Marvel Comics · Where Creatures Roam #4 · January 1971 · 15¢ · 32 pages
Grade: VG/F 5.0
Edited by Stan Lee.
Cover reprinted from Strange Tales #75.
This issue opens with “The Thing from the Hidden Swamp,” a creature feature about an ancient beast awakened from its slumber. The anthology continues with “I Found the Doorway to Nowhere,” exploring dimensional horror, and “The Monsters Are Coming,” a tale of alien invasion from a small town perspective.
The issue concludes with “When Wakes the Kraken,” featuring a sea monster emerging from the depths to terrorize a coastal village. All stories are reprints from Marvel's Atlas-era monster comics of the 1950s.
Part of Marvel's early Bronze Age horror revival, Where Creatures Roam reprinted classic monster stories during the period when the Comics Code loosened restrictions on horror content.
Condition VG/F 5.0 with moderate spine stress and edge wear consistent with handling, complete interior, structurally sound, and unrestored.
Marvel Comics · Where Creatures Roam #4 · January 1971 · 15¢ · 32 pages
Grade: VG/F 5.0
Edited by Stan Lee.
Cover reprinted from Strange Tales #75.
This issue opens with “The Thing from the Hidden Swamp,” a creature feature about an ancient beast awakened from its slumber. The anthology continues with “I Found the Doorway to Nowhere,” exploring dimensional horror, and “The Monsters Are Coming,” a tale of alien invasion from a small town perspective.
The issue concludes with “When Wakes the Kraken,” featuring a sea monster emerging from the depths to terrorize a coastal village. All stories are reprints from Marvel's Atlas-era monster comics of the 1950s.
Part of Marvel's early Bronze Age horror revival, Where Creatures Roam reprinted classic monster stories during the period when the Comics Code loosened restrictions on horror content.
Condition VG/F 5.0 with moderate spine stress and edge wear consistent with handling, complete interior, structurally sound, and unrestored.
