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Monsters on the Prowl #10 cover
Cover: Steve Ditko & Marie Severin

Monsters on the Prowl #10

Apr 1971 · Marvel · 0.15 USD
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In "I Brought the Roc to Life!", petty crook Jay High meets a sudden end fleeing police, leaving behind a mysterious talisman from Vietnam. His mother, desperate to bring him back, makes a wish with the artifact—only to have his father’s deeper, darker wish threaten to undo it all. Written by Mike Friedrich and illustrated by Don Heck with inks by George Tuska, this eerie 1971 tale unfolds with haunting emotional weight, its unsettling tone heightened by Steve Ditko and Marie Severin’s striking cover art.

Contains 2 stories
I Brought the Roc to Life!
13 pp · Science Fiction
RocJohn AveryAnne Avery

In "I Brought the Roc to Life!", two newlyweds in Egypt stumble upon a massive egg buried in the sand, which hatches under the sun into the legendary Roc. As the creature begins gathering wreckage from trains and bridges to build a nest, the scientist who discovered it devises a bold plan—constructing a robotic twin to lure the bird on a journey beyond Earth, driven by an ancient, lonely longing.

One Last Wish!
7 pp · Horror-Suspense
Don Heck (host)

In "One Last Wish!" from Monsters on the Prowl #10 (1971), a dying man’s final act sets off a haunting family rift when his mother uses a mysterious talisman from Vietnam to wish for his return—only for his father to counter with a desperate plea to keep him buried. The story unfolds in seven chilling pages, where grief and guilt collide in a moment that defies death.

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Raw (Fine) $9
CGC 9.8 · 6 in census $393
CGC 9.6 · 16 in census $103
CGC 9.4 · 10 in census $88
CGC 9.2 · 4 in census $49
CGC 9.0 · 2 in census $39*
CGC 8.5 none in existence
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CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $29*
CGC 7.5 · 3 in census $26*
CGC 7.0 · 1 in census $22*
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $20*
CGC 6.0 · 2 in census $20*
CGC 5.5 · 1 in census $20*
CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $20*
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Full credits

artist Don Heck
letterer Jean Izzo
cover pencils, inks Steve Ditko
cover pencils, inks Marie Severin

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↩ Reprints Journey into Mystery #71 (1961)

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