Monsters on the Prowl 1971 #23 - back issue - $9.00

Koslov is sent back home to investigate mysterious happenings in a remote area, where he discovers that the dragon Grogg is still on the loose. He sneaks into the secured area and finds that the military is planning a space mission to Mars to set up a base. With the help of a farmer, Koslov lures Grogg into the rocket and launches it on its mission to Mars, knowing that if the military ever successfully travel to Mars they will find an enraged dragon.

A surgeon gets the chance to operate on a Communist overlord and leaves his scalpel inside of him near his heart so that when he recovers enough in two days to move, he will die.

A greedy duke exacts crippling taxes from his people, taking their property when they run out of money. When he ignores a gypsy's warnings and tries to seize her ancient mirror he finds himself imprisoned within it forever, freeing his subjects.

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #94, February 1973.

• The Return of... Grogg! - Narrated in the first person. The hero's name is changed here, and Soviet Russia is changed to the fictional country 'Bodavia'.
• He Kept Him in Stitches! - Larry Woromay credit per Michael J. Vassallo.