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Post by andydecker on Oct 21, 2019 10:15:41 GMT
Donald F Glut The Return of Frankenstein (Pabel, Germany, 1976, Druktenis Publ. 2003) In Krausburg, some German backwater Universal monster movie style (only in 2003 in the updated version) there is a Phantom Killer. The poor citizens know who is the real villian. Erik Frankenstein, the new owner of the Black Caste. Meanwhile Dr Burt Winslow is transporting the Monster by train to Switzerland to finally dissect it. His new traveling companion is John Stewart, the Werewolf. He seeks help. Unfortunately the Monster gets stolen. "A train holdup … in the Twenty-first Century", Winslow says. "I can't believe it." (Me either.) But one of the shot robbers can explain Winslow the plot before dying. Evil Erik Frankenstein wants the Monster. Already he stitched together Gorron, a gorilla monster with a metal horn on the head. (See the German cover) To shorten this, at the end the reader gets a Monster-Gorron-Werewolf fight, while Winslow dons the garb of a local vigilante The Masked Demon including horse, whip and six-gun. Glut's series always only had a tenuous connection to reality, as far as the background is concerned. Here it finally vanishes into fantasy while the rest remains the same. If you can suspend your disbelief enough it is a lot of fun though. |
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