Forty Days of Frankenstein, Final Bits and Pieces: as we’re coming right up on the tail end of this year’s Frankenstein sequence, the prize for weirdest Frankenstein I found this October might just go to tonight’s image. You never do know where the Frankensteins will take you. To understand what we have here, you have to know that DC Comics has a set of “funny animal” superhero characters called *Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo-Crew*. Each of the characters is a sort of parody superhero, and in the titular comic the characters have both team adventures and solo stories. In Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo-Crew #17 (cover date, July, 1983), the porcine character Pig-Iron (whose super-strong, super-durable body is made of living steel) has a solo adventure titled “The House of Frankenswine” in which he visits the country of West Erminy (the comic specializes in animal puns) and encounters the Monster Frankenswine. This three-panel sequence (art by Rick Hoberg and Carol Lay) of the Monster being brought to life gives a good flavor of the story, penned by the venerable E. Nelson Bridwell. Note the Monster's Karloff/Pierce-influenced design, although in the "fuzzy vest" variant. Temple electrodes, too.
