Where Monsters Dwell #35
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Gorgolla! The Living Gargoyle!!", Stan Lee and Larry Lieber deliver a classic Marvel monster tale as an explorer stumbles upon the ancient Gorgolla in the Himalayas. Jack Kirby’s dynamic artwork brings the towering gargoyle and his Stonian kin to life, setting up a clash that hinges on betrayal, forgotten peace, and a surprising turn from conquerors to guardians. Cover by Kirby and Ayers captures the epic scale of the confrontation with bold, dramatic flair.
In the frozen heights of the Himalayas, explorer David Hartnell stumbles upon Gorgolla, a living gargoyle long buried in ice. When the ancient creature awakens, it calls upon its Stonian kin to launch an invasion—only to be betrayed by the very soldiers it commanded. As Gorgolla falls, the Stonians, having learned peace through centuries of observing humanity, turn their power toward protection instead.
In "Genius!", a lonely super-intellect on Earth answers a mysterious telepathic call from a radiant woman on Saturn, who begs him to build a rocket to reach her. He constructs the ship and travels across the solar system, only to find her true face beneath a dazzling mask—revealing a shocking truth that upends everything he believed.
In "Beware the Hands of Hundu," the arrogant painter Mark Walker, spurned by his former lover Anne Walker, turns to a gypsy’s dark magic for vengeance—using enchanted paints that bring his creations to life. As his art begins to bleed into reality, the line between imagination and nightmare blurs, and the ancient presence of Hundu stirs in the shadows.
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↩ Reprints Menace #4 (1953), Strange Tales #74 (1960)
Reprinted in Monster Masterworks #[nn] (1989)
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