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Query: When was the first volume of Monster?
Written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa, Monster was published in Big Comic Original from December 1994 to December 2001. The 162 chapters were periodically collected into 18 tankōbon volumes published by Shogakukan, the first on 30 June 1995 and the last on 28 February 2002. While writing Monster, Urasawa began the series 20th Century Boys in 1999, which would continue after Monster had finished. Monster received a nine-volume kanzenban re-release between 30 January and 29 August 2008.[2][3]
The nymph first appeared in the original "Blackmoor" supplement (1975). The nymph appeared in the first edition of "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" in the original "Monster Manual" (1977). The nymph appeared in the second edition in the "Monstrous Compendium Volume One" (1989), and reprinted in the "Monstrous Manual" (1993). The grain nymph appeared for the Dragonlance setting in the "Taladas: The Minotaurs" set (1991). The nymph was further detailed in "Dragon" #240 (October 1997). The grain nymph and the unseelie nymph appeared in "Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four" (1998). The nymph appeared in the third edition "Monster Manual" (2000), and in the 3.5 revised "Monster Manual" (2003). The nymph (apsara) appeared in "Oriental Adventures" (2001). The nymph appeared in the fourth edition in "Monster Manual 3" (2010).
In 1993, the "Monstrous Manual" was released, compiling all monsters from the first two volumes of the "Monstrous Compendium" plus a large number of monsters from other sources into a 384-page hardcover book edited by Doug Stewart. More "Monstrous Compendium" appendices were released as a supplements to the "Monstrous Manual" in the form of paperback books. They included updated reprints of loose leaf "Monstrous Compendium Appendices" and new volumes.
In July 2003, the "Monster Manual" was revised and released again for "D&D" v 3.5. The revision was done by Rich Baker and Skip Williams. The 3.5 revision has a slightly different entry on each monster than 3rd edition. Notably, each monster's attack has been divided into "attack" and "full attack" entries. When asked about the hardest part in revising the book, Rich Baker replied: "The hardest part of the job was probably the sheer volume of the work we needed to do. There are hundreds of monster entries, and each monster has a couple dozen data points to examine and check." Some creatures from the "Psionics Handbook" and the third edition "Manual of the Planes" were added to the revised book. Further revision included the addition of an enhanced version of most monsters as an example of advancement (usually either with a template or with class levels). Many monsters also included instructions on how to use them as player characters.
The "Monstrous Compendium" superseded the "Monster Manual" with the release of "AD&D" 2nd edition. The "Compendium" was a binder of looseleaf sheets, rather than a hardback book. The first two volumes contained the core monsters of the game. These were followed by a large number of appendices that contained extra monsters for particular campaign settings.
On June 19, 2015, Volume 6 webisodes were uploaded onto YouTube. Volume 6 seems to carry on the new changes made in Volume 5, including multiple-part webisodes. Volume 6 is also the final season for the Generation 1 Monster High Webisodes.
Written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa, "Monster" was published in "Big Comic Original" from December 1994 to December 2001. The 162 chapters were periodically collected into 18 tankōbon volumes published by Shogakukan, the first on 30 June 1995 and the last on 28 February 2002. While writing "Monster", Urasawa began the series "20th Century Boys" in 1999, which would continue after "Monster" had finished.
The winter wolf appeared in first edition in the original "Monster Manual" (1977).
The winter wolf appeared in second edition in the "Monstrous Compendium Volume One" (1989), and reprinted in the "Monstrous Manual" (1993).
The winter wolf appeared in the third edition "Monster Manual" (2000), and in the 3.5 revised "Monster Manual" (2003).
The winter wolf appeared in fourth edition in "Monster Manual 2" (2009).
Edited by Jeff Pimper and Steve Perrin, "All the Worlds' Monsters" is a fantasy game supplement lists many monsters from the dungeons of Dungeon Masters across the US, none of which had been published for "D&D" before and most of which were original creations. There are 3 volumes, and the first volume predates the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual" by several months:Clara Glowe reviewed "All the Worlds' Monsters" in "The Space Gamer" No. 14. Glowe commented that "about one of every six monsters is, or should be classified as dumb" but that "I still recommend this book. It will be a valuable aid to novice and expert alike."
Yōkaiden is an ongoing original English-language manga written and illustrated by Nina Matsumoto and published by Del Rey Manga. The story features Hamachi, a boy fascinated by the Japanese monsters called "yokai". When one of these monsters steals his grandmother's soul, he travels into their world to retrieve it. The first volume was published on November 18, 2008, and as of November 24, 2009, two volumes were released.
