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| Image = Book of the Dead Vol 1 2.jpg
 
| Month = 1
 
| Month = 1
 
| Year = 1994
 
| Year = 1994
   
 
| Editor-in-Chief = Tom DeFalco
 
| Editor-in-Chief = Tom DeFalco
| CoverArtist1 = Gray Morrow
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| CoverArtist1 = Gray Morrow
   
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| ReprintQuote = Frankenstein Vol 1 2
| Quotation = You dare to feel sorry for yourself, Frankenstein... when what I, through your doing, have suffered has been a thousand times greater?!
 
| Speaker = [[Frankenstein's Monster (Earth-616)|The Frankenstein Monster]]
 
   
| StoryTitle1 = "And Slowly He Begins to Remember... "
 
| StoryTitle2 = "The Warning"
 
| StoryTitle3 = "Bride of the Monster"
 
| StoryTitle4 = "The Evil Eye"
 
   
 
| ReprintOf1 = Fear Vol 1 10
| Synopsis1 = A man named Hank Drummond takes his infant son, Bobby, and tosses over the edge of a bridge. Little does he realize that the Man-Thing is stationed beneath the bridge, and catches the child. The sensation sparks images of his final moments as Ted Sallis, and some humanitarian element of the Man-Thing's psyche brings the child to the doorstep of Dr. Warren B. Thompson.
 
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| ReprintOfStory1 = 1
   
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| ReprintOf2 = Uncanny Tales Vol 1 54
Hank meanwhile, returns to his home where he argues with his wife, Billie-Jo. He lies to Billie-Jo and tells her that little Bobby fell ill, so he brought him to Doc Thompson. Suddenly, Hank hears a ruckus taking place outside.
 
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| ReprintOfStory2 = 4
   
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| ReprintOf3 = Frankenstein Vol 1 2
In the swamps outside the Drummond cabin, the Man-Thing is embroiled in a struggle with a hungry crocodile. He quickly crushes the animal, and then lumbers onward towards the cabin. Hank sees the creature and grabs a shotgun. He tells Billy-Jo to run for her life.
 
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| ReprintOfStory3 = 1
 
The Man-Thing clamps his hand across Hank's face, and begins to burn him slowly. Billy-Jo begs the Man-Thing to release him, and miraculously he does. Hank’s body slumps down to the ground, barely conscious. The Man-Thing turns and walks back out into the swamp.
 
 
| Synopsis2 = On December 13th, 2157, two men walk together on a moonless night. One man tells the other the tale of Dr. Leo Bishop.
 
 
''Flashback'' <br>
 
:Dr. Bishop was one of the brightest and most selfless scientific minds of all time. One of his mentors discovered that Bishop was researching the old legends of King Midas, and believed that he could scientifically duplicate the fabled "Midas Touch". Bishop succeeded in his task, and created a serum, which he then injected into his dog. Anything that made physical contact with the animal turned into gold. Bishop donated all of his gold to the National Treasury, and the economy prospered greatly.
 
 
:Years passed until one day a greedy opportunist broke into Bishop's laboratory seeking to steal the formula. Bishop and the thief grappled with one another, until they both accidentally touched the dog. The contact instantly transformed both men into gold.
 
 
Concluding the tale, the two older men finish their walk. They observe the golden statue of Bishop struggling with the other man – a permanent reminder of the ultimate price of greed.
 
 
| Synopsis3 = ''January, 1898''<br>
 
The Frankenstein Monster revives and walks through the flames that now consume the lower hold of the ship. Sean the cabin boy runs in, but turns in terror at the face of the monster. The boy stumbles and falls over unconscious. The monster picks him up and brings him out of the burning room.
 
 
On the deck of the ship, the monster, with Sean's limp body in his arms, scales the ship's rigging as mutinous crewmen gather round. Several of the men prepare to open fire on the monster, but Captain Walton orders them to stand down. He doesn't want to risk undue injury to the cabin boy, but he also knows that the monster is more than just a savage brute.
 
 
Walton explains to his men the sad tale of the monster as it was handed down to him by his grandfather.
 
 
''The origin of Frankenstein continued:''<br>
 
:The monster corners his hated creator inside of a cave. Victor is horrified by the notion that this creature is responsible for the death of his beloved brother, William. Sitting down before a fire, the monster details all of the things that happened to him since the night Victor created him.
 
 
:''The Monster's tale''<br>
 
::Days after his gruesome creation, the monster wandered the cold forests of Switzerland. He nearly starved to death until he disrupted the territory of a grizzly bear. The Monster battled with the bear, ultimately killing it by snapping its neck. He skinned the creature, forging a shawl out of the dead animal's pelt then consuming the rest.
 
