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Issue: Marvel Classics Comics #20
Publication Date: January 1977
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Issues: #20 of 36 Issues (66 Printings)
Title: Frankenstein
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 03/01/1977
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860256920
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John Warner
Disclose Notes: The comic is an adaptation of the Mary Shelley novel "Frankenstein" (1818).

The indicia lists the title as Marvel Classics Comics Series Featuring Frankenstein. The issue is erroneously listed there as Vol. 1, No. 18.

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Four Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Frankenstein

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gene Colan (signed)
Inker(s): Ernie Chan (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Danny Crespi
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Frankenstein
Character(s): Victor Frankenstein; The Monster
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Author's name mispelled on the cover. (note from CI historian John Haufe)
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): About the Author
Character(s): Mary Shelley (correctly spelled on this page)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Frankenstein

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Warner
Penciller(s): Dino Castrillo
Inker(s): Dino Castrillo
Colorist(s): Petra Goldberg
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Victor Frankenstein; The Monster
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 48
Disclose Notes: Mary Shelley misspelled "Shelly" on title page
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Mary Shelly

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Howard Chaykin (illustration)
Inker(s): Howard Chaykin (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Mary Shelley (misspelled on this page as "Shelly")
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Author's name misspelled in the comic(note from CI historian John Haufe)
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More Fine Illustrated Adaptations in the Marvel Classics Series!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Buscema; Gene Colan
Inker(s): Ernie Chan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Marvel Classics Comics showing covers to #19 & 20.

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