Comic Title: Batman Archives Vol. 6 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2005
On Sale Date: June 2, 2005 Direct Market Date June 15, 2005
Source: Previews, Vol. 15 #4 (#196)

Direct Market Date June 2, 2005
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Thursday, June 2, 2005

Cover Price: $49.99
Page Count: 224
Editor: Dale Crain

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The True Story of Frankenstein"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-2)

Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Penciller: Bob Kane
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #135 (1948)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #134; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #34)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #80; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #34)
• Carter Nichols (last appearance in Batman #46; next appearance in Detective Comics #136)

Villain(s)

• Count Mettern (Frankenstein's cousin; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Baron Frankenstein (no further appearances)
• Ivan (Frankenstein's assistant; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Dirk the Forrester (dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Mary Shelley and a town of villagers (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Carter Nichols sends himself back in time where he meets the real Baron Frankenstein. Nichols sees the Baron's experiments and meets his assistant Ivan, a giant. When Ivan is accidentally electrocuted, Nichols revives him with adrenaline. However, Ivan is left in a trance like state. Frankenstein's cousin, Count Mettern then orders Ivan to kill Frankenstein.

Nichols summons Batman and Robin from the future. They battle Ivan, who rampages through the nearby village. Mettern then attempts to make Batman his slave too. Batman is not affected like Ivan was. He is then able to revive Ivan fully.

However, the villagers are angry at Frankenstein and Ivan. When they storm the castle, Batman must calm them down. Ivan then takes revenge upon Mettern. Both men die when the castle explodes. Author Mary Shelley writes about the events, but fictionalizes the story for fear that it would never be believed.