Frankenstein
From Barbelith
Background
Pedants: yes, we know it's Frankenstein's monster, but let's face it, they're all family, so it's only right the big guy should bear his mad scientist daddy's name.
In DC Comics, this famous monster was a regular in the horror title Spawn of Frankenstein.
Here's one fan's four-part look at the original series: 1 (http://johnnybacardi.blogspot.com/2005/03/im-sure-most-of-you-are-familiar-with.html)
2 (http://johnnybacardi.blogspot.com/2005/03/part-two-from-phantom-stranger-24-mar.html)
3 (http://johnnybacardi.blogspot.com/2005/03/continuing-look-back-at-most-obscure.html)
4 (http://johnnybacardi.blogspot.com/2005/03/at-long-last-part-4-of-my-4-part-look.html)
New Story
The Frankenstein Monster has one arm is that of the angel, Michael and one of his arms is black. He can regenerate by using parts. Does this mean he orders the chili when he eats at Wendy's?
Locations -- From the Northwest of the US to the sands of Mars.
Genre -- Modern horror and classical space opera.
Morrison on Frankenstein, in a Comicon interview (http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=004150), 5 Sept 05: "Frankenstein is my own version of the Mary Shelley monster with only a slight nod in the direction of DC's 70s Spawn of Frankenstein character.... My Frankenstein is a nightmare executioner of evil, caught up in freakish tales of Martian slavery and poisoned nature…. "Since Frankenstein was created by Mary Shelley in 1818, I decided to reflect the general period in the character's dress and put him in a decayed and tattered version of a Hussar guardsman's outfit. It gives him a recognisable 'costume' and also the retro modern feel I liked. Big fuck-off boots with spurs, lots of electrical contact bolts up his spine and neck and arms. As with the Klarion design, this look tied in well to the soldier theme."
Back to Seven Soldiers Annotations
