Frankenstein #1

(January 1973)

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Table of Contents: 1)

Frankenstein Monster / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Gary Friedrich (credited) (adaptation); Mary Shelley (original story)

Pencils

Mike Ploog (signed as Ploog) (adaptation)

Inks

Mike Ploog (signed as Ploog) (adaptation)

Colors

?

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

1071 Z

First Line of Dialogue or Text

January 1898: A lone cargo ship hopelessly locked in the icy grip of the Arctic winter...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Frankenstein Monster (origin part 1, also in flashback); Victor Frankenstein (flashback); Robert Walton IV (introduction); Canute (introduction); Sean Farrell (introduction); William Frankenstein (introduction, flashback, death); Mr. Frankenstein (Victor Frankenstein's father, introduction, flashback); Henri Clerval (introduction, flashback); Justine Moritz (introduction, death, flashback); Elizabeth (introduction, flashback)

Synopsis

Robert Walton IV leads an expedition into the Arctic to retrieve Frankenstein's Monster which has been frozen into the ice. He relates to the cabin boy how the monster was created.

Reprints

• in Le Monstre de Frankenstein (Editions Héritage, 1973 series) #1 (février 1973)
• in Frankenstein (Svenska serier, 1973 series) #1/[1973] ([14 ? februari] 1973)
• in Dracula (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #1 (3ème trimestre 1974) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in The Monster of Frankenstein [Book and Record Set] (Peter Pan, 1974 series) #PR14 (1974)
• in Das Monster von Frankenstein (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #1 (1974)
• in Het Monster van Frankenstein (Classics/Williams, 1975 series) #1 (1975)
which is reprinted
• in Pulpman Monster Magazine (XTRA, 2018 series) (2018)
• in Dracula Lives (Marvel UK, 1974 series) #11 (4 January 1975)
• in Γκραν Γκινιόλ [Grand Guignol] (Kabanas Hellas, 1977 series) #1 (Ιούνιος 1977)
• in Denis (Политика [Politika], 1976 series) #111 (28.VI.1978.)
• in Collana Super Fumetti (Editoriale Corno, 1976 series) #17 (aprile 1980)
• in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #404 (15. Maj 1984.)
• in Book of the Dead (Marvel, 1993 series) #1 (December 1993)
• in Essential Monster of Frankenstein (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 (2004) [black and white]
• in Marvel Firsts: The 1970s (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
• in Monster of Frankenstein (Marvel, 2015 series) (2015)
• in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #21 - Marvel Horror (Mai 2017)
• in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #128 - Marvel: Ужасы
• in Decades: Marvel in the '70s - Legion of Monsters (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Keywords

monsters

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the Mary Shelley novel. Both Frankenstein's Monster and Victor Frankenstein last appeared in Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series) #7.