Frankenstein #1

(1963)

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

Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Editing

? (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A beam of light can be seen as it passes through a vacuum...

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #103 (April 1959)
• from ?

The Monster Lives... (Table of Contents: 2)

Frankenstein / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script

Don Segall

Pencils

Bob Jenney

Inks

Bob Jenney

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The isolated laboratory of Dr. Frankenstein...

Genre

horror-suspense; superhero

Characters

Frankenstein Monster; Victor Frankenstein

Reprints

• from Frankenstein (Dell, 1963 series) #1 (March-May 1963)

Indexer Notes

VERY loosely based on the Universal movie.

The Perfect Servant (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Bill Molno

Inks

Vince Alascia ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

4743

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Out of This World (Charlton, 1956 series) #12 (March 1959)

A Living Doll (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

2546

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

An explorer brings back a doll from Africa which seems to have a life of its own.

Reprints

• from Out of This World (Charlton, 1956 series) #12 (March 1959)

Escape (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio

Inks

Sal Trapani

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

3402

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Paul Salem had planned this and had worked hard to develop his means to escape... into the future...

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Out of This World (Charlton, 1956 series) #12 (March 1959)

Invaders from the Atom Universe (Table of Contents: 6)

Adam Strange / comic story / 14.33 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Bernard Sachs

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm shrinking in size... becoming smaller and smaller!

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Adam Strange; Rann; Alanna; Vrenn chieftain; The Vrenn

Synopsis

Adam is zeta-beamed to Rann, but pop-eyed green aliens inhabit the city! Adam is thrown into an "Orkinomikron" to wake on a desolate atomic world, having been shrunk. The Rannians will perish. He finds the original transfer machine hanging over a bottomless pit. Color streaks tell him the fuel was phosphorous. Scraping matches, he transports himself and Alanna back home, except they're tiny spies. Back on the desolate world, he rallies the Rannians and teleports to Rann. Belt units make the Rannians giants who send the Vrenn packing. And Adam is zapped away to Earth.

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #18 (January-February 1959)

Keywords

Rann; Zeta-Beam; zeta-beam; Zeta-beam

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics. Pages 8 and 15 are 2/3 pages.

Adam wears his traditional uniform, but it's colored all red.

I Found the Nightmare Note (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?

Pencils

Al Williamson

Inks

Al Williamson

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

T-334

First Line of Dialogue or Text

My name is Joe Baxter... and I was the assistant to the owner of a...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Joe Baxter; Spencer Worthington

Synopsis

An assistant at a record store devises a sound that will make a person unconscious, planning to use it to rob a wealthy customer. When the man doesn't pass out the crook thinks he failed, not knowing that the customer was deaf, and only bought records for his wife.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #5 (September 1959)

Indexer Notes

Story is pages 21-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).