With this second issue, Monster Hunters veers away from its title concept in favor of the standard horror-host-introducing-scary-tales format. Featuring work from the likes of Nicola Cuti, Steve Ditko and Tom Sutton.
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A descendent of Dracula uses science to create a bat-serum in hopes of helping humanity and rehabilitating his family name. The world’s most famous vampire brand gets a campy reboot from the team of D.J. Arneson, Bill Fraccio and Tony Tallarico.
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The Titans arrive to assist with the elimination of an experiment gone awry but end up siding with the Recombatants! Steve “The Dude” Rude joins the Titans team of Marv Wolfman and George Pérez for this DNAgents homage.
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The Legion’s Karate Kid travels to the 20th century – then decides to stay to “find” himself. Paul Levitz pens DC’s odd attempt to cash in on the ’70s’ kung-fu craze, with Ric Estrada and Joe Staton collaborating on art.
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A demon-handed barbarian named Valcan wards off several assassination attempts initiated by a sinister king. There's little new to be had from this by-the-book barbarian tale from David Michelinie and Ernie (Chua) Chan.
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Polaris Spanner recalls his past, from becoming a Kaborian squire to discovering he’s an intergalactic fugitive. Nicola Cuti and Tom Mandrake launch a space saga short on originality and lacking pizzazz.
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Batman and Aquaman race to recover a mysterious underwater satellite that threatens to shift the global “balance of terror.” Penciler John Calnan joins Brave & the Bold regulars Bob Haney and Jim Aparo for this overstuffed affair.
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Made small by Henry Pym’s shrinking gas, Godzilla escapes S.H.I.E.L.D. custody then battles a rat in New York’s sewer. The king of the monsters comes to New York – just not at the scale readers might expect – in this tale from Bronze Age stalwarts Doug Moench and Herb Trimpe.
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As a reporter comes snooping in Clairton, Rom finds himself in battle against a synthezoid Watchwraith. A less-than-stellar outing from the regular Rom team of Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema.
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Peter Parker arrives in San Francisco to interview Daredevil – right as the Ramrod attacks to retrieve a box of papers. Despite a promising mix of heroes, this team-up tale from Steve Gerber and Don Heck is long on meh.
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