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Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) comic books 1955 or before

  • Issue #3
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 3
    • 1" cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached at one staple. Oxidation.
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    Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Bruce Elliott. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. Frankenstein's Monster gets a job and decides he wants to support a family; The Monster is confused when mutated convicts invade a small town; The Monster joins Professor Gonif in his time machine. Frankensteins Family; The Monsters; Nothin' Ever Happens; The Mummies; The Time Machine. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 4
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION. Spine split and tear seal. Water damage. Oxidation.
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    Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Bruce Elliott. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. Witch Awful Annie tries to spruce up to impress her long-lost son; Businessmen ask Frankenstein's Monster to help them get rid of a werewolf; Frankenstein accidentally becomes a spokesmodel for a breakfast cereal. Awful Annie; The Terrible Werewolf; Youth Restorer; Frankenstein and the Sorcerer; Cereal Model. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #5
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 5
    • Residue on cover.
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    • 1" cumulative spine split. Cover coming loose at one staple. Small lateral spine tears. Oxidation.
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    Stories and art by Dick Briefer. 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 helps the ghosts in a haunted house meet their full potential; A dinosaur egg hatches into Frankenstein's latest pet; The Monster and witch Awful Annie sit in for a vacationing pharmacist. How I Rehabilitated Maladjusted Ghosts; How I Had (and Lost) a Pet Dinosaur; How I Became a Genii in a Magic Bottle; How I Conquered a Terrible Plague. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $400 CGC 5.0 Frankenstein #5 Golden Age Comic Book 1946 Briefer Cover Art & Story

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  • 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.
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    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
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    • 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.
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    • 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.
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    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.

  • Issue #11
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 11
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4313783012

    Stories and art by Dick Briefer, Ed Goggin and Fritz Wilkinson. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. Horror-movie star Boris Karload accidentally spends the night with Frankenstein in the cemetery. Mr. Rose plots to do away with Frankenstein with his man-eating plant. Frankenstein has a crush on a pretty girl in a picture, so Awful Annie gives him a potion that will bring her out of the book, but other characters come to life as well. Boris Karload, Master of Horror; The Maestro; The Fountain of Youth; The Man-Eating Plant; Grown Up Now; The Picture Out of the Book. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #12
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 12
    • Interior is complete. Near complete spine split. Cover detached. Interior tearing. Oxidation.

    Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Fritz Wilkinson. 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 of Frankenstein sets out to rescue Peg O'Mihart from the terrible Frogmen; Frankenstein is mistaken for a dead body and encounters grave robbers; Frankenstein encounters The Mold, who threatens to unleash a plague. Frog Legs; The Mold; Last Words; The Hand In the Night; Broadway Express; Super Sleuth; Graveyard Blues. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #13
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 13

    Stories and art by Dick Briefer, Clem Hawley and Burt Geller. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. Stanley the Sorcerer plots his revenge when the city erects a statue of Frankenstein; A mad scientist puts the brain of evil vampire Sam Pyre in a new body; Frankenstein goes all "Mrs. Doubtfire" when Awful Annie needs him to baby-sit. Frankenstein the Merry Monster; The Brain of Sam Pyre, the Vampire; Baby-Sitter; Pop; One Man Hoss; Portrait Painter; Hector. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $630 Frankenstein #13 (1948) CGC 5.5 Off White Pages Dick Briefer story & art Golden

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  • Issue #14
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 14

    Stories and art by Dick Briefer. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. A maniac has discovered a way to turn human beings into balloons; Frankenstein introduces his headless friend to a man who has a head but no body; Frankenstein helps an assortment of odd-looking monsters find jobs. The Balloon Maker; Harry's Head; Peace, It's Wonderful; Mr. Wagg; Goofy Gus the Inventor; Honey Herring. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $830 FRANKENSTEIN #14 CGC 6.0 OW/WH PAGES // DICK BRIEFER STORY/COVER/ART

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  • Issue #15
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 15

    Stories and art by Dick Briefer. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. Frankenstein goes West and gets mixed up with a train-robbing outlaw; Frankenstein gets frozen in the Arctic and mistaken for a Viking warrior from the past; A midget gangster tricks Frankenstein into becoming his stooge. Hi-Yo Frankenstein; The Girl With the Bewitching Eyes; Reunion of Elmhurst High; Mr. Wagg; Doc Smith; Baby. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #16
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 16
    • 2" Cumulative spine split. Cover coming loose at both staples. Cover oxidation.
    • Cover detached at one staple, centerfold fully detached. Water damage. Staple rust.
    • 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. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. Frankenstein encounters a Ghost Ship; Frankenstein helps his buddy Moish the Mummy return to Egypt; Frankenstein seeks the horrifying Swamp Spirit for his new radio show. His New Enemy Yogi Markykel; Ghost Ship; The Return of the Mummy; The New House; Swamp Spirit; Goofy Gus. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #18
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 18

    Stories and art by Dick Briefer. Cover by Dick Briefer. After a three-year hiatus, Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series, now in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. Frankenstein's Monster is revived in the 20th-century; A beautiful statue keeps the Monster from going on a rampage, but then it is discovered by humans; The Monster follows the last descendant of Dr. Frankenstein on a ship to America. The Rebirth of the Monster; The Monster and the Statue; Spirit of the Leopard; The Fatal Habit; Voyage of Death. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #19
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 19
    • INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story.
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    Stories and art by Dick Briefer. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. A hypnotist wants to use an experimental serum to control the Frankenstein Monster; Explorers in a Mexican tomb unwittingly discover the Monster's hiding place; An artist hides a terrifying painting, in a story similar to Lovecraft's "Pickman's Model." Terror Under Trance; The Tomb of Death; The Coughing Corpse; Nightmare. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $1,950 Frankenstein #19 CGC 7.5 Prize 1952 Classic Dick Briefer Frankenstein! 

