Thread:Hatebunny/@comment-24992255-20140103024848/@comment-3361105-20140103032935

Oh, this is exciting. Let's see.

1. I'm Hatebunny (Rab Townsend), and as an administrator here, I spend most of my time working on ensuring that our Comic Issue pages are up to date and complete to a high standard. I'm also the code-guy. I write all kinds of complicated and circuitous code that makes the database work in cool ways.

2. I'm sure there have been plenty of appearances of Frankenstein as a generic Hammer Films style monster in 60s and 70s horror titles (which I'm not all too familiar with), but the most prominent version of the character these days was created by Grant Morrison for his Seven Soldiers of Victory team. His character's history mirrors Shelley's story, but the creature later resurfaced in America and had - as our article on him puts it, "many adventures," which translates to fighting a crazy demon called Melmoth. Later, it turned out that the only reason Frankenstein had come to life at all was because his veins contained drops of Melmoth's blood. Since WWII, he'd had been in an organization called S.H.A.D.E., and nearly a century later, he was given command of a team called the Creature Commandos. He also became involved with the Justice League Dark as a reluctant, but honourable warrior.

3. There's a cool moment in the Animal Man/Swamp Thing crossover called Rotworld, set in an alternate future, where Frankenstein inherits a Green Lantern ring, and starts slaying baddies with a giant green sword. Otherwise, he's actually pretty humourless. As far as the whole mythology of the character goes, the tale of a sad creature seeking acceptance and not finding any is one we can all relate to. The DCU's version seems to have handled that chip on his shoulder pretty well, if the above serves as any indicator.

4. I've heard a bit about "I, Frankenstein." I'm interested by the fact that it was written by the guy who wrote Underworld. Those movies were pretty slick and fun, and they built a mythology and a stylized atmosphere that I would imagine that most comic book fans (of DC or otherwise) would be interested in. I'd certainly hope to see the same thing from "I, Frankenstein."