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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Movie Adaptation)                                                     Comics Lot
Comic #1 includes Poly-Bag and Trading Cards, but is NOT Sealed. Comics #2,3,4 are Brand New & Poly-Bag Sealed.
Featuring the Comic Adaptation of Kenneth Branagh’s 1994 Horror Movie. 
Includes “Frankenstein” Trading Cards with every issue.  Awesome!!
Original Story by: Mary Shelley
Screenplay by: Steph Lady & Frank Darabont
Comic Adaptation by: Roy Thomas
Artist: Rafael Kayanan
Inker: Rick Magyar
Colorists: Steve Buccellato w/ Electric Crayon
Letterer: Ken Lopez
Editors: Renee Witterstaetter & Jon Zimmerman
All Covers by: John Bolton

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a 1994 science fiction horror film directed by Kenneth Branagh who also stars as Victor Frankenstein, with Robert De Niro portraying Frankenstein’s monster (called The Creation in the film), and co-stars Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter, Ian Holm, John Cleese, Richard Briers and Aidan Quinn. Considered the most faithful film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, despite several differences and additions in plot from the novel, the film follows a medical student named Victor Frankenstein who creates new life in the form of a monster composed of various corpses’ body parts.

This four-issue mini-series contains the official comics adaptation of the Kenneth Branagh 1994 film, “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.” Scripted by comics legend Roy Thomas, with art by Rafael Kayanan, the Kenneth Branagh version of Frankenstein follows the Mary Shelley original more closely than earlier film versions of the tale. Each issue also contains an “Behind-The-Scenes Photos & Interviews” special feature with essays and photos related to the movie. Includes “Frankenstein” Trading Cards with every issue.

Now, Topps Comics presents, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Here, the creature is a tragic figure brought to life, then abandoned by an uncaring master. After being left for dead by Doctor Frankenstein, who is stricken with guilt over his unholy actions, the creature finds his maker by reading Frankenstein’s journal and forces him to create a monster bride so that he might not be lonely all his life. Frankenstein agrees for fear that the monster will kill his fiancée…

Story/Spoilers (featuring the full Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein 1994 Movie Synopsis for nostalgic remembrance)
In 1794, Captain Walton leads a troubled expedition to reach the North Pole. While their ship is trapped in the ice of the Arctic Sea, the crew hears a frightening noise and witnesses a mysterious figure killing their sled dogs before vanishing. The crew rescues a man, Victor Frankenstein, who had fallen in the Arctic waters. When Walton tells Victor of his determination to continue the expedition, Victor replies, “Do you share my madness?” He proceeds to tell Walton and the crew his life story, presented in flashback.

Victor grows up in Geneva with his adopted sister, Elizabeth Lavenza, the love of his life. Before he leaves for the University of Ingolstadt, Victor’s mother dies giving birth to his brother William. Devastated by her loss, Victor vows on his mother’s grave that he will find a way to conquer death. Victor and his friend Henry Clerval study under Shmael Augustus Waldman, a professor whose notes contain information on how to create life; Waldman warns Victor not to use them, lest he create an “abomination”.

While performing vaccinations, Waldman is murdered by a patient, who is later hanged in the village square. Using the killer’s body, a leg from a fellow student who died of cholera, and Waldman’s brain, Victor builds a creature based on the professor’s notes. He is so obsessed with his work that he drives Elizabeth away when she comes to take him away from Ingolstadt, which is being quarantined amid a cholera epidemic. Victor finally gives his creation life, but he is horrified by the creature’s hideous appearance and tries to kill him. Frightened and confused, the creature steals Victor’s coat and flees the laboratory, and is later driven away by the townspeople when he tries to steal food.

The creature finds shelter in a family’s barn and stays there for months without their knowledge, gradually learning to read and speak by watching them. He attempts to earn their trust by anonymously bringing them food, and eventually converses with the elderly, blind patriarch after murdering an abusive debt collector. When the blind man’s family returns, however, they are terrified of the creature and chase him away. The creature finds Victor’s journal in his coat and learns of the circumstances of his creation. Upon returning to the farmhouse, he discovers the family has abandoned it, leaving him all alone once again. He burns down the farm and vows revenge on Victor for bringing him into a world that hates him.

Victor returns to Geneva to marry Elizabeth, only to find that his younger brother William has been murdered. The Frankensteins’ servant Justine is blamed for the crime and hanged, but Victor knows the creature is responsible. The creature abducts Victor and demands that he make a female companion for him, promising to leave his creator in peace in return. Victor begins gathering the tools he used to create life, but when the creature insists that he use Justine’s body to make the companion, a disgusted Victor breaks his promise. The creature exacts his revenge on Victor’s wedding night by breaking into Elizabeth’s bridal suite and ripping her heart out.

Desperate with grief, Victor races home to bring Elizabeth back to life. He stitches Elizabeth’s head onto Justine’s body and reanimates her as a disfigured, mindless shadow of her former self. The creature appears, demanding Elizabeth as his bride. Victor and the creature fight for Elizabeth’s affections, but Elizabeth, horrified by her own reflection, commits suicide by setting herself on fire. Both Victor and the creature escape as the mansion burns down.

The story returns to the Arctic. Victor tells Walton that he has been pursuing his creation for months to kill him. Soon after relating his story, Victor dies of pneumonia. Walton discovers the creature weeping over Victor’s body, having lost the only family he has ever known. The crew prepares a funeral pyre, but the ceremony is interrupted when the ice around the ship cracks. Walton invites the creature to stay with the ship, but the creature insists on remaining with the pyre. He takes the torch and burns himself alive with Victor’s body. Walton, having seen the consequences of Victor’s obsession, orders the ship to return home.

Comics lot contains: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994) Issues #1-4.  Topps Comics

Comics are bagged & boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

All First Printings
Publisher: Topps Comics
Publication Date: 1994
Format per comic: FC, 32 pages, Comic, 10.25″ x 6.5″
UPC: None Stated

Collectible Entertainment note: Comic 1 includes Poly-Bag and Trading Cards, but is NOT Sealed. Comics 2,3,4 are Brand New & Poly-Bag Sealed. Overall… Very Fine condition.  Beautiful Set!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Dracula and/or Movie Adaptation collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Very Highly Recommended.

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