 
::Months passed and the monster eventually came upon a family living in a small cabin. Aware that his physical visage would terrify them, he hid inside of a woodshed attached to the cabin and observed them for weeks. Knowing that the patriarch of the family, De Lacey, was blind, the monster hoped to one day befriend him, confident that the old man would not fear him. One day, when the old man was alone, a wolf entered the cabin and attacked him. The monster came out of hiding and killed the wolf, saving De Lacey's life. He nursed the old man back to health and the two become close friends. Soon however, De Lacey's children returned home and mistakenly believed that the monster was attacking their father. They drove him away from the cabin, and the monster fled into the forest.
 
 
::A hunting party became aware of his presence and tracked him through the woods. One of them fired a gunshot into the creature's shoulder, and the monster responded by hurling a large boulder at the hunters, sending them scattering. It was only a short time after this incident that the monster came to Geneva and killed William.
 
 
:The monster finishes his tale, and tells Victor that the only way he can redeem himself is by creating a mate for him. Victor is repulsed at the idea, but feels that he has no choice but to comply. He spends the next several nights roaming cemeteries, digging up bodies for any vital organ he can find. The monster assists in the project by murdering a young woman and stealing her still-beating heart. Victor sews the body parts together and brings the hideous "she-thing" to life. Watching it shamble across the floor, Victor realizes that he cannot possibly allow two such creatures to exist. He flies at the monster, stabbing her repeatedly with his knife until she falls over dead. When the monster learns what Victor has done, he flies into a rage and murders Victor’s close friend Henry Clerval. The authorities learn of the matter and arrest Victor for Henry’s death.
 
 
Captain Walton concludes his story, but his crewmen still eye the monster as he holds onto Sean Farrell on top of the ship's mast. Suddenly, the ship strikes an iceberg and pitches over.
 
 
| Synopsis4 = An old hag wanders through the streets of a village in Sicily. People run in terror, shouting to beware of the Evil Eye. Everywhere she goes, the reaction is the same. Crops wither and die in her presence, and drought grips the countryside. She eventually leaves the village and finds shelter in a small abandoned cabin. Inside the cabin, she finds a mirror and gazes upon her own reflection for the very first time. Upon seeing the image of her own Evil Eye, she curses herself, and falls over dead.
 
 
 
| Editor1_1 = Mort Todd
 
| Editor1_2 = Stan Lee
 
| Editor2_1 = Mort Todd
 
| Editor2_2 = Stan Lee
 
| Editor3_1 = Mort Todd
 
| Editor3_2 = Roy Thomas
 
| Editor4_1 = Stan Lee
 
 
| Writer1_1 = Gerry Conway
 
| Writer2_1 =
 
| Writer3_1 = Mary Shelley
 
| Writer3_2 = Gary Friedrich
 
 
| Penciler1_1 = Gray Morrow
 
| Penciler1_2 = Howard Chaykin
 
| Penciler2_1 = Bernard Krigstein
 
| Penciler3_1 = Mike Ploog
 
| Penciler4_1 = Pablo Ferro
 
 
| Inker1_1 = Gray Morrow
 
| Inker1_2 = Howard Chaykin
 
| Inker2_1 = Bernard Krigstein
 
| Inker3_1 = Mike Ploog
 
| Inker4_1 = Pablo Ferro
 
 
| Colourist1_1 =
 
| Colourist2_1 =
 
| Colourist3_1 = Dave Hunt
 
 
| Letterer1_1 = Artie Simek
 
| Letterer2_1 =
 
| Letterer3_1 = John Costanza
 
 
| Appearing1 =
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
 
* [[Theodore Sallis (Earth-616)|Man-Thing]]
 
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
 
* None
 
 
'''Villains:'''
 
* Unknown
 
 
'''Other Characters:'''
 
* [[Ellen Brandt (Earth-616)|Ellen Brandt]] ''{{Flashback}}''
 
* Billy-Jo Drummond
 
* Bobby Drummond
 
* Hank Drummond
 
* Hamilton ''{{Flashback}}''
 
* Margaret Thompson
 
* Warren B. Thompson
 
 
'''Locations:'''
 
* [[Florida]]
 
:* [[Everglades]]
 
:* [[Man-Thing's Swamp]]
 
 
'''Items:'''
 
* None
 
 
'''Vehicles:'''
 
* None
 
 
| Appearing2 =
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
 
* Leo Bishop
 
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
 
* Unknown
 
 
'''Villains:'''
 
* Unknown
 
 
'''Other Characters:'''
 
* Unknown
 
 
'''Locations:'''
 
* Unknown
 
 
'''Items:'''
 
* None
 
 
'''Vehicles:'''
 
* None
 
 
| Appearing3 =
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
 
* [[Frankenstein's Monster (Earth-616)|Frankenstein's Monster]]
 
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
 
* [[Victor Frankenstein (Earth-616)|Victor Frankenstein]] ''{{Flashback}}''
 
 
'''Villains:'''
 
