Creatures on the Loose Vol 1 17

Part of the "Gullivar Jones, Warrior of Mars!" story arc Creatures on the Loose Vol 1 #17 Published May, 1972 Editor-in-Chief Stan Lee Cover Artist Gil Kane "River of the Dead!" Writer Roy Thomas Penciler Gil Kane Inker Sam Grainger Letterer Shelly Leferman Adapted from original material by Edwin L. Arnold Editor Stan Lee "What? What? What was Gargantus!" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Jack Kirby Inker Steve Ditko Colorist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek Editor Stan Lee "The Thing from Dimension X!" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Don Heck Inker Don Heck Colorist Stan Goldberg Letterer Joe Rosen Editor Stan Lee Previous Issue Next Issue Creatures on the Loose #16 Creatures on the Loose #18

Appearing in "River of the Dead!"

Featured Characters:

• Gullivar Jones (Also appears in dream/recap)

Supporting Characters:

• Hither People (Also appears in dream/recap)
  • Lu-Pov (Dream/recap)
  • Princess Heru (Dream/recap) (Also impersonated by a Giant Slug)
• Chak the Wing-Man (First appearance) (Unnamed)

Antagonists:

• Red Lizardmen (Dream/recap)
• Wing-Men (Dream/recap)
• Giant Slugs (First appearance)
• Noltoi / Spider-Swarm (First appearance)
• Phra (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Marines (Mentioned)
• Good Lord (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Martians
  • Hither People (Also appears in dream/recap)
    • Golden Ones (Also appears in dream/recap)
  • Red Lizardmen (Dream/recap)
  • Wing-Men (Also appears in dream/recap)
    • Mutant Wing-Men (First appearance) (Unmentioned)
  • Noltoi / Spider-Swarm (First appearance)
• Red Lizardmen' mounts (Dream/recap)
• Ordlups (Dream/recap)
• Giant Slugs (First appearance)

Locations:

• Circa one billion years ago
  • Mars
    • River of the Dead
    • Seth (Dream/recap)
    • Noltoi's place (First appearance)
• Modern Age
  • Earth (Dream/recap)
    • United States of America (Dream/recap)
• Valhalla (Mentioned)
• Hell (Invoked)

Items:

• Amulet of Understanding

Vehicles:

• Funeral craft
  
  

Synopsis for "River of the Dead!"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "What? What? What was Gargantus!"

This story is a reprint of the comic
Strange Tales #80.

Featured Characters:

• Dan

Supporting Characters:

• Billy

Antagonists:

• Gargantus (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• United States National Guard

Races and Species:

• Deviant Mutates
• Humans
• Fish
• Sharks
• Elephants
• Mammoths (Referenced)

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • New York
      • New York City
  • Atlantic Ocean

Vehicles:

• Norden Bathysphere
  
  

Synopsis for "What? What? What was Gargantus!"

This story is a reprint of the comic
Strange Tales #80.

Gargantus follows a deep-sea explorer back to the surface where he goes on a rampage until he runs out of breath.

Appearing in "The Thing from Dimension X!"

This story is a reprint of the comic
Strange Tales #80.

Featured Characters:

• Lynwood

Supporting Characters:

• George Washington (Statue)
• Abraham Lincoln (Statue)
• Thomas Jefferson (Statue)
• Theodore Roosevelt (Statue)

Antagonists:

• Electrans
  • Koaa
  • Other Electrans (Unnamed)

Other Characters:

• Lynwood's Boss (Unnamed)

Races and Species:

• Electrans (First appearance)
• Humans

Locations:

• Earthspace
  • Earth
    • United States of America
      • Paragon Laboratories
      • South Dakota
        • Mount Rushmore
• Electra

Items:

• Lynwood's Dimension Connector (Destroyed)
  
  

Synopsis for "The Thing from Dimension X!"

This story is a reprint of the comic
Strange Tales #80.

A man builds a machine that can connect his world to other dimensions. Whilst asleep a race of creatures enter to his world through his machine and threaten to conquer the world. As they leave the cabin entry point they encounter large creatures in the shadows and attempt to use their weapons on them to no effect. They flee the giant creatures back into their dimension where the man smashes the machine to stop their return then he leave the cabin to check what spooked them. Outside he discovers giant footsteps and with the sun coming up he sees Mt. Rushmore in the distance and ponders if they had assisted in driving the creatures back.

Solicit Synopsis

Gullivar Jones, Warrior of Mars - facing the Spider-Swarm at the end of the River of Death! Far-out fantasy at its finest!

Notes

River of the Dead is freely adapted from the novel Lt. Gullivar Jones by Edwin L. Arnold.

See Also

• 1 Image(s) from Creatures on the Loose Vol 1 17

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