Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Graphic novel treatment of Mary Shelley's classic novel of a scientist who brings a monster to life.

In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events.

Dr. Victor Frankenstein dreamed of achieving great things through science. Even to create life. When things go horribly wrong, he turns away from the monster he created. Now Frankenstein's creation is filled with hatred and roaming the countryside. Can the monster be destroyed?

"A ghastly green figure with bolts in its neck lurches toward a helpless victim. It's Frankenstein! Popular culture transformed Mary Shelley's infamous character into a cartoonish caricature. In fact, many people are surprised to learn that Frankenstein isn't the name of the fictional monster at all, but the name of its creator, Victor Frankenstein. It's time to revisit this gothic tale through the eerie pages of this beautifully illustrated graphic...

"Obsessed with natural philosophy, the young Victor Frankenstein succeeds in creating life from its basic elements--and abandons the newborn monstrosity in terror when he cannot bear to look at it. The rejected creature vanishes, and Victor attempts to forget what he has done... But the monster survives. It learns. Deprived of everything, fated to forever be alone, it has nothing left but revenge."--Back cover.

A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.

Dr. Frankenstein dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster in his laboratory. His dreams of perfection are thwarted when the monster becomes an uncontrollable beast.