Monsters on the Prowl 1971 #15 - reader copy - $6.00
A bitter scientist builds a monster to destroy his rival, failing in every attempt to animate it until the swamp accidentally gives the construct life. The creature has a conscience and refuses to murder, so its creator uses lies to turn the local people against it. In trying to kill his creation, the scientist is killed himself and another accident transfers the creature's consciousness into the scientist's human body, freeing the creature to live a noble life.
A dishonest carnival owner hires an amnesiac to play a Martian and cheats him on his wages. When the man regains his memory, he realizes that he really is a Martian, sent to Earth to capture a human for the zoo, and so he takes the crook with him.
The skeleton of a giant pterodactyl is discovered and exhibited in a museum, where it comes to life and terrorizes the city.
On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
- The Thing Called...It! - This story is divided into two chapters: an untitled chapter 1 (6 pp) and chapter 2 ? "It" Lives! (7 pp).
- The Man from Mars! - Narrated in the second person.
- Terror of the Pterodactyl! - Englehart's first comic script credit; see www.steveenglehart.com
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