Cover: Steve Ditko & Marie Severin

Where Monsters Dwell #11

Sep 1971 · Marvel · 0.15 USD

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“Gruto! The Creature from Nowhere!”

In "Gruto! The Creature from Nowhere!", a desperate journalist spins a tale of terror around an amnesiac alien, turning fear into front-page drama. Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, with dynamic art by Jack Kirby and inks by Dick Ayers, this 1971 Marvel classic explores the cost of sensationalism when the truth finally surfaces. The cover, a striking collaboration by Steve Ditko and Marie Severin, captures the alien’s quiet power amid rising chaos.

writer Stan Lee · writer Larry Lieber · artist Jack Kirby · inker Dick Ayers · letterer Artie Simek · letterer Sam Rosen · cover Steve Ditko, Marie Severin

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Full credits

writer Stan Lee

writer Larry Lieber

artist Jack Kirby

inker Dick Ayers

letterer Artie Simek

letterer Sam Rosen

cover pencils, inks Steve Ditko

cover pencils, inks Marie Severin

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A journalist convinces the public that an amnesiac alien is a menace in order to make a better story. When the alien recovers, it says that it had come to share advanced technology with the humans, but it is disgusted by the journalist’s lies and the people’s violence and leaves.

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