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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 741.5973 EAN: 9780785116349 ISBN: 0785116346 Label: Marvel Comics Manufacturer: Marvel Comics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 496 Publication Date: October 20, 2004 Publisher: Marvel Comics Sales Rank: 372900 Studio: Marvel Comics Related Items:
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![]() Rating: - One of the better '70s Marvel Horror titlesBack in the 1970s, Marvel had a line of horror comics, many of which are now being re-released in Marvel's Essentials books. Up to now, my feelings of these horror comics have been mixed: while I have enjoyed The Essential Dracula, I have been far less impressed with the Essential Werewolf by Night and Essential Marvel Horror. So it was with a bit of wariness that I picked up The Essential Monster of Frankenstein, but I found myself pleasantly surprised. While not great, it is a decent collection. ... Read More Rating: - A patchwork monstrosity - the comic not the monsterTrying to cash in on the monster boom of the sixties and seventies, as well as the success of Warren's black and white horror comic magazines CREEP and EERIE, Marvel Comics launched a wave of monster titles in both comic and magazine form. Mummies, werewolves, zombies, vampires and even Satan's son mingled with Spider-man and the Hulk at the newsstand. THE MONSTER OF FRANKENSTEIN starts off as a worthwhile endeavor, but because of the frequent rotation of writers, artists and inkers, the ... Read More Rating: - Collection ranges from true classics to true drek.This mammoth black-and-white reprint volume features some of very best comics plushing by Marvel... and some of the very worst. Basically, the tales within these pages that have Gary Friedrich credited as writer are true gems of comic story-telling, from the fabulous adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel, through the inevitable battle between horror gothic horror titans Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster, through the tragic conclusion of the monster's quest to find the Last Frankenstein, the first 11 issues ... Read More Rating: - Sadly short-lived series.Having missed the 70s Horror Comics Boom, I was happy to see that Marvel Comics would be releasing Essential collections featuring tales of two of the most famous monsters in every possible medium: Count Dracula and the Frankenstein Monster. The Monster of Frankenstein series deserves far more recognition and praise than it usually gets, despite the fact that it did not last as long as the more-renowned Tomb of Dracula series. In many ways, the first four issues are more faithful to Mary Shelley's ... Read More Rating: - Marvel's turn to tell tales of the Frankenstein monsterOnce upon a time there was a comic books company named E.C. that published a whole line of comics, including "Tales from the Crypt," "The Vault of Horror," and "The Haunt of Fear." Then Dr. Frederick Wertham, a medical doctor and psychiatrist published his infamous "Seduction of the Innocent" in 1954, which claimed comic books contributed to making children delinquents (and worse). Even Superman was attacked for "arousing fantasies of sadistic joy in seeing others punished while you yourself remain immune." The ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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