Le Monstre de Frankenstein

The tormented creature of Mary Shelley's classic tale, this bolt-necked, green-skinned monster was brought to Marvel Comics readers as a brooding, misunderstood being — neither fully human nor beast — haunting a world that fears and rejects him.

Born in the Bronze Age darkness of 1973, Le Monstre de Frankenstein stepped onto the French comics scene through the hands of Gary Friedrich and Mike Ploog, bringing that iconic, tormented figure to Arédit-Artima's readers with all the brooding atmosphere the character demands. Across a remarkable publishing span stretching into 2015, this monstrous soul haunted the pages of titles like Frankenstein and Dracula, keeping eerie company with the likes of Dracula himself, Jack Russell, and Le Loup-Garou — a rogues' gallery of classic horror that signals just how rich and atmospheric these comics were. For collectors drawn to the French Bronze Age horror tradition and the international reach of Marvel's monster revival, this is a character whose catalog presence quietly rewards the curious digger.