| Character Name: | Frankenstein's Monster |
| Converted: | y |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Debut: | Menace #7 (Sept. 1953) |
| Creators: | Stan Lee Joe Maneely |
| Alliances: | Legion of the Unliving[1] First Line Fearsome Four Howling Commandos |
| Aliases: | Frankenstein, Adam |
| Powers: | Superhuman strength and stamina Resistance to extreme cold temperatures |
| Cat: | super |
| Subcat: | Marvel Comics |
| Hero: | y |
| Sortkey: | Frankenstein's Monster (Marvel Comics) |
Frankenstein's Monster is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is based on the character in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. The character has been adapted often in the comic book medium.
The first appearance of Frankenstein's Monster in the Marvel Comics Universe came in the five-page horror comics story "Your Name Is Frankenstein", by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Joe Maneely in Menace #7 (September 1953),[2] [3] from Marvel's 1950s forerunner, Atlas Comics. The following decade, a robot replica of Frankenstein's Monster appeared as an antagonist in The X-Men #40 (Jan. 1968), by writer Roy Thomas and penciler Don Heck,[4] and was destroyed by the titular team. The actual Monster first appeared in Marvel Comics continuity in a cameo flashback in "The Heir of Frankenstein" in The Silver Surfer #7 (Aug. 1969), by writer-editor Lee and penciler John Buscema.[5]
The character received an ongoing series, titled Frankenstein in the postal indicia and initially The Monster of Frankenstein (issues #1–5) and later The Frankenstein Monster as the cover logo, that ran 18 issues (Jan. 1973–Sept. 1975).[6] This series began with a three-issue retelling of the original novel, by writer Gary Friedrich and artist Mike Ploog. Several more issues continued his story into the 1890s, until he was placed in suspended animation and revived in modern times.
Thomas, Marvel Comics' editor-in-chief at that point in the 1970s, recalled in 2009: