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MONSTER, CREATURE AND CRITTER ROUND-UP 009

MONSTER, CREATURE AND CRITTER ROUND-UP 009

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What’s the difference between a monster, a creature and a critter? Never you mind. Devil Flower: These carnivorous plants are cultivated by the spy Mister K for use in assassinations and in a classic payoff the carnivorous plant grower eventually becomes carnivorous plant food. (More Fun Comics 068, 1941) Giant Octopus: Not only is this giant cephalopod a great example of the octopus giant humanoid head but its attack on Navy Jones and Princess Coral serves as a meet cute…

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MONSTER, CRITTER AND CREATURE ROUND-UP 008

MONSTER, CRITTER AND CREATURE ROUND-UP 008

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Monster of Space: This very fun monster menaces the Spectre and gangster Knife Groggins during a trip to the astral plane intended to frighten Groggins into talking. One visit to the depths of the beast’s very fun oubliette tummy and the job is done. I really appreciate how weirdly proportioned this fellow is – it’s a good way to convey its unearthly nature. (More Fun Comics 065, 1941) On an unplanned trip to the occult realms in More Fun Comics…

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ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 063

ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 063

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They may not all be actual aliens, but they are all aliens and so forth. M’Bujies: We only really hear about the M’Bujies from the mouth of soldier/Blue Tracer sidekick Boomerang Jones, which makes me want to take his words with a pinch of salt, given, you know, the history of the world and whatnot. On the other hand, he is one of the protagonists of a fairly uncomplicated adventure comic so we can probably take most of the information…

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ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 062

ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 062

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You’re never going to believe how many dang aliens we have around here. Meteor-Monsters: When biology Professor Rudolph Norsen finds some seeds on a recently-fallen meteor you just know that he’s going to plant them on the off chance that they might sprout. And they do! In no time at all they have grown into tuberous plant monsters sporting prehensile tendrils, eyestalks and long serrated tonguelike structures – as far as plant monsters go the only thing they’re missing is…

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ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 061

ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 061

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Every planet has some aliens on it. That’s the rule. Seal People: These ancient enemies* of the Atlanteans become the allies of the evil Daka after he usurps the throne of Atlantis. Sadly they do not figure into modern day Marvel Comics continuity, as there being an intelligent species native to Antarctica would really shake up the ol’ geopolitical arena. (Marvel Mystery Comics v1 024, 1941) *For “ancient enemies,” the Seal People do seem to be suspiciously nice and helpful…

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MONSTER, CRITTER AND CREATURE ROUND-UP 007

MONSTER, CRITTER AND CREATURE ROUND-UP 007

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*smacks hood of post* You’ll never believe how many monsters, critters, creatures – and more! – we can get into one of these things! the German Invasion Wall: Are ludicrous war machines like this technically creatures? No, but I like them and they are close enough to giant robots that I will shelve them here rather than make up a whole other kind of post to put them in. The German Invasion Wall is just what it sounds like: an…

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MONSTER, CRITTER AND CREATURE ROUND-UP 006

MONSTER, CRITTER AND CREATURE ROUND-UP 006

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It is once again time for some monsters. And critters and creatures, of course. Tyrannosaurus and Gigantosaurus: Discovered as eggs in the Siberian permafrost, these dinosaurs are hatched, raised and put on display by circus impresario Barney Bailey and break out of their cages in a panic thanks to a record-breaking thunderstorm. They rampage across the skyline for a time (and devour Barney Bailey in the process), but alas for the science of paleontology in the Marvel Universe, both are…

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PROBLEMATIC ROUND-UP 009

PROBLEMATIC ROUND-UP 009

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It it the nature of comic books that we will always be doing Problematic Updates. Dr Finkle: Dr Finkle himself is nothing special: he’s a psuedo-Nazi teamed up with the pseudo-Japanese Matsui in a scheme to steal securities belonging to Axis-conquered countries that are held in America. The real issue lies with Finkle’s primary agents, who you may notice being referred to as “Indian Monsters” in the final panel above. These “Indian Monsters” are straight out of something like Bone…

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ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 057

ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 057

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Can you tell that I’ve hit the “M” portion of my aliens spreadsheet Martians: These very humanoid Martians have a whole series of problems:  1. some heavenly object is due to smash into their planet  2. they are bad at science 3. when they turned to Earth to look for help with their problem the only person they could get to help them was this jerk named Ritton, who intends to cash in his Mars favour for help in taking…

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MONSTER, CRITTER AND CREATURE ROUND-UP 005

MONSTER, CRITTER AND CREATURE ROUND-UP 005

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You won’t catch me not having a whole lot of monsters to show you. the Elipticoon: True to his name, the wicked Sophus, the Mad Philosopher engages in a slightly more abstract version of villainy in which he traps people in a pan-dimensional maze and delights in their despair (okay, this is pretty standard villainy, I’ll admit it. I just like the name). A major feature of this maze is the Hall of the Elipticoon, which houses its namesake, a…

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