| The Bride of Frankenstein's Monster? | |
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Real Name |
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First Appearance |
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818) |
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Origin[]
Victor Frankenstein is tempted by his monster. He argues that as a living thing, he has a right to happiness. He promises that if Victor grants his request, he and his mate will vanish into the wilderness of South America uninhabited by man, never to reappear.
Fearing for his family, Victor reluctantly agrees and travels to England to do his work. Working on a second being on the Orkney Islands, he is plagued by premonitions of what his work might wreak, particularly the idea that creating a mate for the creature might lead to the breeding of an entire race of creatures that could plague mankind. He destroys the unfinished female creature after he sees his first creation looking through the window. The monster witnesses this and confronting Victor, the monster vows to be with Victor on his upcoming wedding night. The monster murders Clerval and leaves the corpse on an Irish beach.
In the Saga of Frankenstein which appeared in The 1974 Psycho Yearbook, Victor created a mate for the creature and she is revived with the Monster promising to teach her how to walk and talk. Victor leaves the Monster with his new bride and goes into town to get drunk at a local tavern. After becoming intoxicated, he returns to his lab and kills the Monster's bride. His creation retaliated by going into town and murdering Victor's wife Elizabeth in revenge.
Public Domain Appearances[]
All published appearances of Bride of Frankenstein' Monster from before January 1, 1930 are public domain in the US.
Public Domain Literary Appearances[]
- Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
Public Domain Comic Appearances[]
- Prize Comics #26, Dr. Ullrich finds Victor Frankenstein’s original journals and creates a companion for the monster, who he called Mrs. Frankenstein. In exchange the professor asked the monster to help humanity in return for creating his mate. However, an angry mob burns down the laboratory, killing Ullrich and the bride.
- Frankenstein #28: A scientist revives a woman executed for murder, creating a violent and amnesiac “She-Monster” as a companion for Frankenstein’s Monster. Despite initially opposing her creation, the Monster forms a protective bond with her. After she kidnaps a baby, the scientist hides a bomb in a doll to destroy her. The She-Monster is killed in the explosion, leaving the Monster alone once again.
- The 1974 Psycho Yearbook
Notes[]
- While this character was a failed experiment that never came to life in the book, it is pretty intuitive to imagine a scenario in which she did come to life.
- The title of the film, "Bride of Frankenstein," makes no sense as "Frankenstein" was the doctor who created the monster. The monster (and the intended groom for the bride) never had a name.