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8October 1974
$0.75

Monsters Unleashed #8

Marvel · October 1974 · on sale 1974-08-15

First appearance: Master of FreaksFirst appearance: Princess HeruFirst appearance: Chak
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Identification plate

Series
Monsters Unleashed (Marvel, 1973 series)
Issue
#8
Publication date
October 1974
Key date
1974-10-00
On-sale date
1974-08-15
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.75
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Chak - 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
0Frenzy -- In the House of Freakscover1pencils: Earl Norem; inks: Earl Norem; colors: Earl NoremFrankenstein Monster, Master of Freaks First
1Monsters from the Seacomic story1script: Tony Isabella; pencils: Ernie Chua; inks: Ernie Chua; letters: Jean Izzo
2-table of contents1pencils: Val Mayerik, Pat Broderick, Neal Adams; inks: Val Mayerik, Al Milgrom, Dan Adkins
3Monsters Confidentialtext article1script: Tony Isabella; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin
4Fever in the Freak Housecomic story15script: Doug Moench; pencils: Val Mayerik; inks: Val Mayerik; letters: Dave HuntFrankenstein Monster, Master of Freaks First
5-letters page2pencils: ? (illustrations); inks: ? (illustrations); letters: typeset
6Several Meaningless Deathstext story7script: Steve Gerber; pencils: Pat Broderick; inks: Al MilgromMan-Thing, Ted Sallis
7Swamp Stars of the Silver Screentext article6script: Don Glut
8One Hungerscomic story7script: Neal Adams; pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Dan Adkins; letters: Sam Rosen, Morrie Kuramoto; editing: Stan Lee
9A Martian Genesis!comic story14script: Doug Moench, Tony Isabella; pencils: Rich Buckler, George Pérez; inks: Duffy Vohland, John Byrne, Bob LaytonGullivar Jones, Chak First, Princess Heru First
10Next Issue:promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: Sal Trapani

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Monsters Unleashed Annual #11975On eBay ›
Essential Monster of Frankenstein #1
ISBN 0-7851-1634-6		2004On eBay ›
Essential Man-Thing #1
ISBN 0-7851-2135-8		2006On eBay ›
Man-Thing Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-6463-0		2012On eBay ›
Monster of Frankenstein #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-9906-9		2015On eBay ›
Man-Thing by Steve Gerber: The Complete Collection #2
ISBN 978-1-302-90241-4		2016On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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