Frankenstein Comic 1952

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Title

Frankenstein Comic 1952

Subject

Popular Culture

Description

The Frankenstein comic series, by Dick Briefer, started in 1945 and lasted up until 1954. Briefer’s first adaptation of Frankenstein was a single “horror” comic that started in 1940 and was a close retelling of Mary Shelley’s novel. Once the series started, the monster was made into a more modern and endearing creature, but by the twentieth issue, the monster had returned to his original, “scary,” state.

This comic is number eighteen in Dick Briefer’s Frankenstein series and came out in 1952. A common similarity between many comics during this time, was the obsessed scientist creating “their own worst nightmare.” The beginning of the 1950’s was a time of McCarthyism and the Red Scare. While the government cemented fear in the citizens about communism, comic book writers, such as Dick Briefer, portrayed that real fear comes from within ourselves and the subconscious mind. Many have read Frankenstein as Mary Shelley’s subconscious thoughts about motherhood and losing her child, a theme, perhaps, Dick Briefer adopted.

Creator

Mallory Reetz and Lia Saroli

Source

Image from: https://comicvine.gamespot.com/frankenstein-23/4000-178625/
https://www.tor.com/2010/12/03/a-review-of-dick-briefers-frankenstein/
http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=88edbfec-c672-49ae-924b-6a7d8a22a7aa%40pdc-v-sessmgr02&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#AN=98705626&db=f6h

Publisher

Dick Briefer and Yoe Books

Date

1952

Files

frankenstein.jpg

Citation

Mallory Reetz and Lia Saroli , “Frankenstein Comic 1952,” Frankenstein Unbound: A Digital Museum of Frankenstein and Culture, accessed March 29, 2024, https://frankenstein.omeka.net/items/show/22.