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Issue: Frankenstein #1 (29) Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1954
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Issues: #1 (29) of 33 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagPrize
Brand: Prize Group
Indicia Publisher: Feature Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 5
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Genalo
Disclose Notes: Indicia title: FRANKENSTEIN.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US, later issues Standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dick Briefer
Inker(s): Dick Briefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Frankenstein
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Entranced

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Briefer
Penciller(s): Dick Briefer
Inker(s): Dick Briefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Frankenstein
Character(s): Frankenstein; Mrs. Borgo; Dr. Costia
Synopsis: Frankenstein falls in love with a beautiful widow, Mrs. Borgo. When her young son contracts appendicitis, Frankenstein abducts the woman but allows the local doctor to take the boy to the hospital. The monster keeps the woman a prisoner; she pretends to be ill so Frankenstein will bring the doctor to her. Mrs. Borgo and the doctor escape, but the monster causes their car to crash. However, he has a change of heart and takes them to the hospital, then departs.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #42 published January 2003
as Entranced! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Monster of Frankenstein #[nn] published July 2006
as Entranced [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Uranium

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Modern Achilles

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): Mort Meskin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Jim Lees
Synopsis: Convict Jim learns a secret formula from his cellmate, a scientist. When released, Jim compounds the formula and bathes it it: it makes him invulnerable. He commits numerous robberies and is impervious to bullets, until a shot ricochets into his ear--which he had not coated with the formula--killing him.
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In Content Item: FlagOut of the Shadows #[nn] published June 2012
as Modern Achilles [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is obviously a twist on the Achilles story, but it is also reminiscent of "Hoichi the Earless," an episode in the film "Kwaidan" (1964), based on the 1904 book "Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things" by Lafcadio Hearn.
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Ghost Pilot

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: not same story as #28
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Clinging Corpse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): Mort Meskin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Kenneth Bradley; Inspector David Harper
Synopsis: After 20 years in prison, Bradley decides to avenge himself on the man who arrested him, Inspector Harper. Bradley shoots Harper and tries to dump his corpse in the nearby mud flats, but Harper's arms are locked around his body and cannot be dislodged. Unable to free himself, Bradley drowns when the tide comes in.
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In Content Item: FlagOut of the Shadows #[nn] published June 2012
as Clinging Corpse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Death in Reflection

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Briefer
Inker(s): Dick Briefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Floyd Ellis; Fantine
Synopsis: Writer Ellis visits an abandoned chapel and discovers a portrait of a man who looks just like him, but who died in 1853. However, the crypt is empty. Ellis sees a woman in the mirror: it's Fantine, who jealously stabs him to death. Ellis falls into the empty coffin.
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Pages: 5

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