* None
 
 
'''Other Characters:'''
 
* Bride of Frankenstein ''{{Flashback}}''
 
* Canute
 
* De Lacy ''{{Flashback}}''
 
* Felix De Lacy ''{{Flashback}}''
 
* Henry Clerval ''{{Flashback}}''
 
* Robert Walton IV
 
* Saphie ''{{Flashback}}''
 
* Sean Farrell
 
 
'''Locations:'''
 
* [[North Pole]]
 
* [[Switzerland]]
 
 
'''Items:'''
 
* None
 
 
'''Vehicles:'''
 
* Captain Walton's ship
 
 
| Appearing4 =
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
 
* Unnamed hag
 
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
 
* Unknown
 
 
'''Villains:'''
 
* Unknown
 
 
'''Other Characters:'''
 
* Unknown
 
 
'''Locations:'''
 
* [[Italy]]
 
:* [[Sicily]]
 
 
'''Items:'''
 
* Unknown
 
 
'''Vehicles:'''
 
* Unknown
 
 
| Notes =
 
* "And Slowly He Begins to Remember... " was originally printed in [[Fear Vol 1 10|''Adventure into Fear'' #10]].
 
 
* "The Warning" was originally printed in [[Uncanny Tales 54|''Uncanny Tales'' #54]].
 
 
* "Bride of the Monster" was originally printed in [[Frankenstein Vol 1 2|''The Monster of Frankenstein'' #2]].
 
 
* "The Evil Eye" was originally printed in [[Astonishing 33|''Astonishing'' #33]].
 
 
* A more faithful adaptation of the Frankenstein story is provided in [[Marvel Classics Comics Vol 1 20|''Marvel Classics Comics'' #20]].
 
 
* The names of several of the supporting characters seen in this issue are taken from ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/84 Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus]''.
 
 
| Trivia =
 
* This issue was partially reprinted and repackaged in the 1974 ''Frankenstein'' read-along book-n-record set by Power Records.
 
 
| Recommended =
 
* [[Bloodstone Vol 1|Bloodstone #1-4]]
 
* [[Book of the Dead Vol 1|Book of the Dead #1-4]]
 
* [[Man-Thing Vol 1|Man-Thing (Volume 1) #1-22]]
 
* [[Man-Thing Vol 2|Man-Thing (Volume 2) #1-22]]
 
* [[Man-Thing Vol 3|Man-Thing (Volume 3) #1-8]]
 
* [[Man-Thing Vol 4|Man-Thing (Volume 4) #1-3]]
 
* [[Marvel Classics Comics Vol 1 20|Marvel Classics Comics #20]]
 
* [[Frankenstein Vol 1|Monster of Frankenstein #1-18]]
 
* [[Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Vol 2 4|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #4]]
 
 
| CustomSection1 = Related Articles
 
| CustomText1 =
 
* [[Frankenstein's Monster (Earth-616)/Gallery|Frankenstein's Monster image gallery]]
 
* [[Frankenstein's Monster (Earth-616)/Fan Art|Frankenstein's Monster fan art gallery]]
 
* [[:Category:Frankenstein's Monster (Earth-616)/Appearances|Frankenstein's Monster chronology page]]
 
* [[:Category:Frankenstein's Monster (Earth-616)/Quotes|Frankenstein's Monster quotes page]]
 
* [[Theodore Sallis (Earth-616)/Gallery|Man-Thing image gallery]]
 
* [[:Category:Theodore Sallis (Earth-616)/Appearances|Man-Thing chronology page]]
 
* [[:Category:Theodore Sallis (Earth-616)/Quotes|Man-Thing quotes page]]
 
 
| Links =
 
* [[Wikipedia:Frankenstein|Frankenstein article at Wikipedia]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein (Universal movie) article at Wikipedia]]
 
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/84 Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus; Mary Shelly, 1818]
 
* [[Wikipedia:Frankenstein's monster|Frankenstein's Monster article at Wikipedia]]
 
* [http://www.comics.org/series.lasso?SeriesID=2119 Monster of Frankenstein series index at the Grand Comics Database]
 
* [[Wikipedia:Man-Thing|Man-Thing profile at Wikipedia]]
 
* [http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/m/manthing.htm Man-Thing profile at the Marvel Directory]
 
* [http://www.toonopedia.com/manthing.htm Man-Thing profile at Toonopedia]
 
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290747/ Man-Thing movie entry at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB)]
 
 
}}
 
}}

Revision as of 16:09, 18 May 2019

Quote1 You dare to feel sorry for yourself, Frankenstein... when what I, through your doing, have suffered has been a thousand times greater?! Quote2
Frankenstein's Monster

Appearing in "Man-Thing!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fear #10

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

Races and Species:

Locations:

Items:

Synopsis for "Man-Thing!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fear #10

A man named Hank Drummond takes his infant son, Bobby, and tosses him over the edge of a bridge. Little does he realize that the Man-Thing is stationed beneath the bridge, and catches the child. The sensation sparks images of his final moments as Ted Sallis, and some humanitarian element of the Man-Thing's psyche brings the child to the doorstep of Doctor Warren B. Thompson.

