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Frankenstein

59 issues • 1958–1982 • Famous Monsters of Filmland

Fifty-odd times the Monster lurched across a Famous Monsters cover — more than any creature in the crypt. From Karloff's flat-topped original to Hammer's blood-soaked barons, here's the full Frankenstein run, square-headed and unkillable: every issue that put the bolt-necked icon on the newsstand, gathered for the collectors who keep the lab fires burning.

A franchise gathering: every Famous Monsters cover in the Frankenstein family — originals, sequels, spin-offs, and crossovers alike. Each issue lists its own specific films inside.

Tap any issue to dig into its films, its personalities, and the story behind the art — then drift back to the full Cover Library when you’re ready for more.

59 issues

The Frankenstein Reel

The covers that put it on the newsstand, on film.

The Universal Frankenstein cycle, 1931 to 1942, as Famous Monsters showed it

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The through-line is what FM printed that the movies would not show you: the censored Maria scene from 1931, Jack Pierce credited by name for the fire-scarred Bride makeup, and Karloff's stunt double Bud Wolfe named at the climax of Son of Frankenstein

The Midnight Reel — all 41 reels →