For Halloween 2005 (meaning these have a December 2005 publication date), Marvel released four one-shots: Devil Dinosaur, Fin Fang 4, Monsters on the Prowl, and a book of “files” on Marvel monsters “from the files of Ulysses Bloodstone.” That last one wasn’t a story, it was just a bunch of character cards and articles. I can’t imagine anyone actually read the whole thing. As for the other three, I’m covering all in this post–even though they’re not related. Each issue had original material (covered here) and reprints of Silver Age monster stories.
Devil Dinosaur: Due to some young Celestial involvement, Hulk gets transported back in time and they fight. When the grown up Celestials find out, the kids get in trouble.
Monsters on the Prowl has Collector collecting monsters and Hulk and Thing intervening. But first they have a snack…
You’ll see from the tags below that there are quite a few scenes of Thing eating and even more scenes showing Hulk eating. But this is the first time they’ve eaten TOGETHER.
The story takes place in the early Marvel days, with the original Avengers showing up, and some original X-Men as well.
Fin Fang 4: The Fantastic Four take in a bunch of monsters to work at the Baxter Building.
And they form their own foursome team: Elektro, Gorgilla, Googam and, of course, Fin Fang Foom.
Throughout, dozens of Silver Age monsters appear for the first time. I’ve only tagged or mentioned them if they appear again. But these are some fun comics. Love ’em!
