Creatures on the Loose Vol 1 25

Part of the Thongor and the Wizard of Lemuria arc
Creatures on the Loose #25
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Art by: Gil Kane, Frank Giacoia, Morrie Kuramoto and John Costanza
Release Date	June 26, 1973
Cover Date	September, 1973
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Roy Thomas

1. "The Wizard of Lemuria!"
Appearances · Synopsis
Story is an adaptation of the original material by Lin Carter
Writer(s)	George Alec Effinger Tony Isabella
Penciler(s)	Val Mayerik
Inker(s)	Vince Colletta
Colorist(s)	Petra Goldberg
Letterer(s)	June Braverman
Editor(s)	Roy Thomas
2. "When the Eggs Hatch!"
Appearances · Synopsis
Reprint of the 7th story from Journey Into Unknown Worlds #53 (original credits are italicized)
Penciler(s)	Tony DiPreta
Inker(s)	Tony DiPreta
Editor(s)	Stan Lee

 By the Seven Gods of Zangabal! The warrior that lies there slain----is Thongor! 

—Thongor

Appearing in "The Wizard of Lemuria!"

Featured Characters:

• Thongor (Main story and recap)

Supporting Characters:

• Sharajsha of Zaar (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Grakks (Main story and recap)
• Dwark
• Sliths (blood-drinking plants) (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Black Hawk Tribe (Mentioned)
  • Thumithar (Mentioned)
• Sharajsha's Zamph (First appearance)
• Black Druids (Mentioned)
• Thurdan Guards (Only in recap)
• Oolim Phon (Mentioned)

Deities and Invocations:

• Nineteen Gods (Invoked)
  • Father Gorm (Invoked)
• Seven Gods of Zangabal (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Grakks (Main story and recap)
• Dwarks
• Lizards (Mentioned)
• Hawks (Mentioned)
• Insects (Mentioned)
• Sliths / Vampire Plants (First appearance)
• Zamphs
• Horses (Vision or hallucination)

Locations:

• Earthspace
  • Earth
    • Lemuria
      • Chush
      • Valkarth (Mentioned)
      • Zaar (Mentioned)
      • Mountains of Mommur
      • Thurdis, the Dragon City (Only in recap)
      • Kovia (Appears on a map only)
        • Cadorna (Appears on a map only)
      • Ptartha (Appears on a map only)
        • Kathool of the Purple Towers (Appears on a map only)
        • Patanga (Appears on a map only)
        • Zangabal (Appears on a map only)
        • Perlorm (Appears on a map only)
        • Tarakus (Appears on a map only)
        • Tsargol (Appears on a map only)
• Frozen Heaven (Mentioned)

Items:

• Sarkozan

Vehicles:

• Floater (Flying Ship) (Main story and recap)

Events and Eras:

• Age of Men (Pleistocene, about almost half a million years ago)
• Great Cataclysm (Referenced)

Synopsis for "The Wizard of Lemuria!"

Thongor falls from his flying ship onto the earth of the Jungles of Chush where he fights off a handful of creatures before being saved by a wizard named Sharajsha. In his debt Thongor follows Sharajsha who is in need of Thongor's aid. The two travel to Sharajsha's home where he treats Thongor with a feast before telling the barbarian that his has foreseen his deeds and shows Thongor a terrible vision of destruction and the barbarian's death...

Appearing in "When the Eggs Hatch!"

Reprint of the 7th story from
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #53

Featured Characters:

• Bob Fry (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• Dr. Amos Milton (First appearance) (Only in flashback)

Antagonists:

• Numerous unnamed aliens (Main story and flashback)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Dinosaurs (Mentioned)
• Unidentified alien species (Main story and flashback)

Locations:

• Earth

Synopsis for "When the Eggs Hatch!"

Reprint of the 7th story from
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #53

A man finds a note in a jar that been left in a cave describing alien eggs that had landed on Earth inside of meteors. He goes off to alert authorities to search inside of caves for the eggs.

Notes

• The Wizard of Lemuria! is based on the Thongor and the Wizard of Lemuria novel by Lin Carter.

See Also

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