—Miklos KozlovSo long as Grogg roams behind the iron curtain, so long will tyranny live in fear!... And I am free to devote my scientific talent working for the cause of democracy and peace throughout the world!
Appearing in "From Out of the Black Pit Came... Grogg!"
Featured Characters:
- Miklos Kozlov ⏵ (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Soviet Army
- Colonel Fedor Vorcutsky
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Tribals
- Unnamed Tribal Chief
- Numerous unnamed tribals
- United States Air Force
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- Asia (Main story and flashback)
- Soviet Union
- Bodavia (First appearance)
- China (Only in flashback)
- Great Wall of China (Only in flashback)
- North America
- Asia (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for "From Out of the Black Pit Came... Grogg!"
Atomic tests awaken an ancient dragon named Grogg. Grogg begins to terrorize a nearby village and Vorcutsky and Kozlov try to escape by plane. Grogg downs the plane and Vorcutsky tells the dragon that Kozlov was the one responsible for disturbing his rest. Hiding in a cave, Kozlov evaded Grogg's wrath by using a smoke grenade to obfuscate his escape.
Appearing in "Make A Wish"
Featured Characters:
- Gerald Harper (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Jimmy Gordon (First appearance)
- Mrs. Gordon (Jimmy's Mother) (First appearance)
- Sam Gordon (Jimmy's Father) (First appearance)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Gerald Harper's Wishing Machine (First appearance; destruction)
Synopsis for "Make A Wish"
Appearing in "The Masquerade Party"
Featured Characters:
- Cara Frost
Supporting Characters:
- Mr. Frost (Cara's Father)
Antagonists:
- Alice Dodd/Bond
- "Demon" (Rex Bond)
Other Characters:
- Mr. Dodd (Alice's Father) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Masquerade Party"
A spoiled rich girl always pays everyone back for even the most trivial imagined slights. When someone takes away some man she's got her eye on, she resolves to throw a costume party at the same time so that no one will show up for her rival's party. A cruel and arrogant demon crashes the party and treats the guests like garbage and the spoiled rich girl thinks she's found true love at last. When the clock strikes midnight, asks the demon to unmask and he replies "What mask, my love?" She faints, and when she recovers she resolves to turn over a new leaf, but the reader sees that it was just the boyfriend of the woman who's party was ruined giving the spoiled girl a little of her own payback.
Appearing in "The Menace of Shandu!"
Featured Characters:
- Tommy Jones
Antagonists:
- Shandu
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earthspace
- Earth
- North Pole (Vision or hallucination)
- Earth
- Unknown Dimensions (Vision or hallucination)
Items:
- Book on Summoning Genies
Synopsis for "The Menace of Shandu!"
A boy enters a book store and buys a book about summoning genies. He ends up summoning Shandu who informs the boy that he will grant him a single wish before destroying him. The boy wishes for everything to go back to the way it was before entering the shop only this time he does not pick up the book.
Notes
Continuity Notes[]
- Originally, "From Out of the Black Pit Came... Grogg!" was set in an unnamed "remote Asian province." When it was reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell #27, the story was edited so that Miklos was now Michael and the unnamed province was changed to Bodavia, a fictional communist nation created for Marvel's British reprint series. This retcon seems to have stuck as Marvel Monsters: From the Files of Ulysses Bloodstone (and the Monster Hunters) #1 confirms the story's updated setting.
- Grogg and Miklos Kozlov next appear in Strange Tales #87.
Publication Notes[]
- "From Out of the Black Pit Came... Grogg!" is reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell #27.
- "Masquerade Party" is reprinted in Chamber of Chills #16.
- "The Menace of Shandu!" is reprinted in Crypt of Shadows #17.