Tower of Shadows 1969 #7 - back issue - $7.00
A gigantic, mutant crab is sighted terrorizing various islands in the South Pacific. When the American military learn of this, they assign Commander Hartnell to put a stop to the crustacean threat that has become known as Titano. Hartnell's crew has several encounters with Titano and they eventually lure him to the Arctic. Hartnell maneuvers his ship so deftly that he manages to trap Titano between two giant glaciers.
A professor visits a British town to look into the Wollaston Curse. The curse was inflicted onto the grandson of the noble George Wollaston who had murdered a gypsy girl. The girl's mother cursed the family bloodline of the Wollastons where anyone in the vicinity of the Wollaston manor with hate in their heart will be destroyed by the curse. The professor visits the ruins of the manor with a woman he met in town. The woman was planning on killing and robbing the professor, but because she had hate in her heart, the curse destroys her causing her to become a part of the manor's architecture.
Vandal the barbarian, Pip the elf, and Trolkin the cursed dwarf (who looks like a lizard), save a kingdom from an evil demonic wizard named Arak who has the ability to turn any being into stone with his eye beams. Arak is defeated when Trolkin causes his own eye beams to reflect back at him, causing him to turn into stone and shatter when he hits the ground.
On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
- Titano! The Monster That Time Forgot!! - Marie Severin drew additional figures on the cover. Info per Nick Caputo, August 2012.
- I Was Trapped by Titano the Monster That Time Forgot! - Narrated in the first person. Cover story.
- The Scream of Things - Herb Trimpe provided corrections on page 5; panel 7 as revealed in Nick Caputo's blog: https://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2015/02/unknown-herb-trimpe-art.html
- Of Swords and Sorcery! - Arak's minions include a giant bird, a giant spider, and a horde of humanoids conjoined together into a huge mass.
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