(June 1974)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1974-04-09
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Monster Group
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #105, April 1974.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Frankenstein Monster / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Boris Vallejo (signed) (painting)
Inks
Boris Vallejo (signed) (painting)
Colors
Boris Vallejo (signed) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Frankenstein Monster
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

Thunderbird (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella (credited)
Pencils
Ernie Chan (credited as Ernie Chua)
Inks
Ernie Chan (credited as Ernie Chua)
Letters
Jean Simek ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Indian legends tell of a demon-bird so huge that it blotted out the sun as it flew.
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inside of front cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Val Mayerik (illustration); Carlos Freixas (illustration)
Inks
Val Mayerik (illustration); Carlos Freixas (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Always a Monster! (Table of Contents: 3)

Frankenstein Monster / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Val Mayerik
Inks
Val Mayerik
Letters
Jean Simek ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A diffuse curtain of languid fog shrouds the bleak stage...
Feature Logo
Frankenstein 1974
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Frankenstein Monster (also in flashback); The Master (first appearance; villain); Derek McDowell (resurrected as James); James (flashback, death, resurrection as Derek, death); Dr. Wallach (flashback, death); Peter; Ralph
Synopsis
The original brain of the Frankenstein Monster is returned to his body, while the brain of James is placed inside the animated corpse of Derek McDowell.
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Readers Unleashed / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dave Cockrum (illustration); Don Perlin (illustration); Val Mayerik (illustration)
Inks
Dave Cockrum (illustration); Don Perlin (illustration); Val Mayerik (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jack Frost, Michael Biegel, Ken Meyer, Jr., Eric Holmes, Brian Jordan, William M. Neville, Richard Nathan, and Dale A. Beach.

Monsters in the Media (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Carla Conway
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Crazy Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Strange Children! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Kweskin
Inks
Sam Kweskin
Letters
Joe Letterese; ?
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Dracula / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Dinosaur Dictonary (Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Gold
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Darkflame! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Carlos Freixas
Inks
Carlos Freixas
Letters
June Braverman

Genre
horror-suspense

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Morbius / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Panic by Moonlight (Table of Contents: 12)

Werewolf by Night / text story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Mike Ploog (illustrations)
Inks
Mike Ploog (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I didn't see Coker until I stumbled into him, knocking his books all over the lobby carpet.
Genre
horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Werewolf by Night [Jack Russell]; Raymond Coker; Clary Winters; Boxer; Kingston; Sam; Tina "Sandy" Sands
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continues next issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Dracula; Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Maggots! (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Hy Rosen (signed)
Inks
Hy Rosen (signed)
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Waters of Werewolves (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Letters
Dave Hunt

Characters
Adolf Hitler (cameo)

The Scrimshaw Serpent (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Alfonso Font
Inks
Alfonso Font
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

preview (from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Frankenstein Monster
  2. 1. Thunderbird
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. Always a Monster!
    Frankenstein Monster
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Readers Unleashed
  6. 5. Monsters in the Media
  7. 6. ["Crazy Magazine says: Don't take our word!"]
    Crazy Magazine
  8. 7. The Strange Children!
  9. 8. ["On sale now!"]
    Dracula
  10. 9. The Dinosaur Dictonary
  11. 10. Darkflame!
  12. 11. ["Duel at high midnight in Gallow's Bend!"]
    Morbius
  13. 12. Panic by Moonlight
    Werewolf by Night
  14. 13. ["Marvel presents the first of its sensational new 50¢ giants!"]
    Dracula; Spider-Man
  15. 14. ["The word is mayhem..."]
    Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi
  16. 15. The Maggots!
  17. 16. ["The boogie man will get you if you don't subscribe!"]
  18. 17. The Waters of Werewolves
  19. 18. The Scrimshaw Serpent
  20. 19. ["Beyond the outer limits of terror comes... the Haunt of Horror"]
  21. 20. ["And now... a weird word or two on the macabre menagerie..."]
This issue was modified by, among others
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  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jay Flash
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Glenn MacKay
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore