I'm still in my Monster Mood, so I thought I'd keep going with Marvel's Monsters Unleashed!Behind (literally) the typically-spooky cover by Frank Brunner is a Warren-esque one-page feature called "They Might Be Monsters" by Tony "The Tiger" Isabella and Pablo Marcos, about Man's first meeting with they thought was a monster...something later called a Gorilla.
"Frankenstein 1973" by Friedrich and Buscema continues (from issue #2), with the sorta-hippie guy bringing Frankenstein back to life...wanna bet it doesn't go quite as he intended?
After the always fun Marvel-style letters page ("Readers Unleashed!"), is a reprint tale "The Hands", an incredibly freaky tale of amputation and experimentation, drawn by some new kid named Gene Colan.
Chris Claremont's text piece "Our Martian Heritage" is a lot of fun, though I wonder why it's in a book called Monsters Unleashed! (oh hell, close enough). After that is "Web of Hate" by Isabella and the late, great Dave Cockrum and stars Gulliver Jones, Warrior of Mars!
"A Monster Reborn", by Steve Gerber and Pablo Marcos has an unusual setting for a horror tale (or a horror comic tale, at least)--a synagogue. Tony Isabella contributes another text piece, "The Monster Maker" a book review about the genius Ray Harryhausen.
"The Killers" is another reprint tale, drawn by...Bernie Kriegstein!! Wow! While this is obviously far from the best work Mr.Kreigstein ever did (it's a pretty obvious tale about monsters besetting a small lake community), it's still really neat to see such a genius' work show up in a Marvel monster mag!
"To Love, Honor, Cherish...", by Chris Claremont and Don Perlin, features a monster Mr.Perlin excelled at--werewolves! And speaking of werewolves, the issue ends with a heartfelt tribute to Lon Chaney, Jr., who has just recently died. Even though Lon had a rough life and career at the end (a long while before the end, sadly), he of course was remembered fondly--and still is today--as a Legend.
Howl one at the moon for me, Lon!
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