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In association with Amazon.com Dewey 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: 435881 Studio: Marvel Comics Related Items:
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![]() Rating: - When will it come out in color?After reading that artist Mike Ploog has done some recent (2008) work on the revitalized "Spirit" title, my memory was jogged and I was reminded how much I dug Ploog's work in the 1970s, particularly his work at the start of Marvel's "Frankenstein" series. Sadly, these cheesy black-and-white reprints are the only version available (other than back-issues) of those great early issues. I'd love to see Ploog's fluid style again, but I guess I'll wait until they pony up for full-on color reprints... ... Read More Rating: - Starts out great then goes southThis series starts out fantastic. Ploog's artwork is awesome and the retelling of the classic Frankenstein story works well. Once that ends though it hits very troubled waters. Doug Moench decided somewhere along the way that his narration would be a better way to convey the thoughts and feelings of the Monster and that's where the whole series just tapers off to garbage. Frankenstein's Monster spends most of the series trying to track down and kill a seemingly endless supply of Frankenstein heirs. ... Read More 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 Browse for similar items by category:
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