One of Marvel's fifth-week events from 2005 centred around the classic Marvel Monsters that would invade the pages of Strange Tales, Journey into Mystery, Amazing Adventures, Tales to Astonish and Tales of Suspense every month, before the age of heroes. While it was an okay event at best, the four one-shots finally established that those behemoths from outer space and other dimensions did actually inhabit the Marvel Universe!
The highlight is the Hulk's clash with Devil Dinosaur (a character who was first introduced in the 1970s), but we also found out what some of these creatures had been up to since their early '60 debuts, an untold tale of the time some of the Marvel U's more monstrous heroes gathered to fight them and, finally, the introduction of the Fin Fang Four!
The featured stories aren't connected and most issues also featured reprints of classic Marvel Monster tales.
In the early days of the Fantastic Four, the team captured, shrunk and rehabilitated a number of monsters. Years later, Mister Fantastic has shrunk and rehabilitated a number of those monsters and given them jobs in the Baxter Building. Googam is tricked into freeing Tim Boo Ba from imprisonment and is assisted by Elektro, Gorgilla and Fin Fang Foom in defeating him.
Marvel Monsters: From the Files of Ulysses Bloodstone and the Monster Hunters #1
Not your regular Marvel Handbook, this one-shot presents text-based histories of all the major and some lesser-known Marvel Monsters, as described by Ulysses Bloodstone and his daughter, Elsa Bloodstone.
Avengers #28 (1966)
The Collector first and next appears; Giant-Man battles the Collector as Goliath.
Tales to Astonish #80 (1966)
Mole Man next appears, making his next attack on the surface world and facing the Hulk.
Tales to Astonish #83 (1966)
Hulk is returns to the present day after his battle with Devil Dinosaur during T.H.E.M.
Avengers #89-97 (1971-1972)
In the present day, the Kree and the Skrulls are revealed to have been at war for millennia during THE KREE-SKRULL WAR.
Fallen Angels #4 (1987)
Devil Dinosaur and Moonboy next appear and are transported to the present day during FALLEN ANGELS.
Giant-Size Avengers #1 (2008)
The Fin Fang Four next appear and see Doc Samson for group counselling.
Fin Fang Four Return #1 (2009)
The Fin Fang Four try and fail to settle into normal, separate lives.
Marvel Monsters HC
Collects Marvel Monsters: Devil Dinosaur #1, Marvel Monsters: Fin Fang 4 #1, Marvel Monsters: From the Files of Ulysses Bloodstone and the Monster Hunters #1, Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl #1 and Marvel Monsters: Where Monsters Dwell #1
The highlight is the Hulk's clash with Devil Dinosaur (a character who was first introduced in the 1970s), but we also found out what some of these creatures had been up to since their early '60 debuts, an untold tale of the time some of the Marvel U's more monstrous heroes gathered to fight them and, finally, the introduction of the Fin Fang Four!
The featured stories aren't connected and most issues also featured reprints of classic Marvel Monster tales.
- Marvel Monsters: Devil Dinosaur #1[1/2]
- Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl #1[1/2]
- Marvel Monsters: Where Monsters Dwell #1[1/4]
- Marvel Monsters: Where Monsters Dwell #1[2/4]
- Marvel Monsters: Where Monsters Dwell #1[3/4]
- Marvel Monsters: Fin Fang 4 #1
- Marvel Monsters: From the Files of Ulysses Bloodstone and the Monster Hunters #1
Marvel Monsters: Devil Dinosaur #1[1/2]
Two young Celestials observe as Devil Dinosaur and Moon Boy's conflict with the Killer Folk ends in the good guys' favour. As this upsets their wager, one Celestial plucks the Hulk from Earth's future to redress the balance, so the other Celestial powers Devil Dinosaur up. Both are returned to normal by the adult Celestials who send the young ones to observe the first meeting between the Kree and the Skrulls in the hope they'll stay out of trouble.
Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl #1[1/2]
In an untold tale, the Collector and the Mole Man send their respective monsters to battle each other. The Thing and the Hulk step up to save New York and are quickly joined by the X-Men's Beast and Giant-Man (right before he rejoins the Avengers). Mister Fantastic and the Hulk send the monsters into the Negative Zone.
Marvel Monsters: Where Monsters Dwell #1[1/4]
Bombu makes his second attempt to conquer the Earth, years after his first defeat. This time, he's laughed at, tasered and thrown in jail.
Marvel Monsters: Where Monsters Dwell #1[2/4]
Movie producer Charles Hudson gets a chance for revenge against the Hollywood types who've screwed him over when aliens repair and grant sentience to Monstrollo. Hudson uses his new manager's might to become a major player in La-La Land.
Marvel Monsters: Where Monsters Dwell #1[3/4]
Student Billie Jones searches Farnsworth College for the alien invader Manoo, only to discover she's also under Manoo's control.
Marvel Monsters: Fin Fang 4 #1In the early days of the Fantastic Four, the team captured, shrunk and rehabilitated a number of monsters. Years later, Mister Fantastic has shrunk and rehabilitated a number of those monsters and given them jobs in the Baxter Building. Googam is tricked into freeing Tim Boo Ba from imprisonment and is assisted by Elektro, Gorgilla and Fin Fang Foom in defeating him.
Marvel Monsters: From the Files of Ulysses Bloodstone and the Monster Hunters #1
Not your regular Marvel Handbook, this one-shot presents text-based histories of all the major and some lesser-known Marvel Monsters, as described by Ulysses Bloodstone and his daughter, Elsa Bloodstone.
Avengers #28 (1966)
The Collector first and next appears; Giant-Man battles the Collector as Goliath.
Tales to Astonish #80 (1966)
Mole Man next appears, making his next attack on the surface world and facing the Hulk.
Tales to Astonish #83 (1966)
Hulk is returns to the present day after his battle with Devil Dinosaur during T.H.E.M.
Avengers #89-97 (1971-1972)
In the present day, the Kree and the Skrulls are revealed to have been at war for millennia during THE KREE-SKRULL WAR.
Fallen Angels #4 (1987)
Devil Dinosaur and Moonboy next appear and are transported to the present day during FALLEN ANGELS.
Giant-Size Avengers #1 (2008)
The Fin Fang Four next appear and see Doc Samson for group counselling.
Fin Fang Four Return #1 (2009)
The Fin Fang Four try and fail to settle into normal, separate lives.
Marvel Monsters HC
Collects Marvel Monsters: Devil Dinosaur #1, Marvel Monsters: Fin Fang 4 #1, Marvel Monsters: From the Files of Ulysses Bloodstone and the Monster Hunters #1, Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl #1 and Marvel Monsters: Where Monsters Dwell #1
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