You just can't keep a good monster down, I say. After acquiring the rights to the giant sea-monster Gorgo from MGM, Charlton published 23 regular issues of the title starring the titular character, as well as two issues of THE RETURN OF GORGO and one issue of GORGO'S REVENGE.
However, it seems that executive editor Pat Masulli and company weren't quite done with the scaly underwater beast. A few years after Gorgo's run, he (she?) suddenly appears on the cover of THE FIGHTIN' 5 #41 (January 1967). One thing is different, though -- the creature has been left un-named, instead being referred to as a "reptile" from the lost age of dinosaurs, who gets in the middle of this odd tale of the special forces team versus the evil Dr. Aquilla.
The cover is by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, the script is by Joe Gill (who else?) with art by Bill Montes and Ernie Bache, who teamed up to draw some of the later issues of GORGO. No wonder it looks so familiar!
This was one of my earliest and most cherished comics from Charlton. I've always regarded the monster as "Gorgo". Charlton for all its flaws sure knew how to exploit an idea for all it was worth.
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