Story by Stan Lee, Larry Leiber. Art by Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers. Cover by Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko.
I CHALLENGED...GROOT! THE MONSTER FROM PLANET X! Reprinting the Groot story from TALES TO ASTONISH [1959] #13. The monarch of planet X arrives on Earth in order to capture a town for experimental purposes back on his homeworld. The hero of our story defeats Groot with termites. I WAS A SLAVE OF THE LIVING HULK! Reprinting the Xemnu story from JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY [1952] #62. An electrician finds and revives an alien criminal. He psychically enslaves all humanity, forcing them to build him a ship that will help him escape and destroy the Earth. The electrician sabotages the ship and sends him into orbit around the Sun.