Frankenstein #26
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThe Egmont Ehapa 'Frankenstein' series is part of a long tradition of German-language horror and fantasy reprint anthologies — alongside sibling titles such as 'Ghost Comics,' 'Verbotene Welten,' and 'Fremde Welten' — serving as one of the primary conduits for classic genre material to reach German-speaking readers. Issue #26 falls into a lineage that ultimately traces back to the landmark Classic Comics #26 (Gilberton, December 1945), widely regarded as one of the earliest horror comic adaptations ever published, making any German reprinting of that material historically significant. However, no specific creative or narrative landmark for this precise 2025 Egmont Ehapa issue could be confirmed from available public sources.
The Monster encounters a massive whale that batters a centuries-old ship, causing the creature to be dumped from the vessel's try-pot into the ocean; revived by cold water, he struggles for survival as the ship sinks. Weeks later, Mortimer observes Sylvia dancing with a former flame named Allen at the Phoenix Club; when Allen announces his engagement to Sylvia, Mortimer becomes enraged and confronts her at her house, but Sylvia rejects his advances. That night, Mortimer visits Sylvia's home with a gun, only to encounter a vagrant named Joe Carney whom he mistakes for a rival; after a scuffle, Mortimer realizes his error and the two men bond over their shared misfortunes and wishes for money and better fortune.
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Egmont Ehapa's 'Frankenstein' comic series is published under the ilovecomics imprint, a horror/genre sub-label of the Egmont Comic Collection, Germany's market leader for comics in German-speaking countries. The original source material — the Gilberton Classic Comics #26 adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel — was scripted by Ruth Roche and illustrated by Bob Webb (pencils) and Ann Brewster (inks), published in December 1945; that adaptation has since been reprinted by numerous publishers worldwide, including other Egmont-affiliated imprints in Scandinavia. No editorial, production, or creator-specific information for the 2025 Egmont Ehapa issue #26 in particular was found in any indexed public source.
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- The Egmont Ehapa 'Frankenstein' series is published under the ilovecomics horror/genre imprint, confirmed across multiple comicshop.de catalog pages.
- Egmont Ehapa Media is the market leader for comics in German-speaking countries, operating the Egmont Comic Collection (ECC) with over 800 titles.
- The original Classic Comics #26 — 'Frankenstein' — was published by the Gilberton Company in December 1945, with script by Ruth Roche and art by Bob Webb and Ann Brewster.
- The Gilberton Frankenstein adaptation was classified as horror-suspense/science fiction and featured a full cast drawn from Mary Shelley's novel, including Victor Frankenstein, the Monster, Elizabeth Lavenza, Henry Clerval, and Captain Robert Walton.
- Mary Shelley's source novel was first published anonymously in 1818 and reissued under her own name in 1823.
- The Gilberton adaptation has been reprinted under numerous publishers globally, including Egmont's Scandinavian arm (Illustrerte Klassikere, Hjemmet/Egmont, 2006 series) and the Norbert Hethke Verlag German edition (Illustrierte Klassiker, 1991 series).
- No issue-specific content data — cover artist, story title, page count, or featured material — for 'Frankenstein #26 (2025, Egmont Ehapa)' was found in any publicly indexed comic database, retailer listing, or collector forum.
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