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Dungeon Dice MonstersThe first ten DVD volumes, as well as volumes 12 and 13, contain 3 episodes each. Volumes 11, 15, and 16 contain four episodes each and the fourteenth volume contains two episodes. The first volume was released on September 24, 2002. The complete first season set was released on August 10, 2004.
The format was intended to help Dungeon Masters (DM) keep handy only the monster statistics needed for a particular game session, as well as to greatly expand the information about each monster, as each was given at least one full page. It would also mean they would only need to purchase core volumes and appendix volumes for the campaigns they wanted, rather than getting a mix of monsters in books. However, the binder format ultimately proved impractical for two main reasons. First, looseleaf pages were not as durable as the hardcover format. As it was a frequently used game aid this was a serious concern. Second, TSR routinely printed different monsters on each side of a sheet, making it impossible to keep monsters in strict alphabetical order.
Heath Burns (voiced by Yuri Lowenthal in Volume 1, Cam Clarke in the other volumes) is the teenage son of two Fire Elementals. In the Polish version of Monster High webisodes, his name is Ross Burla and in the French EU he is named Thomas Cramé. Heath was first seen as a background character in "Substitute Creature". In "The Hot Boy", he was shown to be Draculaura's short-lived crush. In "Fear Pressure", he mentions that Jackson is his human cousin, a possible reference to when many fans confused Heath Burns for Holt Hyde. Heath's first mention in the dolls' continuity is in Abbey's diary where he is constantly hitting on her with corny one-liners. Heath primarily serves as the comedy relief, being the butt of many physical jokes and the class clown. He and Abbey are now dating. He thinks she's "hot" and she likes that he "makes her laugh". He often calls Abbey "baby" which she corrects him over constantly, telling him her name is Abbey not Baby. In the first novel, Heath appears to be a normie (human). In Book 2, "The Ghoul Next Door", this Heath is revealed to be a RAD (monster) when he sneezes fire. He explains that his ability appeared when he turned fifteen. Starting out as gassy outbursts, Heath's ability is still dangerous. Heath has yellow skin, red eyes and orange hair that bursts into flame when he's excited. He's shown as being close friends with Manny Taur, the two are often seen hanging out together.
Monsters of Rock Volume 2 is a compilation album that is a sequel to "Monsters of Rock". It features many heavy metal and arena rock hits.
Monster Ballads Volume 2 is the sequel to "Monster Ballads". Like its predecessor, it is a compilation album of many power ballads.
In the United Kingdom, 4 volumes are available as exclusive releases in Poundland stores. Volume 1 contains the first 9 episodes (5 half-hours) from Season 1. Volume 2 contains the first 8 episodes (4 half-hours) from Season 2, while the remaining 2 volumes make up the first 16 episodes from Season 3.
Columbia TriStar Home Video released two separate episode collections on VHS: "Trouble Hatches", composed of the two-part pilot episode (which was actually titled "New Family" when it first aired), and "Monster War", featuring the three-part episode of the same name. In 2006, Sony released nine episodes on DVD, spread out onto three separate volumes: "The Monster Wars Trilogy", consisting of the same three-part episode previously released on the VHS version, "Monster Mayhem", which included "What Dreams May Come", "Bird of Paradise", and "Deadloch", and "Mutant Madness", which contained "S.C.A.L.E.", "The Twister" and "Where Is Thy Sting?".
On October 2, a Volume 5 webisode was uploaded onto YouTube. Much like Volume 4, Volume 5 seems to have started before the previous volume has come to its end. Notable changes in Volume 5 so far are an increased running time, and a slight improvement in the animation itself, such as more varied facial expressions, and the exterior of Monster High's main building changing to look more like the school as seen in the movie specials.
