Human anatomy is a fascinating thing, but no human body is more fascinating than Freddy Krueger's in A Nightmare on Elm Street. Canonically, Frederick "Fred" Krueger is a human-turned-demon whose body is morphed in unimaginable ways from a deal he made with Dream Demons.

The two-part Marvel Comics series Freddy Krueger's A Nightmare on Elm Street by Steve Gerber, Rich Buckler, Tony DeZuniga, Alfredo Alcala, and Janice Chiang doubles down on the body horror of Freddy's horrifying body. The lore revolving around his body and what it looks like is expanded when both issues delve literally and figuratively into the mind of Freddy Krueger.

The short-lived series provides new insight into Freddy Krueger's anatomy, putting what audiences already know about his anatomy into a new perspective.

Freddy Krueger's A Nightmare on Elm Street Gives Readers a Peek into His Brain

No, a Literal Peek into His Brain

In Freddy Krueger's Freddy wants revenge for their parents' crimes. She returns to her native Springwood, Ohio to learn more about Freddy before she's assigned a patient who happens to be his latest survivor, Allison Hayes.

A close inspection reveals that other crevices in his brain feature children's playthings, including a little girl's dress, a tricycle, a baseball, a baseball bat, and a jump rope.

During a dreaming exercise, Freddy attacks and launches the duo into his head to end the premiere issue. The second issue begins with both women trapped inside the crevices and neurons of Freddy's brain. A close inspection reveals that other crevices in his brain feature children's playthings, including a little girl's dress, a tricycle, a baseball, a baseball bat, and a jump rope. Both Allison and Juliann are dripping in what's only described as "the sludge of his mind," even more so when they fall inside one of these crevices.

The two fall into a river of sludge within Freddy Krueger's head, littered with skulls, bones, and a Cadillac with the top down. "The flood tide of filth" engulfs them both in different directions, nearly drowning them. Juliann thinks that she has found a way out and reaches for Allison's hand, only to find Freddy's hand, which pulls her back underneath the current. She drowns until she falls into a dining room (possibly at the Krueger residence) that leads to Freddy's basement. Everything in Freddy's brain is indicative of his deep, sick interests and memories.

What Else Do Fans Know About the A Nightmare on Elm Street Killer's Body?

What the Movie Franchise Has Shown So Far

From A Nightmare on Elm Street onwards, Freddy Krueger's body has continued to evolve in slow, subtle ways. In that first movie, the most noticeable thing about his body is that he's burned from the neck up. His hands are dirty, but not burnt. The same is the case with his stomach, as seen in the same movie during the scene where he lifts his sweater to cut open his chest. Interestingly enough, when he does cut himself open, measles and green sludge oozes out.

Future sequels tweak Freddy Krueger's anatomy, most noticeably how badly he's burned. Other movies now show how Freddy is burned throughout the entirety of his body, including his chest and hands. Perhaps the most significant change comes in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, which establishes that in his stomach, he harbors the souls of every victim he's ever harmed to a permanent end. These souls are visible through screaming faces piercing through his skin from underneath his upper body.

Has A Nightmare on Elm Street Showcased Freddy Krueger's Brain Before?

Well, Not Like This

This anatomical status quo carries over into the next movie, The Dream Master, where the souls fight back against him, sprouting arms that extend out of his body to claw at him. It's been generally accepted as part of his physiology since then, even carrying over into this comic. The second issue of Freddy Krueger's A Nightmare on Elm Street shows the title character's bare body in a hot tub, showing that he still has those ingested souls visibly screaming inside of him.

The issue marks the first time in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise that audiences have seen such a manifestation of Freddy Krueger's brain on a literal level. In the second movie, Freddy pulls the skin of his forehead off to expose his brain, while in Freddy's Dead, his daughter goes inside Freddy's mind. The latter instance is more metaphorical in nature, as she enters a brain lair to peek into his memories, while the comic showcases the literal neurons inside Freddy's mind.

How Seeing the Inside of Freddy Krueger's Brain Adds to His Lore

A New Addition to the A Nightmare on Elm Street Franchise

The introduction of Freddy Krueger's brain makes for a fascinating addition to A Nightmare on Elm Street lore. The anatomy of Freddy Krueger is, itself, a fascinating prospect to ponder, as there are only hints in the movies that detail how his body has changed. Some things about his body have been detailed to great effect (including the souls in his body and how they got there) while other conclusions can only be made through assumptions (like how Freddy probably isn't capable of reproducing).

There's still a lot that audiences don't know about how selling his soul to the Dream Demons affected Freddy Krueger's body, but this comic offers a further glimpse into the truth. As a demon, his brain no longer functions like a human's with a basic cortex and whatnot; instead, it's littered with his obsessions as a killer (literally and figuratively). An addition like this to the franchise can only take place in a comic, making it all the more unique. The visuals are almost too ambitious to showcase onscreen in an A Nightmare on Elm Street movie, even with CGI, but the creativity of comics helps expand Freddy Krueger's character and the franchise.

Freddy Krueger's A Nightmare on Elm Street is available now from Marvel Comics.