Cover: Jack Kirby & Steve Ditko & Dick Ayers

Amazing Adventures #5

Oct 1961 · Marvel · 0.10 USD

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“The Escape of...Monsteroso!”

In "The Escape of...Monsteroso!" from Amazing Adventures #5 (1961), a circus owner’s discovery of a seemingly dead alien in Africa sets off a chain of events that spirals into chaos when the creature awakens and flees to the U.S. — not as a monster, but as a frightened child lost far from home. Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, with dynamic art by Jack Kirby and inks by Dick Ayers, this early Marvel tale blends sci-fi wonder with unexpected empathy. The cover, a striking collaboration by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, captures the moment of escape with bold energy.

writer Stan Lee · writer Larry Lieber · artist Jack Kirby · inker Dick Ayers · colorist Stan Goldberg · letterer Artie Simek · cover Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Dick Ayers

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Full credits

writer Stan Lee

writer Larry Lieber

artist Jack Kirby

inker Dick Ayers

colorist Stan Goldberg

letterer Artie Simek

cover pencils Jack Kirby

cover pencils, inks Steve Ditko

cover inks Dick Ayers

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A circus owner finds a dead alien in Africa and brings it to the United States for a museum. The alien turns out to be alive, and then goes on a rampage. It turns out that it is only a confused child, and its parents arrive to retrieve it.

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