 = Val Mayerik | Inker3_1 = Val Mayerik | Colorist3_1 = Black and White | Letterer3_1 = Dave Hunt | Editor3_1 = Tony Isabella
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Frankenstein's Monster) **Supporting Characters:** * Julia Winters_(Earth-616))|- **Antagonists:** * Master (James Sinoda)) First name and surname revealed * Master's Freaks ** Bruno_(Earth-616))|- ** Numerous unnamed freaks **Other Characters:** * James_(Earth-616))||-| In the body of Derek McDowell) * Bernard (Butler) * Mr. Winters (Julia's Father) * NYPD) ** Two unnamed police officers **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** New York) **** New York City ***** Master's Mansion
| Synopsis3 = James Sinoda is assaulted by the creature for killing its only friend, so he orders his army of freaks to attack the Frankenstein monster. They only succeed in delaying the monster until James can reach a grenade launcher filled with a gas canister which knocks out the creature.
When it revives, it finds itself bound to a wall. James tells it how he wants the creature to join his army of freaks which despise beauty, and so he has arranged a demonstration by capturing the daughter of his former employer who rejected him when he asked for a date. James removes a hideous mask revealing a handsome face which causes his freaks to mutter among themselves at the deception. When James brandishes a hot iron towards the girl's face, one of the freaks speaks out, and James kills him for his defiance. The other freaks revolt and James begins shooting them one by one.
This incenses the Frankenstein monster and he begins to free himself from his wall restraints, causing the room to begin to collapse. James finds himself overwhelmed by his freaks while the creature rescues the girl and brings her outside to the waiting police.
| StoryTitle4 = Several Meaningless Deaths | Writer4_1 = Steve Gerber | Penciler4_1 = Pat Broderick | Inker4_1 = Al Milgrom | Colorist4_1 = Black and White | Letterer4_1 = Typeset | Editor4_1 = Tony Isabella
| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Man-Thing (Ted Sallis)) **Supporting Characters:** * Christopher Dale) * Elaine) **Antagonists:** * Samuel Parrish) (Elaine's Father) **Other Characters:** * Loch Ness Monster) * Marshall McLuhan * Elaine_(Earth-616)) * Unnamed mugger * Unnamed watchman * Lord (Yahweh)) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Crickets * Frogs * Orangutans * Alligators * Man-Things **Realities:** * Earth-616 (flashback) **Locations:** * Earth (flashback) ** North America (flashback) *** United States of America (flashback) **** Florida) (flashback) ***** Everglades (flashback) ****** Man-Thing's Swamp (flashback) ***** Citrusville ***** Topequa **** New York) ***** New York City ** Loch Ness, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe **Items:** * In the Heat of the Night (film)|In the Heat of the Night (Film)
| Synopsis4 = Christopher Dale), an unsuccessful New York writer grieving the murder of his girlfriend Elaine_(Earth-616)), isolated himself in a shack deep within the Florida) Everglades in hopes of finding inspiration for a novel. Struggling with loneliness and creative frustration, he became increasingly disturbed after typing a strange sentence he could not explain: “Let me tell you of me, so you will know what a nothing being is.”
While living in the swamp, Dale frequently heard the eerie sounds of a shambling creature moving through the marsh at night, rumors he associated with the legendary Man-Thing). One evening, his solitude was interrupted when an injured teenage girl named Elaine) collapsed outside his shack, bleeding from a knife wound. After he treated her injuries, she inexplicably repeated the exact mysterious sentence Dale had typed earlier that night, deeply unsettling him.
Elaine explained that her father had attacked her, but before Dale could fully understand the situation, the girl’s massive and violent father arrived at the shack armed with a butcher knife. Mistaking Dale for Ted Sallis, whom he believed had seduced his daughter, the enraged man threatened to kill them both. Dale attempted to frighten him away by claiming the swamp monster was real, only for the Man-Thing itself to suddenly emerge from the darkness and violently hurl the attacker aside.
As Dale stared in horror at the towering swamp creature, Elaine joyfully greeted it as “Ted,” believing the Man-Thing to truly be Ted Sallis. Dale realized he had come face-to-face not only with the legendary monster of the Everglades, but possibly with the missing scientist himself.
This story is continued next issue...
| StoryTitle5 = Swamp Stars of the Silver Screen | Writer5_1 = Don Glut | Colorist5_1 = Black and White | Letterer5_1 = Typeset | Editor5_1 = Tony Isabella
| Appearing5 = * A text article discussing real world events or people, or characters from a real world perspective, as such, no conventional appearances.
| Synopsis5 = An editorial discussing a variety of films that feature swamp monsters and which could be the definitive one.
| ReprintOf6 = Tower of Shadows Vol 1 2 | ReprintOfStory6 = 3 | Letterer6_1 = Morrie Kuramoto
| StoryTitle7 = A Martian Genesis! | Writer7_1 = Tony Isabella | Writer7_2 = Doug Moench | Penciler7_1 = George Perez | Penciler7_2 = Rich Buckler | Inker7_1 = Duffy Vohland | Inker7_2 = John Byrne | Inker7_3 = Bob Layton | Colorist7_1 = Black and White | Editor7_1 = Tony Isabella
| Appearing7 = **Featured Characters:** * Gullivar Jones)|-|- **Supporting Characters:** * Princess Heru_(Earth-616))|-|- * Chak_(Earth-616))|-|- **Antagonists:** * Technics Guild) ** Firstborn_(Earth-616)) ** Numerous unnamed hybrid creations ** Three unnamed members **Other Characters:** * Hither People ** Prince Hath) ** Numerous unnamed members * Phra) * Moses) * Wizard of Oz (character)|Wizard of Oz * United States Marine Corps) * Ar-Hap) **Races and Species:** * Martians ** Hither People *** Golden Ones ** Mutant Wing-Men) ** Bloodbeasts ** Giant Slugs ** Wing-Men) * Humans) * Dinosaurs **Realities:** * Earth-616 (flashback) **Locations:** * Earthspace (flashback) ** Mars) *** Seven Citadels **** Seth) ***** Hall of Science) *** River of the Dead ** Earth *** New York City, New York, United States of America, North America *** Red Sea *** Asia **** Vietnam * Hell **Items:** * Amulet of Understanding
**Events:** * Vietnam War
| Synopsis7 = Gullivar, Chak, and Heru enter the city of Seth and fight off numerous hybrids created by the Technics Guild. When the remaining members of the guild knock out the trio they awake in the Hall of Science where the Technics Guild have them face off their greatest creation that will replace life on Mars... the Firstborn. After fighting the Firstborn however it's design is flawed and it dies trying to support its massive brain on a small frame.
Seeing that the Technics Guild are useless Gullivar leaves the Hall of Science looking for new ways to return to Earth.
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Creative credits
Writers: Tony Isabella, Tony Isabella, Doug Moench, Steve Gerber, Don Glut, Tony Isabella, Doug Moench
Interior art: Ernie Chan, Marie Severin, Val Mayerik, Pat Broderick, George Perez, Rich Buckler
Color: Black and White, Black and White, Black and White, Black and White, Black and White, Black and White
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GCD: 27847
PANEL PROFITS: 2453417