Lady Frankenstein
She was created to be a companion to Frankenstein.
Name:
Lady Frankenstein
Publisher:
Real name:
Aliases:
- Bride of Frankenstein
- Lady F
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Female
Powers:
- Agility
- Invulnerability
- Longevity
- Marksmanship
- Stealth
- Super Strength
- Technopathy
- Unarmed Combat
- Weapon Master
First issue:
Current Events
WIth the 2011 reboot of the DC Universe into the New 52, Lady Frankenstein was chosen as a member of S.H.A.D.E.'s special operations team, the Creature Commandos. Following the successfully quelled revolt of the Humanids, it was revealed that the child of Frankenstein and his wife is still alive, despite being shot dead back in 1959 by Frank himself. He escaped the Zoo with Nina Mazursky's children, the original Creature Commandos, but while they've decided to pay a visit to their mother, Frank's son forced one of the Psychics to teleport him somewhere in Europe where he wreaked a great deal of havoc while making his way to Castle Frankenstein - the birth place of his parents. The two of them tracked him down, but the abomination begged for death. Frank, remembering the first time doing this, felt remorse over killing his own child, but, unexpectedly, his wife did it herself. Upon the completion of the act she confronted the remainder of her team and Father Time and informed him that she was quitting the team effective immediately.
Origin
The Bride has her origins not in comics but in the writings of Mary Shelley. She was created as a companion to the Frankenstein monster (generally just referred to as Frankenstein). In terms of the literary history the creature did not survive, but in comics she did continue to live. She is regarded as more “alive” than her counterpart.
Creation
The Bride was created by Grant Morrison and Doug Mahnke. Originally created by Mary Shelley.
Character Evolution
Post-Infinite Crisis / New Earth
While she has been portrayed variously through different media since her creation, the DC Comics version is somewhat more headstrong and sure of herself. She maintains an antipathy towards Frankenstein.
Post-Flashpoint / Earth 0
The Bride is a member of S.H.A.D.E. new group of Creature Commandos that have successfully defended Monster Planet.
Rebirth
Super Monster
Lady Frankenstein appears in part 2 of Super Monster. It appears that both Lady Frankenstein and her husband are after the Kroog. They agree on Superman's terms after a feud and stop arguing until they find Kroog. Once they have tracked down Kroog, they let Superman handle the rest. Frankenstein wants to start a new chapter with Lady Frankenstein, showing her a ring as a start. Lady Frankenstein rejects the offer and doesn't want to continue her life with Frankenstein anymore.
Major Story Arcs
Post-Infinite Crisis / New Earth:
Bride joins S.H.A.D.E.
In recent years she has been kidnapped by the supervillain known as the Red Swami. She was brainwashed, and had two fully functional arms grafted onto her. It was hoped that she would be passed off as the reincarnation of an ancient assassin goddess. She was eventually stopped by S.H.A.D.E. which she soon after joined.
Bride aids Frankenstein
She later showed up in the town of Salvation Valley to assist her husband in stopping a plan by Pilot Zbigniew X to use Wetform A.I.
Powers and Abilities
Super Strength
Due to the nature of her creation she has enhanced strength and durability.
Weaponry
She has also been shown to be a capable combatant, especially so with her second pair of arms. She is also skilled in numerous firearms.
Other Versions
Flashpoint
The Bride appeared in the Flashpoint world.
