Monster Mashup: X-Men #40
X-Men #40
Written by Roy Thomas
Pencilers: Don Heck
Inkers: George Tuska
Letterers: Artie Simek
Editor: Stan Lee
Marvel
Because the characters exist in the public domain, there have been countless comic book iterations of classic horror icons Dracula and Frankenstein, including “official” versions of both characters which exist within the respective Marvel and DC Universes, versions which interact with each company’s superheroes. But through the years, those heroes have also encountered and battled one-off iterations of the horror monsters, independent of the “main” characterization.
One of the earliest such examples is X-Men #40. While Marvel would eventually introduce Frankenstein’s Monster to their universe with 1973′s The Monster of Frankenstein #1 (the first four issues of which essentially adapt Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein), the creature made an appearance of sorts years earlier, in the January 1968 issue of X-Men.
Long before they were a sales juggernaut starring in multiple comic books...
Written by Roy Thomas
Pencilers: Don Heck
Inkers: George Tuska
Letterers: Artie Simek
Editor: Stan Lee
Marvel
Because the characters exist in the public domain, there have been countless comic book iterations of classic horror icons Dracula and Frankenstein, including “official” versions of both characters which exist within the respective Marvel and DC Universes, versions which interact with each company’s superheroes. But through the years, those heroes have also encountered and battled one-off iterations of the horror monsters, independent of the “main” characterization.
One of the earliest such examples is X-Men #40. While Marvel would eventually introduce Frankenstein’s Monster to their universe with 1973′s The Monster of Frankenstein #1 (the first four issues of which essentially adapt Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein), the creature made an appearance of sorts years earlier, in the January 1968 issue of X-Men.
Long before they were a sales juggernaut starring in multiple comic books...
- 10/18/2014
- by Austin Gorton
- SoundOnSight
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