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14:25 / 05.09.05

Hell, might as well start this one now, too.

SEVEN SOLDIERS: FRANKENSTEIN #1 OF 4

Written by Grant Morrison; Art and cover by Doug Mahnke

Doug Mahnke (JLA) joins Grant Morrison for an amazing new miniseries in the Seven Soldiers saga! A bizarre butterfly store opens its doors in a small American town. Pretty, popular teenagers are mysteriously transformed into self-loathing, awkward nerds. A boy with the power to see human thoughts becomes the unwitting vessel of an ancient curse, and deep beneath the sunny sidewalks, something stirs and wakes and opens ancient eyes.

Witness the triumphant return to the DCU of one of fiction's most enduring characters as Grant Morrison and Doug Mahnke introduce a steam-powered, gun-totin', Milton-quotin' Frankenstein monster you'll never forget! Meet time's executioner as he hunts down the impossible menaces that threaten humanity from beyond reality!

DC Universe | 32pg. | Color | $2.99 US

On Sale November 16, 2005

22:38 / 05.09.05

Why is the monster on the right, the one Franky is stepping on, holding a pizza slicer?

22:46 / 05.09.05

Um... that's the spur on Frank's boot.

From The Pulse:

"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," Morrison continued. "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."

"I based my portrayal of the Sheeda civilization itself on a dark, inverted Goth image of Queen Elizabeth 1's England. They're very evil, decadent and corrupt but as I say we don't reveal their TRUE nature and who they really are until later in the series. In FRANKENSTEIN! issue 4 in fact, 'Frankenstein vs. Fairyland'."

22:47 / 05.09.05

And for the record, I think he looks just like Peter Boyle from Young Frankenstein. Is it just me?

Also; there's a smiley face on his arm. Heh.

22:52 / 05.09.05

Um... that's the spur on Frank's boot.

Ah, thanks.

And for the record, I think he looks just like Peter Boyle from Young Frankenstein. Is it just me?

He does look more like Boyle than Karloff.

18:09 / 06.09.05

I can already see the "AAAUUUU" caption over his head on that cover...vintage Morrison.

02:22 / 06.11.05

Something from Newsarama-

"Able to “regenerate” 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."

I am very much looking forward to this.

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08:22 / 06.11.05

Yeah. Take an arm, but leave behind the wings. Good one, Frankie.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

08:27 / 06.11.05

I've been finding it hard to choose, and I've probably said this about all of them, but this really looks like it could be the best of the seven. Has George really saved the best till last? I can't fucking wait to find out, anyway.

11:04 / 06.11.05

Issue 2 cover here.

13:23 / 06.11.05

Has George really saved the best till last?

Judging by the cover for issue 2 alone: Yes.

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13:57 / 06.11.05

I like the Elvis sneer. Hot.

15:01 / 06.11.05

great fucking cover. Doug Mahnke - when not rushed by DCU's deadlines - can be great.

I wonder if this will be kinda similar to the Washowkies' DOC FRANKENSTEIN [conceptually they are, a bit]. hopefully it'll be much better.

15:28 / 06.11.05

Seven Soldiers: Frankenstein #1 11/16/05 - 11/23/05
Seven Soldiers: Zatanna #4 10/05/05 - 11/23/05

Pushed back a week to coincide with Zatanna.

20:26 / 12.11.05

SEVEN SOLDIERS: FRANKENSTEIN #3
When a bizarre toxic spill defies the laws of nature and threatens the whole human race with destruction, it looks like even Frankenstein could be in over his head, and the Monster must turn to an amazing new ally for help. Enter The Bride and meet the incredible agents of the Super Human Advanced Defense Executive!

21:59 / 12.11.05

Please Please Please I hope its undead Uma with her hair up.

01:00 / 13.11.05

Elizabeth with a Hanzo Hatori. Fuck YES.

01:30 / 13.11.05

I'm really enjoying the amount of peripheral characters that Grant's putting into each of these series. Guardian wouldn't be Guardian without the Marcus family, Ed Stargard, and the Newsboy Legion. Likewise with Zatanna's nonchalant network of DCU magicians and esoterics. Hell yah, Trips. I can't wait.

02:23 / 13.11.05

Agreed, you don't just get a superhero but an entire starter-kit of characters that would usually take years to layer-up and build right there in the box. S'why Mozzer is top.

Weird thing is, I had the same idea for a Bride/Bride of Frankenstein amalgam (with Bill as an unaging Wild Bill Hickock turned necroalchemist) during the summer when I was putting together a portfolio for college. I have sketches here... somewheeerrreee.

02:38 / 13.11.05

I hope-hope-hope that when the trades come out, it's like all of the mini-series in one collected format. Just cheaper, I guess.

OOOOOOHHHHHH please, DC, don't fuck me over by having twenty trades.

Imaginary Mongoose Solutions

04:00 / 13.11.05

Looks like 3 or 4 trades, given that the first one is mainly just 1's and 2's.

05:57 / 13.11.05

Frankenstein's a fucking rock star. I'm jazzed about this.

13:46 / 15.11.05

seconded. we must see frankie curbstomp the sheeda queen with those huge fucking boots. it's a moral imperitive.

yawn - thing's buddy

14:47 / 15.11.05

Man, that is Kano.

15:02 / 15.11.05

Random DYN:

When Grant first mentioned the group, he called it the "Superhuman Advanced Defense Executive".

But in the solicits, it's the "Super Human Advanced Defense Executive".

Think someone at DC finally noticed?

Regrettable Juvenilia

15:36 / 15.11.05

There's a simple answer: originally Morrison had intended Frankie to be a smooth operator, but by the time he got to issue #3 he realised he was more of a changing man.

02:17 / 16.11.05

smoooth operatarrrrrrrrr
smooooooooooooooooth operataaaaaarrrrrrrr

cover to #3:

#2 is the strongest so far.

02:29 / 16.11.05

That looks more like an interior page to me. Covers have more of a painterly touch... I'm maybe wrong, but that doesn't look very cover-y.

02:36 / 16.11.05

Nevermind. 3 looks like 1. It's 2 that stands out and looks great. Bah. 2 wins.

17:42 / 17.11.05

Comic fan that I am, I saw the cover to #3 and immediately went 'he's wearing Robin colors' (the red with yellow bars peeking through the jacket/tunic).

17:58 / 17.11.05

That would be the Hussar's uniform, as mentioned in the article cited in the third post in this thread...

18:11 / 17.11.05

Oh, I knew about the Hussar's uniform bit and thought it was a nice addition on Grant's part (thanks for the cool pic in your post)...I was just commenting on how as a comic fan I see those colors and the first thing that pops into my head the millisecond I saw it, free-association style, was the Robin tunic. In the second after that I thought 'oh yeah, that's the tunic Grant Morrison talked about being part of the design'. The red and yellow didn't pop out for me quite so much in the other covers, or the colors were more muted in the others.

Never thought you'd see Robin the Boy Wonder and the Hussars discussed in the same sentences, didja?

20:03 / 17.11.05

When Grant first mentioned the group, he called it the "Superhuman Advanced Defense Executive". But in the solicits, it's the "Super Human Advanced Defense Executive". Think someone at DC finally noticed?

There's a simple answer: originally Morrison had intended Frankie to be a smooth operator, but by the time he got to issue #3 he realised he was more of a changing man.

Or the guy who transcribed the interview just didn't know that?

20:31 / 17.11.05

Which do we like better for a Hussar-tuniced Frankenstein? SADE, or SHADE?

22:56 / 17.11.05

First one.

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