Appearing in "Once Upon a Time, in a Castle..."
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- The Monster-Maker ⏵ (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- ⏴ Man-Wolf (John Jameson) ⏵
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Agent 324 (Judith Klemmer) ⏵ (First appearance)
- Nick Fury (Mentioned)
- Victor Frankenstein (Only in recap)
- Derek McDowell (Only in recap)
- Dracula (Only in recap)
- Ralph Caccone (Only in recap)
- The "Clone-Creature" (Only in recap)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Undead
- Man-Wolves
- Vampires (Only in recap)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- North America
- Europe
- Balkans
- Ludwig von Stupf's Castle
- Switzerland (Only in recap)
- Alps (Only in recap)
- Swiss Alps (Only in recap)
- Geneva (Only in recap)
- Castle Frankenstein (Only in recap)
- Geneva (Only in recap)
- Swiss Alps (Only in recap)
- Alps (Only in recap)
- Balkans
Items:
Synopsis for "Once Upon a Time, in a Castle..."
Swinging in to stop a bunch of crooks making a robbery, Spider-Man is struck from behind by a ray beam and is knocked unconscious. Reviving, he finds himself bound to a table next to the Frankenstein Monster and soon learns that he is the prisoner of Ludwig von Shtupf, the Monster-Maker. Spider-Man breaks free and he and the Frankenstein Monster escape. Finding themselves in the mountains, the Monster tells Spider-Man of his origins, which in spite of being incredible to the wall-crawler, Spider-Man accepts in light of his experience with the Gwen Stacy clone.
When they see a lone woman being attacked by von Shtupf's men, Spider-Man and the Frankenstein Monster come to her rescue and fight off the men, only to find themselves knocked out by gas. Coming around, they learn that the woman -- Judith Klemmer -- is an agent of SHIELD, who is on assignment to stop the Monster Maker, as he intends to try and take over the world with an army of monsters.
The trio agrees to storm von Shtupf's castle, with Spider-Man and Klemmer going in through the back, and the Frankenstein Monster through the front gate. While Spider-Man and Klemmer get in quietly, the Frankenstein Monster simply walks into the castle, beating any opposing force in his way. He arrives last and walks in on von Shtupf just as he is unleashing his other prisoner against Spider-Man and Klemmer: The Man-Wolf.
Notes
Continuity Notes[]
- Frankenstein's Monster goes over key events in his life:
- His origins as they were depicted in Frankenstein #1–4.
- Frankenstein's captivity as part of a circus side-show in Monsters Unleashed #2.
- His battle with Dracula which ran from Frankenstein #7–11.
- His ordeals with ICON, having his ability to speak restored, and his friendship with Ralph Caccone from Frankenstein #13–18.
- Spider-Man makes passing mention of the Gwen Stacy Clone. Gwen Stacy died during a fight between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin in Amazing Spider-Man #121. A clone of Gwen surfaced in Amazing Spider-Man #144, he ultimately learned the truth about the clone in Amazing Spider-Man #148.
Publication Notes[]
- This issue contains a letters page, Mail It To Team-Up. Letters are published from Shana L. Rosenfeld, Roger Korese, and Ed Via.