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Universal Monsters: Frankenstein #4
by Michael Walsh
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't biased when talking about this. Frankenstein is my favourite book of all time. I'm always pissed off that the Creature gets reduced to a voiceless, zombie-like being who is never allowed to grow into the complex character that he is in the original book. Instead of monster that becomes intelligent enough to hate its creator and tell Victor exactly why he is angry and what he wants, the Creature in the 1933 movie is just scared and confused, as if he were a wild animal.
In the original novel,the creature sees a young child slip and fall into the river. He rescues the child, but is shot by the child's father because the father assumes he is trying to hurt her. This is the point in the novel where the Creature officially turns to resenting humanity. He tries to do good even after being betrayed by the family he was watching, but in return he is punished for trying to save a child's life. Even after humanity betrayed him the first time, he tried to do something good again and was attacked for it.
In this comic (due to it being in the 1933 film),the Creature throws a little girl into the river because she invites him to play and he does not realize it will kill her. It takes away the emotional complexity of the Creature. It takes away the meaning of him trying to do something good after his previous experience with humans. The sentiment becomes meaningless. It really pisses me off every time.
I don't care for the ending. Again, it's meaningless and dumbs down the entire point of Mary Shelley's novel.
It's much more well paced than the Dracula run Image did, but I do still think these comics need more than 4 issues. I'd love to see them do more in the future, even Bride of Frankenstein.
In the original novel,
In this comic (due to it being in the 1933 film),
I don't care for the ending. Again, it's meaningless and dumbs down the entire point of Mary Shelley's novel.
It's much more well paced than the Dracula run Image did, but I do still think these comics need more than 4 issues. I'd love to see them do more in the future, even Bride of Frankenstein.