Comic Books
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Harvey Comics published four MIMP comic books in 1991.
Written by Dwayne McDuffie and illustrated by Ernie Colon, Gil Kane and Nelson Dewey, the comics follow the story of Vampire and Warlock fighting for control of all monsters. Vampire wants a peaceful coexistence with humans and Warlock wants to enslave them. They gather all the monster from across the earth to take a vote at Monster Mountain to determine once and for all who will be the leader. Once all the monsters have gathered at Monster Mountain there is a bright flash of light and all the monsters shrink to an inch high. From there, the good monsters, led by Vampire, end up going to typical American teenager’s Jack’s house and the bad monsters go elsewhere, appearing every now and then to fight the good monsters. Throughout the four issues, the good monsters struggle to discover a cure for their short stature, and along the way end up fighting off a crazed exterminator, a radioactive Tyrannosaurus Rex, and an obnoxious girl who wants to keep them in her dollhouse.
Along with the stories—two per issue—there was a two-page spread in the very center of each comic featuring an illustration of Monster Mountain and 19 monsters displayed and named across the top of it. Interestingly, issue 3 had illustrations of monsters labeled “Sciapod,” “Bash Tchelik” and “Blemmyea.” Blemmyea being confirmed as monster number 81 from series 3, one can only assume that Sciapod and Bash Tchelik, too, were series 3 monsters. Also of note are the illustrations of Winged Panther and Gremlin; whereas all the other monsters are drawn in the same poses as the actual figures, these two illustration s resemble the unusual depictions of the monsters on the trading cards.
An annual was released which compiled many of the major stories from the four comics into a single hardbound book and included extra pages with biographies of the characters, games and other assorted activity pages. The video game was loosely based on the comic books, with Vampire and the Monster (both good monsters in the comics and video game) battle against Warlock and his forces of evil. Additionally, the character Jack is referenced on the back of the box.
The story in the comics is also somewhat similar to the story presented in the cartoon, as both plots feature two groups of monsters, good and evil, gathered at monster mountain and being shrunk and launched their separate ways in a flash of light.
Writer Dwayne McDuffie snuck a MIMP crossover into a script for another series he worked on, Deathlok (annual #1), wherein the little girl from MIMP issue 4 (here named Melissa) brings her dollhouse full of “inch-high versions of Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster and others” into school for show and tell.
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