The first volume is episodic in nature and looks at the daily lives of Frank, Carl, and The Count and sets up some of their personal history and interactions with one another. During this volume we learn about Frank's drinking problem, Carl's rampant and self-destructive hedonism, and The Count's willingness to achieve fame at the cost of his own personal happiness. Readers are shown that Carl and Frank's lack of work is something a direct result of their own actions, especially in Carl's case as his own actions frequently leads to him pushing all but his most steadfast friends away from him. Volume two, "Death of the Party", tells a more linear story and has Carl and his friend, former television star Travis Walters, investigating the murder of "Izzy", The Invisible Man. He was murdered after promising to show "Phantasmagorgya", a pornographic film starring several movie monsters that was deliberately kept out of the public eye. Carl and Travis solve the mystery, but almost ruining their fragile friendship in the process when Travis is told that "Phantasmagorgya" was never released because it was a sex tape turned snuff film that could ruin the lives of multiple monster stars. (Prior to this Travis believed that the film was merely a sex tape recorded during a party he and Carl had attended in the 1970s.) Travis is horrified that Carl and other monsters murdered two women during "Phantasmagorgya", as the monsters covered it up and did not do "the right thing" by reporting it. Carl responds by saying that Travis would have participated in the snuff film if he had not been passed out from drinking too much and that while the monsters may have killed her because of their own natures, Travis would have participated because he could and because he would have been able to get away with it. It's ultimately revealed that Izzy faked his own murder in order to receive attention but did not plan on the police and media paying little serious attention to his murder. He had been following Travis and Carl around during their investigations and realized that he was the biggest monster of them all, as he was willing to put all of monster-kind at risk of being hunted due to the snuff film, all in the pursuit of fame. Izzy gives Travis and Carl the movie, as he has decided to remain "dead" and spend the rest of his life in obscurity. Travis and Carl then reconcile.While creating the series, Sipe drew on his own experiences in Los Angeles and stated that "The first volume really became a meditation on my time there and a lot of thinking on fame culture and all the really awful stuff about pop culture filtered in as well." For the first volume Sipe chose to focus predominantly on monsters considered to be the most recognizable horror movie icons. In the second volume Sipe teamed up fellow writer Christopher Sebela and as the two wanted to "go in a different direction" they chose to focus on lesser known monsters and how fame has treated them.Critical reception for the "Screamland" series has been mostly positive and the first volume was named one of "SF Site's" "Editors' Choice Top 10 Best Books of the Year" for 2008. "Ain't It Cool News" praised the series, which they described as "classic monsters meet "ENTORAGE [sic]"". "Wizard" magazine awarded it the "Best Satire" category in 2008. The "Library Journal" was more mixed in their review for the first volume and wrote that "The mystery is complex, and the characterization is solid, but the story is disjointed and thin."
Bruce Coville followed-up his popular first book with a line of other supernatural or sci-fi subject matters for several follow-ups. After six volumes in the initial "Book of" series, the books were popular enough to warrant sequels to each volume. Coville also used the extended series to publish a five-part story, "The Monsters of Morley Manor." The book series was published from 1993-1997.
A manga titled "Monster Hunter Orage" was published jointly by Kodansha and Capcom in April 2008. The author of the manga is Hiro Mashima. There are four volumes total with the last volume published on May 4, 2009. An English release of "Monster Hunter Orage" first took place on June 28, 2011. Elements from "Monster Hunter" were later included in the "Worlds Unite" comic crossover from Archie Comics, which featured several other Capcom and Sega franchises making guest appearances in the previously running "Sonic the Hedgehog" and "Mega Man" comic lines.
The hybsil first appeared in the fourth set of "Monster Cards" (1982). The hybsil also appeared in the first edition "Monster Manual II" (1983). The hybsil appeared in second edition in the "Ruins of Zhentil Keep" boxed set (1995), and in "Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three" (1996). The hybsil appeared in third edition in "Monsters of Faerûn" (2001).
The xorn first appeared in first edition in the original "Monster Manual" (1977). The xaren appeared in the original "Monster Manual II" (1983).
The xorn appeared in second edition in the "Monstrous Compendium Volume Two" (1989), and reprinted with the xaren in the "Monstrous Manual" (1993).
Carlo Santos of Anime News Network gave the first volume of "Season II" a C rating and the second volume a B- rating. When he gave volume 1 a C, he stated that "you could do a lot worse". He felt that "Season II" has all the things that made the series good, but the attempt to reboot the series for the new semester caused it to lack intense feeling, reintroducing all the characters and going against weak enemies once again. For the second volume, Santos was more pleased with the introduction of a major villain and the fanservice artwork in the lighter story, but lamented the lack of any visually threatening monster.
The next volumes, "Monster Manual II" and "Fiend Folio" were new monster-specific rulebooks. They contain mostly updated monsters from the sourcebooks of earlier editions, though some monsters have almost no overlap with those of their first edition namesakes. There were no new versions of "Monster Manual II" or "Fiend Folio" for the 3.5 edition of "D&D", although update errata for both volumes and for the original third edition "Monster Manual" are available for download from the publisher's website.