Where Creatures Roam #2 (September 1970) – Key Highlights
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Publisher: Marvel Comics
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Published: September 1970
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Editor: Stan Lee
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Cover Artists: Jack Kirby (pencils), Steve Ditko (inks)
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Genre: Monsters / Horror / Science Fiction
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Format: 36 pages, full color
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Cover Price: $0.15
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Frequency: Bi-monthly
🔥 Key Significance
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All four stories are reprints from Marvel's late-1950s anthology titles.
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Features artwork by Steve Ditko, Paul Reinman, Joe Sinnott, and Don Heck.
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The lead story, “I Spent Midnight with the Monster on Bald Mountain!”, continues in the following issue.
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The issue includes a retelling of “Men in Black,” originally published in Menace #3, with a more explicit reference to the Ku Klux Klan in the depiction of the hooded bigots.
📖 Story Highlights
- “I Spent Midnight with the Monster on Bald Mountain!” – 5 pages
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Script: Stan Lee? / Larry Lieber? (tentative)
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Pencils/Inks: Steve Ditko
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Synopsis: Sculptor Anton Gorge creates two statues representing Good and Evil. When lightning strikes the statue of Evil, it comes to life.
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Characters: Anton Gorge, Good, and Evil.
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Originally published in: Tales to Astonish #7 (January 1960), originally titled “I Spent Midnight with the Thing on Bald Mountain.”
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Notes: First-person narration; continues in the next issue.
- “I Dared Defy the Floating Head!” – 6 pages
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Script: Stan Lee? / Larry Lieber? (tentative)
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Pencils/Inks: Paul Reinman
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Letters: Art Simek
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Synopsis: A giant floating head appears over New York, claiming to be the advance scout for an alien invasion and ordering the city evacuated. After demonstrating its apparent power, a young boy exposes the whole spectacle as a criminal hoax designed to leave the city empty for looting.
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Characters: Bruce, Hank Rogers, and Mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr. (cameo).
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Originally published in: Tales to Astonish #8 (March 1960).
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Notes: First-person narration.
- “I Am the Man Without a Face!” – 5 pages
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Script: Stan Lee
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Pencils/Inks: Joe Sinnott
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Synopsis: A bigot organizes a group of thugs wearing black hoods to drive harmless Gypsies out of town. After one of the Gypsies curses him, he finds himself unable to remove his hood for the rest of his life.
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Character: Rufus Watkins.
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Originally published in: Strange Tales #71 (October 1959).
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Notes: A retelling of “Men in Black,” originally published in Menace #3 (May 1953), with the hooded group more explicitly referencing the Ku Klux Klan.
- “He Waits for Us in the Glacier!” – 5 pages
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Script: Stan Lee? / Larry Lieber? (tentative)
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Pencils/Inks: Don Heck
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Synopsis: A nuclear submarine discovers an alien named Anuxa hibernating inside a glacier. He has waited thousands of years for humanity to destroy itself so his race can claim Earth. With nuclear weapons now in existence, he believes that moment may be approaching.
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Character: Anuxa.
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Originally published in: Tales to Astonish #7 (January 1960).
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Notes: First-person narration.
📌 Additional Details
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Cover Title: “I Spent Midnight with the Monster on Bald Mountain!”
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Cover Artwork: Jack Kirby pencils and Steve Ditko inks.
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Reprint Sources: Three stories originate from Tales to Astonish (#7 and #8), while “I Am the Man Without a Face!” comes from Strange Tales #71.
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Creator Credits: Several original writer attributions remain tentative and have been preserved as such.
A classic Marvel monster-reprint anthology featuring Kirby, Ditko, Reinman, Sinnott, and Heck, with four tales spanning supernatural horror, alien invasion, and science fiction.
