Monsters on the Prowl #13

In "The Sandman Cometh!" from Monsters on the Prowl #13 (1971), a quiet family's day turns surreal when they encounter a towering, alien entity woven from sand—hostile and unstoppable. With the military powerless to stop it, it's the family’s bookish son who finds a way to outwit the creature, using nothing but water and quick thinking to trap it in a bucket.

In "I Dared Enter the Haunted Forest!" from Monsters on the Prowl #13 (1971), a bigoted rich man's reckless curiosity leads him into a cursed forest that defies reason. When the forest's keeper reveals the true, alien purpose behind the land's terror, the man realizes too late he was never the visitor—but the exhibit.

In "In the Shadow of Tragg — He Who Walks Beneath the Earth!" from Monsters on the Prowl #13 (1971), reporter David Arnstead ventures into the forgotten tunnels beneath New York City, drawn by rumors of a subway line’s sudden closure. What he uncovers is something far older and more terrifying than any urban legend—Tragg, a monstrous entity that stirs beneath the earth, drawn to the warmth of human life.