Monsters on the Prowl Vol 1 21

Monsters on the Prowl Vol 1 #21
Previous Issue	Monsters on the Prowl #20
Next Issue	Monsters on the Prowl #22
Art by: Gil Kane, Joe Sinnott and Gaspar Saladino
Release Date	October 31, 1972
Cover Date	February, 1973
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Roy Thomas

1. "The Martian Who Stole a City!"
Appearances · Synopsis
Reprint of the 1st story from Tales of Suspense #29 (originally printed as The Martian Who Stole A City!) (original credits are italicized)
Writer(s)	Stan Lee Larry Lieber
Penciler(s)	Jack Kirby
Inker(s)	Dick Ayers
Colorist(s)	Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s)	Ray Holloway
Editor(s)	Stan Lee
2. "Nothing Can Save Us!"
Appearances · Synopsis
Reprint of the 3rd story from Tales of Suspense #29Nothing Can Save Us! (original credits are italicized)
Writer(s)	Stan Lee Larry Lieber
Penciler(s)	Jack Kirby
Inker(s)	Dick Ayers
Colorist(s)	Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s)	Ray Holloway
Editor(s)	Stan Lee
3. "The Drop of Water"
Appearances · Synopsis
Reprint of the 5th story from Marvel Tales #105The Drop of Water (original credits are italicized)
Writer(s)	Hank Chapman
Penciler(s)	Gene Colan
Inker(s)	Gene Colan
Editor(s)	Stan Lee
4. "In Little Pieces"
Appearances · Synopsis
Reprint of the 2nd story from Marvel Tales #105In Little Pieces (original credits are italicized)
Writer(s)	Carl Wessler
Penciler(s)	Harry Lazarus
Inker(s)	George Klein
Editor(s)	Stan Lee

Appearing in "The Martian Who Stole a City!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Tales of Suspense #29
(originally printed as The Martian Who Stole A City!)

Featured Characters:

• Bobby Carter (First and only known appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• Mr. Carter (Bobby's Father)
• Mrs. Carter (Bobby's Mother)

Antagonists:

• Martian Who Stole a City (First and only known appearance)

Other Characters:

• Bill Gordon
• CPD
• Helen (Mentioned)
• Ann (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Martians

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • Center City
• Mars

Items:

• Martian's transport gun

Vehicles:

• Martian's spacecraft

Synopsis for "The Martian Who Stole a City!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Tales of Suspense #29
(originally printed as The Martian Who Stole A City!)

A teenage puzzle solver deduces that the Martian who is stealing entire city blocks with a mechanism that can transport them to Mars is sensitive to light. Armed with this knowledge, the authorities overpower the creature and force him to reverse the effects of the mechanism.

Appearing in "Nothing Can Save Us!"

Reprint of the 3rd story from
Tales of Suspense #29Nothing Can Save Us!

Featured Characters:

• X-34 Space Exploration Team
  • Captain Rick Marshall
  • Several other unnamed members

Supporting Characters:

• Fire-breathing dragon

Other Characters:

• Unnamed Space Academy Teacher

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Dragons

Locations:

• Year 2088
  • Earth
  • Uncharted planet

Vehicles:

• X-34's Spaceship

Synopsis for "Nothing Can Save Us!"

Reprint of the 3rd story from
Tales of Suspense #29Nothing Can Save Us!

In the year 2088 a group of space explorers with rocket trouble find themselves crash landed on a planet with at least a week of repair work before they can leave. The crew is frightened by a monstrous dragon-like creature that breathes fire, and they want to use the ship's weapons to destroy it. The captain refuses, even drawing a gun on them, to allow planetary protocols to be violated. They can only attack native creatures in self-defense. The argument between the crew and captain seems moot when they notice an asteroid making its way towards them at high speed and will surely smash them before they can complete their repairs. When they accept their fate and wait for doom to befall them, they are surprised to see the dragon monster take notice of the asteroid and direct flame breath at it to alter its course. The crew realize that the regulations governing space explorer behavior were written by wise men for good reasons.

Appearing in "The Drop of Water"

Reprint of the 5th story from
Marvel Tales #105The Drop of Water

Featured Characters:

• Albert (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

• Albert's Unnamed College Professor (Only in flashback)
• Crying Statue (Only in flashback)

Other Characters:

• Midgard Serpent (Statue)
• Loki, The God of Fraud and Mischief (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Frost Giants (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth-616
  • Austria (Only in flashback)
    • Vienna (Only in flashback)
      • University of Vienna (Only in flashback)
      • Unnamed Park (Only in flashback)

Items:

• Statue's Tear

Synopsis for "The Drop of Water"

Reprint of the 5th story from
Marvel Tales #105The Drop of Water

The tear from a statue turns out to be the universal solvent.

Appearing in "In Little Pieces"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Marvel Tales #105In Little Pieces

Featured Characters:

• Ben Maijus (Apparent death)

Supporting Characters:

• Verna Maijus (Ben's Wife)

Other Characters:

• Winstead Company (Mentioned)
  • Walter Hothorn (Photo) (Death)
• Norton-Bries
  • Harvey Mayberry (Photo) (Death)
  • Robert Putnam (one of Ben's bosses) (First and only known appearance; dies)
  • Frank Werner (Ben's co-worker)
  • Mr. J. Norton (one of Ben's bosses) (Apparent death)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Jellyfish (Mentioned)
• Worms (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth-616
  • Earth
    • United States of America
      • Silver Falls
        • Norton-Bries

Synopsis for "In Little Pieces"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Marvel Tales #105In Little Pieces

A man finds he has the power to kill people by tearing photos of them. He decides to get rid of his shrew wife by tearing her photo but after doing it without even glancing at it, his recently fearful wife tells him that she has been trying to please him lately so she replaced her photo with one of him.

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