This Never-Reprinted Ptale from Marvel's Monsters on the Prowl #15...
...was the first credited work by a writer who would soon become a major contributor to the Marvel Comics Universe in the Bronze Age!
Appearing in the back of Marvel's Monsters on the Prowl #15 (1972), the story which was produced "Marvel Style" (plotted by an uncredited Al Hewetson and penciled by Syd Shores) was given to assistant editor Steve Englehart to dialogue, then lettered by Artie Simek and returned to Shores to ink!
It led to several full plot & script assignments on various non-superhero stories, then an ongoing series about ex-X-Man The Beast in Amazing Adventures.
Then came the big break...taking over two multi-hero team books, The Defenders and The Mighty Avengers...which led to what can be called the first "Big Event" series in comic book history: the multi-issue, summer-long crossover event between the two books called The Avengers-Defenders War!
His career since then has been long and varied, with stories at DC, Warren, Eclipse, Topps, Deluxe, and Valiant, as well as movie & TV scripts and novels.
It led to several full plot & script assignments on various non-superhero stories, then an ongoing series about ex-X-Man The Beast in Amazing Adventures.
Then came the big break...taking over two multi-hero team books, The Defenders and The Mighty Avengers...which led to what can be called the first "Big Event" series in comic book history: the multi-issue, summer-long crossover event between the two books called The Avengers-Defenders War!
His career since then has been long and varied, with stories at DC, Warren, Eclipse, Topps, Deluxe, and Valiant, as well as movie & TV scripts and novels.
But it all began with a ptime-lost ptale about a pteradactyl...
