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.
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
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
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.