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  • Issue #20
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 20
    • Tears in back cover.
    • 1" Cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation. Heavy tape on interior of cover.
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    • Full length spine split. Cover glued to first wrap (detached). Tape on interior cover. Oxidation.
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    Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Mort Meskin. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. Frankenstein encounters a colony of zombies hiding in a swamp. A man tries to contact his wife's ghost to find out who murdered her. An explorer in a long-buried Egyptian tomb believes he has been there before. The Tomb of the Living Dead; The Shadowboxer; Rest in Peace!; Marriage of Death; The Man Who Died Twice! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $575 FRANKENSTEIN # 20 PRIZE PUB 1952 CGC 4.5 DICK BRIEFER CLASSIC COVER

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  • Issue #21
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 21
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4418355005
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • 2" cumulative spine split, 1" split through 4 wraps. Oxidation. Water damage.
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    • Interior is complete. Large piece of front cover missing. Cover detached at one staple.
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    Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Mort Meskin. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. The Monster and his hunters encounter a lost prehistoric world of dinosaurs. Explorers bargain with the ghost of pirate captain Jean Lafitte to find his treasure. The sinister-looking actor playing Satan in a movie is a little too real. World of Monsters; Ghost of Jean Lafitte!; Satan and the Sailor. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #22
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 22

    Stories and art by Dick Briefer. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. The Monster encounters a werewolf and an ancient curse; A Hindu-trained hypnotist and a woman's ghost seek vengeance on her killer; A woman is captured by voodoo cultists in Haiti. Mark of the Werewolf; Lorelei; Retribution; Drums of Voodoo. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #23
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 23

    Stories and art by Dick Briefer. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. The Monster meets a woman who's just his type, but the terrified villagers won't leave them alone. A cursed tree kills anyone who carves their initials on it. The Pygmalion-like tale of a living statue turns deadly. The Monster's Mate; The Carved Initials; Nightmare Statue. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #25
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 25

    Stories and art by Dick Briefer. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. A waxwork artist has ulterior motives for befriending the Frankenstein Monster; Enchanted spectacles reveal to the wearer when someone is about to die; A medieval couple haunts the wealthy lord who executed them and stole their land. The Ghoul; Undertow; The Spectacles; Rigor Mortis; Cursing Skulls. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #27
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 27
    • 1.5" cumulative spine split/chew, cover coming loose at staples.
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    • 2" cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple. Water damage.
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    • Near full length spine split.
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    Stories and art by Dick Briefer, Mort Meskin and Marvin Stein. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s Frozen in a block of ice, the Frankenstein Monster becomes a theater exhibit, until an accident sets him free once more. A master gardener conceals the sinister secret behind his champion roses. Plane crash survivors in the Himalayas discover a hidden paradise. Frozen Alive; Fatal Fever; So Red My Roses; Checkmate; Flight Unknown. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #28
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 28
    • Cover detached at one staple.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Marvin Stein. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. A mad scientist creates a female monster, but he has a sinister motive; Explorers discover a floating crystal sphere that is the tool of an alien race; Tourists on Java visit an island supposed to be haunted by a mountainous monster. Also featuring a full-page, full-color ad for a "Mystery Fish-Bowl" and other toys from "Uncle Bernie's Toy Shop." The She-Monster; Alladine's Flashlight; Crystal Ball; Ghost Pilot; The Monster. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $900 Frankenstein 28 CGC 7.0 OW/W MONSTER BRIDE Prize Horror Briefer 1953 #1249533005

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  • Issue #30
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 30
    • Full length spine split.

    Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Marvin Stein. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s A mad sculptor decides to make a statue by encasing the Frankenstein Monster in molten bronze. A computer scientist builds an intelligent supercomputer, and is surprised when it runs amuck and builds a robot army. A mad doctor ill-advisedly enlists the Frankenstein Monster to secure fresh bodies for his experiments. Frankenstein; Tiger Fangs; Electronic Brain; The Hitchhiker; Half Alive; The Mark of the Skull. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #32
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 32
    • Cover loose at both staples. Water damage. Staple rust, rust migration.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Stories and art by Dick Briefer. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s The Frankenstein Monster washes up on a tropical island, where the natives try to figure out how to get rid of him. The Monster falls in love with a wax figure, but woe be to the thieves who destroy it. The Battle of the Monsters; The Beautiful Dead; Supreme Power. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #33
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 33
    • 2" Cumulative spine split.
    • INCOMPLETE. Piece missing from first page, interrupts story.
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    Stories and art by Dick Briefer. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s A bell-ringer befriends the Frankenstein Monster. A mad scientist grows a deadly man-eating plant, in a horrific remake of a comedy story from issue #11. A scientist captures a burglar with his shrinking machine. Death O'Clock; Small Fry!; I Confess; Doorway To the Future!; Bird Hater; The Monster of Frankenstein and the Plant. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $550 FRANKENSTEIN #33 CGC 4.0 OW/WH PAGES // LAST ISSUE 1954

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