Monsters on the Prowl #28
In "The Escape of...Monsteroso!", a 1974 Marvel classic, a hidden truth about humanity's origins is revealed: Earth's inhabitants are unknowingly enslaved by dimension-hopping masters who dictate all thought. When a rare individual emerges with forbidden knowledge, the system moves to erase them—before they can awaken the world. Art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache brings the eerie, cerebral tension to life, while the cover by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko delivers a striking, otherworldly vision.
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This story postulates that the people of Earth are in reality the slaves of beings from another dimension who control all thought that people are allowed to have. When an occasion savant arises that produces knowledge the masters don't want people to have, that individual is made nonexistent.
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