Doc Frankenstein

    (Burlyman, 2004-2007)
™ and © Burlyman Entertainment

It seems as if a new interpretation of Mary Shelley’s famous creation is born every minute. The latest is Doc Frankenstein, the first issue of which puts a spin on the myth by having fate intervene in the title character’s peaceful (but extremely cold) suicide attempt. Given a heroic sense of purpose after rescuing a child from a snarling, sharp–clawed yeti, the monster sets off for America, where he becomes a sheriff and then, in modern times, a one–man peace–keeping force.

Written by the brains behind the mind boggling Matrix trilogy, Doc Frankenstein may be inspired by a classic, genre–defining novel, but its action–heavy plot reeks (in a good way) of pulp fiction potboilers and old–school monster comics. The prose gets a tad pretentious at times (“I built a tomb with frozen slabs of current that I cut with guilt and mortared with self-abnegation”), but there’s plenty of fun to be had and a number of interesting concepts at play.

Beautifully detailed visuals (picture Geof Darrow’s art, but with added realism) cements the deal.

— Brett Weiss
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  • 1
    #1
    Regular Cardstock Cover by Steve Skroce
    Nov 2004
    Cover: $3.50
    W: Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski  ·  A: Steve Skroce
    Includes 2 cut pages of pencils
    3 copies from $1.56
  • 1-2
    #1 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing Cardstock Cover by Geof Darrow
    Nov 2004
    Cover: $3.50
    W: Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski  ·  A: Steve Skroce
    Reprints Doc Frankenstein #1; Includes 2 cut pages of pencils
    1 copy for $1.92
  • 2/A
    #2 Variation A
    Cardstock Cover A
    Jan 2005
    Cover: $3.50
    W: Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski  ·  A: Steve Skroce
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  • 2/B
    #2 Variation B
    Cardstock Cover B
    Jan 2005
    Cover: $3.50
    W: Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski  ·  A: Steve Skroce
    2 copies from $1.44
  • 3
    #3
    Painted cover
    May 2005
    Cover: $3.50
    W: Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski  ·  A: Steve Skroce
    3 copies from $1.18
  • 3/A
    #3 Variation A
    Sketch Cover A
    May 2005
    Cover: $4.95
    W: Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski  ·  A: Steve Skroce
    1 copy for $2.98
  • 4
    #4
    Noted in indicia as cover A
    Dec 2005
    Cover: $3.50
    W: Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski  ·  A: Steve Skroce
    2 copies from $1.75
  • 4/A
    #4 Variation A
    Noted in indicia as cover A B
    Dec 2005
    Cover: $3.50
    W: Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski  ·  A: Steve Skroce
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  • 5/A
    #5 Variation A
    Cover A by Steve Skroce
    Aug 2006
    Cover: $3.50
    W: Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski  ·  A: Steve Skroce
    2 copies from $3.50
  • 5/B
    #5 Variation B
    Sketch Cover B by Steve Skroce
    Aug 2006
    Cover: $3.50
    W: Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski  ·  A: Steve Skroce
    3 copies from $1.75
  • 6/A
    #6 Variation A
    Dec 2007
    Cover: $3.50
    W: Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski  ·  A: Steve Skroce
    1 copy for $2.98
  • 6/B
    #6 Variation B
    Dec 2007
    Cover: $3.50
    W: Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski  ·  A: Steve Skroce
    1 copy for $2.98