#233EX: MONSTER by the Month 11 (w/Jennifer aka Comics Will Break Your Heart) EXTENDED - "The Hell-Bound Hero!"

We return to the Marvel Monsterverse with Jennifer aka Comics
Will Break Your Heart for a look at some of the key creepy comics
of the summer of 1974, including Werewolf by Night vs.
Frankenstein, and Satan vs. Ghost Rider and... Jesus?!


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Stories Covered in this Episode: 


"The Frankenstein Monster Meets Werewolf by Night" -
Giant-Size Werewolf #2, written by Doug Moench, art by Don Perlin
and Vince Colletta, letters by Dave Hunt, colors by Petra
Goldberg, 1974 Marvel Comics

"Of Monsters and Men!" - Giant-Size Man-Thing #2, written by
Steve Gerber, art by John Buscema and Klaus Janson, letters by
John Costanza, colors by Linda Lessmann, 1974 Marvel Comics

"A Night For the Living... A Morning For the Dead!" - Tomb of
Dracula #24, written by Marv Wolfman, art by Gene Colan and Tom
Palmer, letters by Charlotte Jetter, colors by Tom Palmer, 1974
Marvel Comics

"Night of the Blood Stalker!" - Tomb of Dracula #25, written
by Marv Wolfman, art by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer, letters by
John Costanza, colors by Tom Palmer, 1974 Marvel Comics

"Satan Himself!" - Ghost Rider #8, written by Tony Isabella,
art by Jim Mooney and Sal Trapani, letters by John Costanza,
colors by Phil Rache, 1974 Marvel Comics

"The Hell-Bound Hero!" - Ghost Rider #9, written by Tony
Isabella, art by Jim Mooney and Sal Trapani, letters by Artie
Simek, colors by Jan Brunner, 1974 Marvel Comics



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