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And it's a super-monster team-up special… The Frankenstein Monster and Jack The Ripper. In Monster & Madman a lost soul, Frankenstein's monster seeks refuge from his waking life but finds no comfort in the bitter harshness of his surroundings He sets out to free himself from his lonely isolation and during this journey he finds himself at[...]

As Amanda's partner points out.. And today's Frankenstein: Agent Of S.H.A.D.E is cover credited to Jeff Lemire in print… but to the actual writer Matt Kindt in promotional material… Come on DC credit people, get a grip! Although it's Marvel who seem to have an issue spelling "mimicking" I know, I know, mote and beam, mote and beam… [...]

Rather than simply relying on sales figures, which never tell the full picture, we ask retailers what is, and what isn't, moving for them, and here's what they had to report this week, on some of December 14's new releases. This past week saw three of the lesser-hyped New 52 titles – Demon Knights, Grifter, and[...]

And now they have a whole lot more chaff to play with. Has Suicide Squad broken me? Do I care? Also don't look for too much hidden meaning in Frankenstein, Agent Of S.H.A.D.E., it plots like a Moorcock novel, it plays like a resource managing FPS game, its pop culture references are Claremont X-Men and it's lightly[...]

Kill Hal Jordan off again, you can take the HEAT. In Frankenstein, Agent Of S.H.A.D.E #3 they fight an entire planet Hellboy and the BPRD never did that Alberto Pontecelli portrays this in a gloriously sketchy, messy style which, while using about as much ink as Mike Mignola, is a world away[...]

And it lives up to its promise. Frankenstein Agent Of SHADE #1 by Jeff Lemire and Alberto Ponticelli feels very much like mid Grant Morrison Doom Patrol. We have a lot of Cliff in Frankenstein, also the Hellboy role, a very literal "grunt", a fantastical blue collar monster moaning about the job but doing his duty and[...]

Courtesy of DC Comics come three previews to this week's DC relaunch titles, Grifter #1 by Nathan Edmonson and CAFU from iFanboy, Red Lanterns #1 by Peter Milligan and Ed Benes from IGN, and Frankenstein: Agent Of SHADE #1 by Jeff Lemire and Alberto Pontichelli from USA Today [...]

Looking at the preview art there are however a myriad of cameos of characters in other people's books. Such as Ray Palmer, appearing in Frankenstein, according to Dan DiDio at Fan Expo Canada moderating the Jeff Lemire spotlight panel, which Jeff almost didn't make it to, after being stuck in traffic. But the pair also took the[...]

A huge batch of art from DC's The Dark and The Edge panel today: During today's panel for The Dark and The Edge at SDCC, we premiered art from ANIMAL MAN, BLACKHAWKS, DEATHSTROKE, FRANKENSTEIN, AGENT OF S.H.A.D.E., JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK, MEN OF WAR, OMAC, RESURRECTION MAN, SUICIDE SQUAD, SWAMP THING, I, VAMPIRE, and VOODOO[...]

iFanboy don't want to seem to give you the solicitation information quite yet, but we listed them all on Friday, so what the hey. FRANKENSTEIN, AGENT OF S.H.A.D.E #1 Written by JEFF LEMIRE Art by ALBERTO PONTICELLI Cover by J.G JONES On sale SEPTEMBER 14 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T It's Frankenstein as you've never seen him[...]

Two comics, both event crossovers, both issue ones, both out today, both starring Frankenstein's Creature Or just Frankenstein as they're calling him these days. Flashpoint: Frankenstein And The Creatures Of The Unknown is by Jeff Lemire and Ibraim Roberson, and Lemire is tagged to write the ongoing Frankenstein: Agent Of SHADE series from September[...]