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Cover: Jack Kirby & John Romita & Dick Ayers

Monsters on the Prowl #24

Aug 1973 · Marvel · 0.20 USD
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In "The Wonder of the Ages!!! Magnetor!", Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby, and Dick Ayers deliver a standout tale of a towering man wronged by society, whose life takes a dramatic turn when a mysterious cloud grants him magnetic powers. Exploited and cast aside, he becomes a force of rage and chaos—until a daring rocket mission offers him a chance to escape Earth and find a place where he truly belongs. The cover by Jack Kirby and John Romita, inked by Dick Ayers, captures the moment of transformation with bold, dynamic flair.

Contains 3 stories
The Wonder of the Ages!!! Magnetor!
13 pp · Science Fiction
unnamed con manMagnetor [Hunk Larken]

In "The Wonder of the Ages!!! Magnetor!", a towering man wronged by a con artist finds his life upended when a mysterious cloud grants him magnetic powers. Once exploited and cast aside, he turns his rage on a world that never accepted him—until a rocket is built to send him beyond Earth, offering a chance to find a place where he truly belongs.

Shangri-La
3 pp · Fantasy

In "Shangri-La," a man returns from a hidden valley only to learn the truth: the man he believed he’d met there had vanished centuries before. The story unfolds with quiet mystery, weaving time and memory in a tale that lingers long after the final page.

They Met on Mars!
5 pp · Science Fiction

In a stark, forgotten corner of 1973’s *Monsters on the Prowl #24*, two unrecognizable figures clash on the red dust of Mars—each a lone survivor from a shattered spacecraft, unaware they were once human, one from the U.S., one from the USSR, locked in a silent war that never had to be.

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Raw (Fine) $11
CGC 9.8 · 6 in census $447*
CGC 9.6 · 7 in census $133
CGC 9.4 · 5 in census $77*
CGC 9.2 · 2 in census $54
CGC 9.0 · 3 in census $44*
CGC 8.5 · 2 in census $36*
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CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $33*
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 · 2 in census $25*
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $22*
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 · 1 in census $20
CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $20*
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Full credits

writer Stan Lee
artist Jack Kirby
letterer Sam Rosen
letterer Artie Simek
cover pencils Jack Kirby
cover pencils, inks John Romita
cover inks Dick Ayers

Reprints

↩ Reprints Journey into Unknown Worlds #55 (1957), Strange Tales #84 (1961)

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