Frankenstein #4 (1973) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Frankenstein (Marvel, 1973 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: July 1973
Key date: 1973-07-00
On-sale date: 1973-04-24
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.20
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

Origin story on record for: Frankenstein Monster.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Monster's Death?	cover	1	script: Gary Friedrich; pencils: Mike Ploog; inks: Mike Ploog; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Frankenstein Monster
1	Death of the Monster!	comic story	19	script: Gary Friedrich, Mary Shelley; pencils: Mike Ploog; inks: John Verpoorten; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: Artie Simek	Frankenstein Monster Origin, Victor Frankenstein
2	Diet-Sized Droplets of Dubious Distinction! (Or, Half a Bullpen Page in the Hand Is Worth Two In the Foot!)	in-house column	0.5	letters: ?; typeset

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Book of the Dead #4	1994	On eBay ›
Essential Monster of Frankenstein #1 ISBN 0-7851-1634-6	2004	On eBay ›
The Monster of Frankenstein [Book and Record Set] #PR14	1974	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

‹ #34 of 18#5 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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