Frankenstein #4

Mike Ploog's cover for this July 1973 issue pulls no punches: Frankenstein's Monster is swarmed by a mob of fierce villagers armed with spears and staffs, his massive frame overwhelmed on all sides as the cover copy dares to ask, "Is This — Monster's Death?" The raw energy of that chaotic, churning pile-on is rendered with Ploog's characteristically loose, expressive linework, making the threat feel genuinely desperate. Gary Friedrich brings Mary Shelley's tragic creation deeper into Marvel's Bronze Age with this fourth installment — and the cover alone promises that the stakes have never been higher.