#with enough fridging and violence against women (in various capacities) to have me side-eyeing Gerber a bit tbh

[theodore-sallis]

“Several Meaningless Deaths Part 1”, Monsters Unleashed (Vol. 1/1973), #8.

Writer: Steve Gerber; Penciler: Pat Broderick; Al Milgrom

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Monsters Unleashed #Monsters Unleashed vol. 1 #Monsters Unleashed 1973 #cover gallery #Frankenstein’s Monster #jumpscare reminder that Marvel has Frankenstein’s Monster in their comics and barely uses that nowadays #(except in the Ultimate Spider-Man and Hulk and the Agents of SMASH cartoons but I digress) #but ah yes…the classic horror pulp comic cover with a damsel in distress #and it sure does set the tone for the Man-Thing story included in this issue and the next #it’s the only story in text in this issue as opposed to being in comic format and probably for good reason because it’s pretty…lurid #with enough fridging and violence against women (in various capacities) to have me side-eyeing Gerber a bit tbh #it is for sure intended to be a horror comic and the story’s title pretty much spoils how it ends #while there are some moments I personally enjoyed…it’s definitely overshadowed a bit by what I feel like a desire to shock #overtaking storytelling #but hey don’t mind me what do I know #I’m just some person on the internet after all