Frankenstein's Monster (Marvel Comics) (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Frankenstein's Monster is a fictional character based on the character in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. The character has been adapted often in the comic book medium. This version is that published by Marvel Comics. The first appearance of Frankenstein's Monster in the Marvel Comics Universe came in the five-page horror comics story "Your Name Is Frankenstein," by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Joe Maneely in Menace 7 (Sept. 1953), from Marvel's 1950s forerunner, Atlas Comics. The following decade, a robot replica of Frankenstein's Monster appeared as an antagonist in The X-Men 40 (Jan. 1968), by writer Roy Thomas and penciler Don Heck, and was destroyed by the titular team of mutant superheroes. The actual Monster first appeared in Marvel Comics continuity in a cameo flashback in "The Heir of Frankenstein" in The Silver Surfer 7 (Aug. 1969), by writer-editor Lee and penciler John Buscema.