Frankenstein already had his own Marvel comic in the Bronze Age, but also had several separate stories throughout the various titles of Skywald Publications. One of them was titled Frankenstein II that continues the original story well into the year 2073, but a secondary tale completely retold his origins with a new twist in The Saga Of The Frankenstein's Monster. Running in issues of Psycho and Scream magazines, this 3-part remake was written by Al Hewetson and drawn by Cezar Lopez. Each chapter has a more eloquent take on the monster with an opening monologue. The first part has Dr. Victor Frankenstein making a totally alternate version of his infamous creation, this time as a blonde beefcake and not a jigsaw of corpses. His buffed experiment awakens very ticked off causing a big mess in Victor's lab, so the Doctor hacks his prototype to pieces and then tries bringing him in the way we're familiar with as a sewed-up creation with a flat-top and bolts in his neck. The monster goes on a slower rampage with Victor trying once again to kill his namesake but is pimp-slapped by the monster as it calls the doctor a fraud. The next segment has the monster wanting Victor to make him a mate, except this Bride of Frankenstein isn't a screeching nightmare with an electrified haircut, but a butterface rejected by her creator. Victor leaves the secluded cave he was working out of to go barhopping only to return drunk and kills the new bride, which makes the monster to go off and murder his creator's human bride to even things out, thus killing off both Brides of Frankenstein. The finale has Frankie seeking refuge in another cave which happens to be occupied by none other than Dracula and his current wife. Now, there have been at least three different movies that were supposed to have the famous frights fighting each other, but Seaboard finally put their money where their mouth is and had a real Dracula Vs. Frankenstein tussle, even though they didn't make any effort to label it with the Count as his sparring partner. Drac's bride Leah tries to suck Frankie's blood but finds in unnatural. Frankie's and Drac exchange autobiographies with Leah finding herself strangely attracted to the lumbering science project. This leads to a lover's spat while Leah attempts to leave with Frankie, with herself shriveling away in the sunlight which really pisses our title character who returns to kill Dracula, unfortunately the reader is told that this epic battle occurred off panel. If your story has two of the greatest monsters in horror in a duel to the death, you better make damn sure that you actually show the deed happening, otherwise it just leaves fans feeling seriously cheated.
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