Frankenstein was first introduced to Marvel comics in the 1960s, however his origin of creation, history, and monster demeanor was still to be determined by the readers of marvel comics. The 1974 Frankenstein comic issue #12 was drawn by Bob Brown, written by Doug Moench, and penciled by Val Mayerik. The comic begins with the monster being located on a frozen work site, where he is thawed out and relocated to a freak show circus act. Frankenstein was later found by Derek McDowell who becomes obsessed with the monster after he proves to his girlfriend that the monster does indeed exist, and after a couple day's McDowell's girlfirend tries to set the monster on fire, which awakens Frankenstein who then escapes to the far side of the circus yard, before the Army arrives and shoots the monster down with a bazooka. Frankenstein is then presumed dead until scientific discoveries using electricity presume otherwise, thus awakening Frankenstein again, and sparking a stream of monster murders to escape the trials of scietific dissection and experimentation. Marvel comics redefined Frankenstein's characteristics, making the monster entirely immortal with superhuman stamina, durability, and strength which also attributes to the monsters ability to regenerate health, and substitution of body parts in combat. Frankenstein has a unique Marvel ability to detect, and combat supernatural beings due to his undead state, however his only weakness is his reigning fear of fire. Due to Frankensteins passed experiences in the Marvel universe, he has a horrible fear of fire even though he can regenerate his health, fire is the one catalyst of mental destruction that controls the monster in a combat setting.