Publishers / Marvel / Creatures on the Loose (1971) / #36
36July 1975
$0.25

Creatures on the Loose #36

Marvel · July 1975 · on sale 1975-04-15

First appearance: Garth of MournhelmFirst appearance: LambertFirst appearance: Gorjoon1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series)
Issue
#36
Publication date
July 1975
Key date
1975-07-00
On-sale date
1975-04-15
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.25
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Garth of Mournhelm - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Lambert - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Gorjoon - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Murder by Moonlight!cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Klaus Janson; letters: Gaspar SaladinoJohn Jameson, Man-Wolf, Garth of Mournhelm First
1Weird Stonecomic story18script: David Kraft; pencils: George Pérez; inks: Frank McLaughlin, Terry Austin; colors: Petra G.; letters: Tom OrzechowskiDum Dum Dugan, Nick Fury, Hate-Monger, J. Jonah Jameson, John Jameson, Man-Wolf, Kristine Saunders, Simon Stroud, Arisen Tyrk, Garth of Mournhelm First, Gorjoon First, Lambert First, Sandy Dehn, Mel Katz
2-letters page1script: Doug Moench; pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita
3A Dynamic Display of Dizzy Doings, Daring Delineations, and Dazzling Descriptions Designed to Dispel Your Despair!in-house column1script: Stan Lee

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 0.09 GBP

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Man-Wolf: The Complete Collection #[nn]
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Series context

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Sources

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