Monsters on the Prowl #9
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "I Discovered Gorgilla! The Monster of Midnight Mountain!", Stan Lee and Larry Lieber team up with Jack Kirby’s dynamic art and Steve Ditko’s sharp inks to deliver a classic Marvel sci-fi thriller. When a gaseous alien criminal named Kragoom plots to possess the mind of Earth’s first astronaut, the fate of the planet hangs in the balance—just as the skies above Midnight Mountain begin to stir. The cover, penciled by Kirby and inked by Ayers, captures the eerie anticipation of an alien arrival.
In the dense jungles of Borneo, an expedition stumbles upon a creature that defies explanation—neither fully ape nor human, but something older, something wild. When a prehistoric dinosaur threatens the forest’s hidden inhabitants, the creature’s true nature emerges in a moment of unexpected protection.
In "Desert Scream!!," archaeologist Egon Allov ventures into the forgotten pyramid of Neron-Alak, driven by greed and the promise of hidden treasure—only to find himself trapped in a tomb where ancient secrets stir. As he awakens the long-dead monarch buried beneath the sands, the desert itself seems to scream in warning.
In "Kraggoom! The Creature Who Caught An Astronaut!", a gaseous alien criminal named Kragoom lies in wait in Earth's orbit, tracking the first human astronaut with a chilling purpose: to seize control of a human mind and return to Earth as a conqueror. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, this 1971 sci-fi tale unfolds in seven tense pages, blending cosmic dread with the eerie stillness of space.
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↩ Reprints Tales to Astonish #12 (1960), Journey into Mystery #78 (1962)
Reprinted in Giant-Size Chillers #3 (1975), Marvel Firsts: The 1970s #1 (2011), Marvel Creator Collection #1 (2025)
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