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Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) comic books 1947

  • Issue #6
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 6

    Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Alan Maver. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. A sheet-maker tries to cut corners by using ghosts as raw material; The Monster is implicated in a prison break; The Monster's new hobby is making coffins. The Last Smile; The Ghostnapper; Hector Droopy; One Small Bier; Flatfoot Floogle; Of Sentimental Value; Joyride. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 7
    • .5" Cumulative spine split. Cover loose at staples. Staple rust. Rust migration.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
      Other items consigned by Bud Plant

    Stories and art by Dick Briefer, Ed Goggin, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. The Monster seeks a new bride for the ghostly Flying Dutchman; A stage magician tries a new act with voodoo dolls; A crime story by comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby (to promote sister title Headline Comics). Silas Grunch Gets His; The Strange Love of Shirley Schmool; The Big Kick; The Curse of the Flying Dutchman; The Lorelei; Justice Finds a Cop Killer; Pins & Needles. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 8
    Auction opens January 4
    • Conserved
    • CONSERVATION. Archival tape along interior cover spine, staples replaced. Interior oxidation, centerfold coming loose at staples.
    • 1/2" cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
      Other items consigned by Bud Plant
    • Cover coming loose at staples, centerfold detached at one staple. 1" cumulative spine split.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
      Other items consigned by humble cow

    Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Alan Maver. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. Chaos ensues after a wheel of cheese and a clock are mistakenly switched; Jerry Seagull and Joe Shoestring (spoofs on Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster) introduce the Monster to their comics creation, Blooperman; Frankenstein recalls a case of mistaken identity on a tropical island. The Zombies; The Musical Horse; The Pie-Eyed Piper; Blooperman by Seagull & Shoestring; Hector; Hail the King. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 9

    Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Jay Alexander. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. A normal human family moves into the monster neighborhood and attends a party; The Monster of Frankenstein visits an amusement park; A mad scientist creates a machine that causes others to do whatever he's thinking. The Invisible Wall; The Freaks Next Door; Footnote to History; Horrors; The Charmer; Wild-Life of Hector Droopy; The Moose Hunt. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #10
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 10

    Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Jay Alexander. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. A piece of chopped liver goes on a rampage, and only the Monster of Frankenstein can stop it; The Monster has a flying carpet turned into a set of long underwear; Frankenstein's Monster helps a werewolf who just wants to look normal. Frankenstein and the Thing; Daydreams of Hector Droopy; Chester Demihoss: His Sad Tale; The Invisible Guy; Harry Hookey; Two-Minute Miracle; Just a Little Shaver; The Terrible Werewolf. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.