Monsters Unleashed! Prelude

Monsters Unleashed! #Prelude

by Stan Lee (Dialogue), Jack Kirby (Penciler, Plot), Larry Lieber (Writer)

Collects Fearless Defenders #8; Marvel Zombies (2015) #1; Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1; Totally Awesome Hulk #2-3 and material from Strange Tales (1951) #73, 90; Tales to Astonish (1959) #11-13, 15, 17, 19, 23; Tales of Suspense #15, 17, 19, 22.

Years before Jack Kirby introduced the world to a new age of heroic Marvels, the King of comics terrorized it with incredible creations — many of which are poised to rock the Marvel Universe once again! In this collection of strange tales to astonish, meet a menacing menagerie from Kirby's boundless imagination, all with unforgettable names. Gorgilla! Blip! Monstrom! Grottu! Moomba! Orrgo! Bruttu! Rommbu! Vandoom's Monster! Goom and Googam! And don't forget Groot! Plus: Catch up with Jack's legendary creations Devil Dinosaur and Fin Fang Foom, and meet monster hunters Elsa Bloodstone, Lady Hellbender and Moon Girl!

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Horror, Zombies, Fiction

264 pages, Paperback

First published January 17, 2017

About the author

Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) was an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.

With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.

Reviews

[Anna Quilter]

Mostly reprints from Classic Monster Comics before they became super hero fixated..

Lee/Kirby creators.

Includes the first appearance of Groot!! - a giant Tree alien who goes on the rampage...but is defeated by Termites.

[Shane]

The old Marvel monster stories were fun and crazy. The new stuff was a real drag, except for the Hulk stuff. Most of the modern stories included were filled with unlikable characters and far too many quips and just dragged on. The Totally Awesome Hulk stories on the other hand were fun and breezy and some great art.

[Valerio Pastore]

E' sempre divertente riscoprire queste perle del passato della Marvel, con le tante ingenuità e quello spirito indomito d'avventura senza confini, in cui horror e fantascienza spesso diventavano una sola cosa.
Curiosamente, a stonare sono proprio i racconti più moderni, ma necessari per apprezzare la presentazione di alcuni personaggi apparsi poi in Monsters Unleashed! (Elsa Bloodstone, MoonGirl and Devil Dinosaur, la cacciatrice di mostri extraterrestri). Delle loro storie si poteva fare a meno, l'atmosfera giocava a tutto vantaggio dei grandi classici.

[Rick]

I read some of this stuff as individual issues and some of the older material in other anthologies, but this is still a fun tie-in with the rest of the Monsters Unleashed crossover event. And I love the chance to see some classic Jack Kirby monster art in higher quality formats. If you enjoyed the core mini-series, treat yourself to seeing how it all began with this collection.

[Brannigan]

I love monsters and I love old sci-fi. With the added bonus of a ton of Jack Kirby art and you’ve got a winner. The only reason it’s not 5 stars is they added some more modern comics at the end that just don’t flow with the classic stuff.

[taeli]

read 5/19/17

[Sardonyx]

This was a fun romp through old Marvel monster stories! I love the way they used to write the dialogue for them and Jack Kirby's artwork. A few more modern tales added at the end as well!

[Aidan]

Kirby. Monsters. What more do you need?

[Victoria]

i was entained

[David]

Who needs an excuse to read Kirby monster comics? Who? I say who?!

If you have never had the experience... by all means! Now is your chance! Time's a-wasting!

[Reuvenc]

Doesn't have my favourite one in here, and w/the exception of the Lady Hellbender stuff a lot of the modern inclusions fall flat. Oh well.