Monsters on the Prowl #11
In "I Was a Slave of the Living Titan!", Joe Lowrey’s desperate escape from prison leads him into a mysterious swamp, where he stumbles upon a man claiming to have sailed with Ponce de Leon centuries ago. After drinking the swamp’s enchanted waters and regaining his youth, Joe finds himself trapped—his rejuvenation tied to the swamp’s strange magic, and his freedom slipping away. Written, drawn, and inked by Ralph Reese, with lettering by Jean Izzo, this 1971 Marvel tale blends myth and madness in a gripping, atmospheric story. The cover, a dynamic collaboration by Jack Kirby, Marie Severin, and Steve Ditko, captures the eerie allure of the swamp’s hidden secrets.
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Joe Lowrey escapes from prison and flees into a swamp, where he finds a man who claims to have been part of Ponce de Leon's expedition to find the Fountain of Youth hundreds of years earlier. Lowrey drinks the magic waters and turns younger himself, then kills the other man planning to profit from the discovery, but he finds that he can't leave the swamp or the rejuvenation wears off.
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