Stanley and His Monster was an American comic-book humor feature and later series from DC Comics, about a boy who has a monster as his companion instead of a dog. Created by writer Arnold Drake and artist Winslow Mortimer as a backup feature the funny-animal comic The Fox and the Crow #95 (Jan. 1966), it went to its own 1960s title.
The Fox and the Crow #95-108, upon which the series became Stanley and His Monster from #109-112 (May-Nov. 1968), the final issue.
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plot - spoiler alert
Stanley Dover is a 6-year-old boy who finds his monster companion in a sewer. In a twist on monster lore, the creature — a tall, bulky, pink-furred behemoth with small tusks — proves as scared of the world as the world is of it. The monster, whom Stanley names Spot, comes home to live with the boy, with many wacky high jinks ensuing. These occasionally including the bickering leprechaun Shaughnessy, a gremlin named Schnitzel, the ghost of French emperor Napoleon, and teenaged babysitter Marcia. Comedian Jerry Lewis once visited.
The monster, unbeknownst to Stanley, is in fact a demon known as the Beast With No Name, who had been banished from Hell by Lucifer for being "too nice" for Hell. Lucifer had hoped that frightened and bigoted humans would embitter the Beast and make him accept his destiny as a being of evil, a plan that almost succeeded. However, when the unafraid Stanley meets the monster and takes him in as his friend, the monster chooses the path of good and continues living on Earth.
Stanley's middle-class parents, Mitch and Sheila, firmly believe their child's companion to be imaginary until eventually learning otherwise. They initially want the monster gone, but after becoming aware of the creature's good nature decide that in a world of superheroes, magic, and alien invasions, having a benign demon companion for their son may not be so unusual.
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