…Probably the most unexpected character, Grant Morrison‚Äôs Frankenstein is based loosely on DC Comics’ “Spawn of Frankenstein,” which appearaed as a backup in the ‚Äò70s Phantom Stranger series. Able to ‚Äúregenerate‚Äù himself by adding on pieces of dead men, Frankenstein has the right arm of a black slave, and the left arm of the angel, Michael.

“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,” says Morrison. “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.”