#222: MONSTER by the Month 10 - "Night of the Laughing Dead"
Welcome to our 2023 holiday spectacular! And that holiday is, of course, Halloween — the best holiday. We dig deep into the best of Marvel's monster comics of early 1974, including a clown's existential crisis in the page of Man-Thing and the dramatic reveal of Doctor Sun in Tomb of Dracula!
Marvel by the Month · Bryan Stratton, Jamie Wenger, Robb Milne
Show Notes
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Stories Covered in this Episode:
"Night of the Laughing Dead" - Man-Thing #5, written by Steve Gerber, art by Mike Ploog and Frank Chiaramonte, letters by Artie Simek, colors by Linda Lessmann, ©1974 Marvel Comics
"And When I Died...!" - Man-Thing #6, written by Steve Gerber, art by Mike Ploog and Frank Chiaramonte, letters by John Costanza, colors by Petra Goldberg, ©1974 Marvel Comics
"The Coming of Doctor Sun" - Tomb of Dracula #20, written by Marv Wolfman, art by Gene Golan and Tom Palmer, letters by John Costanza, colors by Glynis Wein, ©1974 Marvel Comics
"Deathknell" - Tomb of Dracula #21, written by Marv Wolfman, art by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer, letters by John Costanza, colors by Tom Palmer, ©1974 Marvel Comics
"MONSTER by the Month" theme written and performed by Robb Milne. All incidental music by Robb Milne.
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