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 Adapted from original material by Edwin L. Arnold Editor Stan Lee "Gargantus!" "The Things from Dimension X!" 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^[1] (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^[1] (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^[2][1]
  • 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 "Gargantus!"

Synopsis for "Gargantus!"

Appearing in "The Things from Dimension X!"

Synopsis for "The Things from Dimension X!"

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.

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