List of monsters in Marvel Comics
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This article lists the known types of monsters in Marvel Comics.
History
In the earlier parts of Marvel Comics, issues such as Journey into Mystery, Strange Tales, Tales of Suspense, and Tales to Astonish would detail stories of its different monsters. They consist of various monsters from mythologies (e.g., giants, e.g., cyclopes, trolls, ogres, etc., orcs, goblins, imps, undead, e.g., zombies, mummies, and vampires, etc., demons, ghouls, werewolves, werehyenas, werecats, and wererats, etc.), and novels (e.g., Frankenstein's monster and Count Dracula, etc.), giant aliens, kaiju, Deviant Mutates (and even human and animal mutates/mutants), and experiments that went horribly wrong. In later Marvel Comics stories, some of the monsters would later be seen inhabiting Monster Isle.
During the "Monsters Unleashed" storyline, the Inhuman Kei Kawade summons various monsters, identified as Goliathons, to help the superheroes fight the Leviathon Tide.
Known monsters
A-Bomb
Abominable Snowman
The Abominable Snowman is a large cryptid often found in the Himalayas.
Carl Hanson
The first Abominable Snowman (Carl Hanson) was created by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko and first appeared in Tales to Astonish #13 (Nov. 1960).
Carl Hanson was a greedy explorer who had heard of the infamous Abominable Snowman. To capture the creature and make money off it, Hanson steals a cursed photograph.
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