You thought the Silver Age version was the first Frankenstein Monster superhero?
Nope!
During the post-war "humorous monster" period of Frankenstein's run, writer/artist Dick Briefer decided to satirize the superhero genre...
As you can see, he's not the grim 'n gritty version (also by Dick Briefer) who wandered the earth during World War II, as shown HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
This story from Prize Comics #49 (1945) was at the beginning of his transition from "serious" to "wacky".
This guy could've been inspiration for Frankenstein Jr or Herman Munster!
The Monster even gained a Munster-like supporting cast of humorous monsters who lived with him in an abandoned hotel (though they were friends, not relatives)!
The new "fun" version was popular enough to gain his own title in 1945, but he lost it in 1949.
In the 1950s, during the height of the horror comics fad, Dick Briefer would return to the dark roots of the character to produce some of the best tales ever told about Mary Shelley's creation.
You'll see those stories next week thru Halloween, beginning with his revival at our "brother" blog Seduction of the Innocent™, while we re-present a couple of his wilder humorous eps here before Halloween.
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