Frankenstein
#8
(July-August 1947)
Prize,
1945 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1947-06-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Crestwood Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
- A Prize Publication
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Joe Genalo (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1946-1947 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Frankenstein / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now let me tell you about how I became a king...
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense; superhero
- Characters
- Frankenstein; Awful Annie
- Reprints
- Keywords
- crowns; memories; royalty; storytelling
in 
The Zombies
Frankenstein / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense; superhero
- Characters
- Frankenstein; Awful Annie; Gideon Feldman; Rabbit
- Synopsis
- Frankenstein believes that he has found a factory manned by zombies.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- carrots; cigars; cooking; farmers; grave robbing; Lillywhite Flour Mill; private investigators; rats; zombies
[no title indexed]
José / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- José, my lazee son, go to zee veelage and get a sack of beans!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- José; José's mother
- Synopsis
- José is late getting home.
- Keywords
- cactus; sombreros; stereotyping of Mexicans
The Pie-Eyed Piper
Frankenstein / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense; superhero
- Characters
- Frankenstein; Roady the Rat; Pierre Limburger
- Synopsis
- A mix-up of packages, one a wheel of gorgonzola cheese, the other a clock, creates a lot of confusion.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- flutes; gorgonzola cheese; letters; mailboxes; music; odors; rats; Roquefort France; skunks; Tockinetti clock
Blooperman by Seagull & Shoestring
Frankenstein / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense; superhero
- Characters
- Frankenstein; Joe Shoestring; Jerry Seagull
- Synopsis
- Jerry Seagull and Joe Shoestring (satires on Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster) believe that Frankenstein can fly, like their comics creation, Blooperman.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- astral projection; binoculars; comic books; costumes; levitation
in It's Here at Last!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- House ad for Young Romance Comics with cover reproduction
[no title indexed]
Hector / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Alan Maver (credited)
- Pencils
- Alan Maver (credited)
- Inks
- Alan Maver (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Alan Maver ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 'Bye, dear -- I'm a little late for work
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hector
- Synopsis
- A burglar mistakes an umbrella for a rifle and Hector saves the payroll.
- Keywords
- bookkeeper's shades; burglary; domino masks; revolvers; umbrellas
Hail the King
Frankenstein / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Dick Briefer
- Pencils
- Dick Briefer (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Briefer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense; superhero
- Characters
- Frankenstein; Awful Annie
- Synopsis
- Frankenstein recalls a trip to a tropical island and a case of mistaken identity.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autographs; backscratchers; Coney Island; disappearing ink; rowboats; two-headed monsters; underwear; vampires; witch doctors
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Now let me tell you about how I became a king..."]
Frankenstein -
1.
The Zombies
Frankenstein -
2.
["José, my lazee son, go to zee veelage and get a sack of beans!"]
José -
3.
The Musical Horse
-
4.
The Pie-Eyed Piper
Frankenstein -
5.
Blooperman by Seagull & Shoestring
Frankenstein -
6.
It's Here at Last!
-
7.
["'Bye, dear -- I'm a little late for work"]
Hector -
8.
Hail the King
Frankenstein
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Coates
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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