Frankenstein #1 (Marvel, 1973) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....
Auction amount: $4,320.00
Sold: Oct 17, 2023
Frankenstein #1 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1973
About Frankenstein #1
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Victor Frankenstein; Frankenstein Monster
Pencils: Mike Ploog (signed)
Inks: Mike Ploog (signed)
Letters: Gaspar Saladino ?; typeset
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Frankenstein's Monster (origin part 1); Victor Frankenstein; Robert Walton IV (intro); Canute (intro); Sean Farrell (intro); William Frankenstein (intro, death); Mr. Frankenstein (Victor Frankenstein's father, intro); Henri Clerval (intro); Justine Moritz (intro, death); Elizabeth (intro)
Synopsis: Robert Walton IV leads an expedition into the Arctic to retrieve Frankenstein's Monster which has been frozen into the ice. He relates to the cabin boy how the monster was created.
Pages: 20.000
Script: Gary Friedrich
Pencils: Mike Ploog (signed)
Inks: Mike Ploog (signed)
Letters: John Costanza
Notes: Adapted from Mary Shelley novel. Both Frankenstein's Monster and Victor Frankenstein last appeared in Silver Surfer #7.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
Grade | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 26 | 31 | 38 | 44 | 68 | 89 | 136 | 151 | 139 | 156 | 159 | 133 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 1287 |
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 26 | 32 | 41 | 46 | 72 | 99 | 142 | 154 | 145 | 162 | 164 | 137 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 1340 |
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