num_pages: 292
description: They were known simply as the Nine. Grim and ancient rulers who discovered the key to eternal life thirty-thousand years ago and ever since have held the world secretly in thrall. These dark manipulators control the destinies of billions including the formidable Doc Caliban Champion of Justice. Once Doc had been their servant and had shared their secrets. Now appalled by their tyranny he and his half-brother Lord Grandrithbastard son of Jack the Ripperhave turned against the Nine daring to challenge their centuries-old supremacy.In the eighteenth century the Nine had been faced with a similar revolt and in desperation summoned a thing from another dimensiona thing with the power to touch the subconscious and cause nightmares. And that thingShrasskwas held in abeyance in a deep cavern complex below New England.Now Shrassk and her Children have awakened.Caliban suffering from recurring nightmares in which he sees somebody much like himselfand who in these visions seems to be dreaming of Calibangathers his closest allies for a final showdown. Together with longtime associates Pauncho van Veelar and Barney Banks and his titian-haired cousin Trish Wilde whose superhuman skills match his own Doc descends deep into the subterranean complex to confront an infinite evil the unspeakable dweller lurking at the threshold between two universes
language: English
title: The Monster on Hold
publisher: Meteor House