Hank meanwhile, returns to his home where he argues with his wife, Billie-Jo. He lies to Billie-Jo and tells her that little Bobby fell ill, so he brought him to Doc Thompson. Suddenly, Hank hears a ruckus taking place outside.

In the swamps outside the Drummond cabin, the Man-Thing is embroiled in a struggle with a hungry crocodile. He quickly crushes the animal, and then lumbers onward towards the cabin. Hank sees the creature and grabs a shotgun. He tells Billie-Jo to run for her life.

The Man-Thing clamps his hand across Hank's face, and begins to burn him slowly. Billie-Jo begs the Man-Thing to release him, and miraculously he does. Hank’s body slumps down to the ground, barely conscious. The Man-Thing turns and walks back out into the swamp.

Appearing in "The Remedy Oil"

Reprint of the 4th story from
Uncanny Tales #54
  • Appearances not yet listed

Synopsis for "The Remedy Oil"

Reprint of the 4th story from
Uncanny Tales #54
  • Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "Bride of the Monster!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Frankenstein #2

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • Bear (Only in flashback) (Killed)
  • Wolf (Only in flashback) (Killed)
  • Hunters (Unnamed) (Only in flashback)

Other Characters:

Races and Species:

  • Humans (Main story and flashback)
  • Bears (Only in flashback)
  • Horses (Only in flashback)
  • Wolves (Only in flashback)
  • Dogs (Only in flashback)

Locations:

Vehicles:

  • Captain Walton's Ship

Synopsis for "Bride of the Monster!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Frankenstein #2

January, 1898
The Frankenstein Monster revives and walks through the flames that now consume the lower hold of the ship. Sean the cabin boy runs in, but turns in terror at the face of the monster. The boy stumbles and falls over unconscious. The monster picks him up and brings him out of the burning room.

On the deck of the ship, the monster, with Sean's limp body in his arms, scales the ship's rigging as mutinous crewmen gather round. Several of the men prepare to open fire on the monster, but Captain Walton orders them to stand down. He doesn't want to risk undue injury to the cabin boy, but he also knows that the monster is more than just a savage brute.

Walton explains to his men the sad tale of the monster as it was handed down to him by his grandfather.

The origin of Frankenstein continued:

The monster corners his hated creator inside of a cave. Victor is horrified by the notion that this creature is responsible for the death of his beloved brother, William. Sitting down before a fire, the monster details all of the things that happened to him since the night Victor created him.
The Monster's tale
Days after his gruesome creation, the monster wandered the cold forests of Switzerland. He nearly starved to death until he disrupted the territory of a grizzly bear. The Monster battled with the bear, ultimately killing it by snapping its neck. He skinned the creature, forging a shawl out of the dead animal's pelt then consuming the rest.
Months passed and the monster eventually came upon a family living in a small cabin. Aware that his physical visage would terrify them, he hid inside of a woodshed attached to the cabin and observed them for weeks. Knowing that the patriarch of the family, De Lacey, was blind, the monster hoped to one day befriend him, confident that the old man would not fear him. One day, when the old man was alone, a wolf entered the cabin and attacked him. The monster came out of hiding and killed the wolf, saving De Lacey's life. He nursed the old man back to health and the two become close friends. Soon however, De Lacey's children returned home and mistakenly believed that the monster was attacking their father. They drove him away from the cabin, and the monster fled into the forest.
A hunting party became aware of his presence and tracked him through the woods. One of them fired a gunshot into the creature's shoulder, and the monster responded by hurling a large boulder at the hunters, sending them scattering. It was only a short time after this incident that the monster came to Geneva and killed William.
The monster finishes his tale, and tells Victor that the only way he can redeem himself is by creating a mate for him. Victor is repulsed at the idea, but feels that he has no choice but to comply. He spends the next several nights roaming cemeteries, digging up bodies for any vital organ he can find. The monster assists in the project by murdering a young woman and stealing her still-beating heart. Victor sews the body parts together and brings the hideous "she-thing" to life. Watching it shamble across the floor, Victor realizes that he cannot possibly allow two such creatures to exist. He flies at the monster, stabbing her repeatedly with his knife until she falls over dead. When the monster learns what Victor has done, he flies into a rage and murders Victor’s close friend Henry Clerval. The authorities learn of the matter and arrest Victor for Henry’s death.

Captain Walton concludes his story, but his crewmen still eye the monster as he holds onto Sean Farrell on top of the ship's mast. Suddenly, the ship strikes an iceberg and pitches over.

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