Frankenstein Vol 1 16

Frankenstein Vol 1 #16 Published May, 1975 Editor-in-Chief Len Wein Cover Artist John Romita Jack Abel "Code-Name: Berserker!" Writer Doug Moench Penciler Val Mayerik Inker Bob McLeod Colourist Janice Cohen Letterer John Costanza Editor Len Wein Previous Issue Next Issue Frankenstein #15 Frankenstein #17

Appearing in "Code-Name: Berserker!"

Featured Characters:

•  Frankenstein's Monster 

Supporting Characters:

•  Ralph Caccone 

Antagonists:

• I.C.O.N.
  •  Cardinal 
  • Werner Schmidt  (First appearance)
  • Indigo  (First appearance)
  • Rainbow (Behind the scenes)
  • ICON's Marauders
  • Berzerker (Android)  (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Veronica von Frankenstein  (First appearance)
•  Eric Prawn 
• Victor Frankenstein (Only in flashback)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Androids

Locations:

• United States of America
  • New York
    • New York City
      • I.C.O.N.'s former HQ (burning)
• Switzerland
  • Swiss Alps
    • Veronica von Frankenstein's chalet

Items:

• Gun

Vehicles:

• Car
• Airplane
  
  

Synopsis for "Code-Name: Berserker!"

Eric Prawn forces the Monster and Ralph to fly with him to the Swiss Alps chalet of the last descendant of Frankenstein. Having never met his client, Prawn is shocked to learn she's a woman, and further shocked to learn she's a scientist. Despite Cardinal's claim that she only wanted to destroy the Monster to remove that shame from her family's history, Veronica Frankenstein assures them that her path to atonement of her namesake lies through aiding the Monster, and she will start by restoring his ability to speak.

During the operation, Veronica's assistant betrays them to I.C.O.N., forcing Prawn to fend off a raid from their reanimant army. Cardinal soon sends in a collossal android called Berserker to break through their defenses. The Monster recovers from his surgery just in time to fight Berserker, defeating it with a shock from a severed power cable. Afterwards, the Monster utters his first words since being frozen. He denies being a hero but asks who he is.

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in the Essential Monster of Frankenstein trade paperback.

• First appearance of Veronica von Frankenstein.
  

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• Frankenstein's Monster image gallery
• Frankenstein's Monster chronology page
• Frankenstein's Monster quotes page

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Recommended Reading

• Bloodstone #1-4
• Book of the Dead #1-4
• Legion of Monsters #1
• Marvel Classics Comics #20
• Monster of Frankenstein #1-18
• Monsters Unleashed #1-11
  

Links and References

• Frankenstein article at Wikipedia
• Frankenstein (Universal movie) article at Wikipedia
• Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus; Mary Shelley, 1818
• Frankenstein's Monster article at Wikipedia
• Monster of Frankenstein series index at the Grand Comics Database

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