Marvel Classics Comics #20 - Frankenstein
(1977)

Marvel, 1976 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
On-sale Date
1977-03-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
?
Barcode
0714860256920
Editing
John Warner (editor)

Issue Notes

The comic is an adaptation of the Mary Shelley novel "Frankenstein" (1818).

The indicia lists the title as Marvel Classics Comics Series Featuring Frankenstein. The issue is erroneously listed there as Vol. 1, No. 18.

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Frankenstein (Table of Contents)

Frankenstein / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gene Colan (signed)
Inks
Ernie Chan (signed)
Colors
Andy Yanchus (sourced)
Letters
Danny Crespi
Genre
horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Frankenstein's Monster; Victor Frankenstein
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Author's name mispelled on the cover. (note from CI historian John Haufe)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

About the Author / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
biography
Characters
Mary Shelley (correctly spelled on this page)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Frankenstein (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Script
John Warner
Pencils
Dino Castrillo
Inks
Dino Castrillo
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
John Costanza
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Victor Frankenstein; The Monster
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Mary Shelley misspelled "Shelly" on title page

Mary Shelly (Table of Contents: 3)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Howard Chaykin (illustration)
Inks
Howard Chaykin (illustration)
Letters
typeset
Genre
biography
Characters
Mary Shelley (misspelled on this page as "Shelly")

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Author's name misspelled in the comic(note from CI historian John Haufe)

More Fine Illustrated Adaptations in the Marvel Classics Series! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Frankenstein
    Frankenstein
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    About the Author
  3. 2. Frankenstein
  4. 3. Mary Shelly
  5. 4. More Fine Illustrated Adaptations in the Marvel Classics Series!
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