Introduction 3
PART ONE: BIRTH
1. Conception
15
2. Birth and Lineage
40
3. Reception and Revision
74
4. The Monster Lives On
100
PART TWO: COMING OF AGE
5. Making More Monsters
119
6. A Monster for Modern Times
138
7. The Brave New World of Monsters
163
PART THREE: OUR MONSTER
8. The Horror and the Humor
193
9. Monsters in the Living Room
227
10. Taking the Monster Seriously
264
The Monster and His Myth Today 305
Acknowledgments 327
Notes 331
Bibliography 361
Illustration Credits 375
Index 377