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Creature Commandos Presents: Frankenstein, Agent of SHADE #1
Creature Commandos Present: Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. Book One
It's Frankenstein as you've never seen him before!
One of the titles named as inspiration in James Gunn's "Gods and Monsters" chapter—Creature Commandos will inspire the upcoming TV series!
Spinning out DC’s New 52, Frankenstein works with a government The Superman Human Advanced Defense Executive (S.H.A.D.E.). With these team the world’s most famous monster protects humanity from Supernatural Threats.
Frankenstein is part of a network of strange beings who work for an even stranger government The Super Human Advanced Defense Executive! But can he protect the world from threats even more horrifying than himself? And since he's vilified for who and what he is, will he even want to take on this mission?
One of the titles named as inspiration in James Gunn's "Gods and Monsters" chapter—Creature Commandos will inspire the upcoming TV series!
Spinning out DC’s New 52, Frankenstein works with a government The Superman Human Advanced Defense Executive (S.H.A.D.E.). With these team the world’s most famous monster protects humanity from Supernatural Threats.
Frankenstein is part of a network of strange beings who work for an even stranger government The Super Human Advanced Defense Executive! But can he protect the world from threats even more horrifying than himself? And since he's vilified for who and what he is, will he even want to take on this mission?
256 pages, Paperback
Published February 6, 2024
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Jeff Lemire
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Jeff Lemire is a New York Times bestselling and award winning author, and creator of the acclaimed graphic novels Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Trillium, Plutona, Black Hammer, Descender, Royal City, and Gideon Falls. His upcoming projects include a host of series and original graphic novels, including the fantasy series Ascender with Dustin Nguyen.
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
Jeff Lemire is a New York Times bestselling and award winning author, and creator of the acclaimed graphic novels Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Trillium, Plutona, Black Hammer, Descender, Royal City, and Gideon Falls. His upcoming projects include a host of series and original graphic novels, including the fantasy series Ascender with Dustin Nguyen.
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Displaying 1 - 9 of 9 reviews
April 12, 2025
A thick tome of badass action. This is really more of a Grant Morrison and Jeff Lemire two-hander, and each of them brings their own style to the unstoppable character. I love it when Morrison is a little weird but keeps it relatively reigned in. And it's great when Lemire gets to go weird, this is probably my favorite thing he's done since the Valiant days. The second half of this book is a real trip, and that's WITHOUT the Grant Morrison. Big recommend.
September 19, 2025
I love Jeff Lemire. And him taking over DC’s Frankenstein and the Creature Commandos? Yes please. This series happened during New 52. And this collection also includes Grant Morrison’s Seven Soldiers Frankenstein mini from a few years before.
I didn’t love the Morrison mini. And at first I didn’t love the Lemire ongoing. It’s a rough start. But it worked itself out by the end. I like Frankie and his Bride, and I like the buddy cop relationship between Velcoro the vampire and Griffith the werewolf.
There’s some fun stuff here, particularly towards the end when the automaton humanids gain sentience and try to take over SHADE. but getting there is kind of a dull, obtuse ride.
I didn’t love the Morrison mini. And at first I didn’t love the Lemire ongoing. It’s a rough start. But it worked itself out by the end. I like Frankie and his Bride, and I like the buddy cop relationship between Velcoro the vampire and Griffith the werewolf.
There’s some fun stuff here, particularly towards the end when the automaton humanids gain sentience and try to take over SHADE. but getting there is kind of a dull, obtuse ride.
December 19, 2025
The Morrison issues hold up very well. Those were some of my favorite bits from Seven Soldiers of Victory. And I love the idea of a fan of the Creature Commandos show picking this up and getting hit first with Grant’s insane, compressed stories with an bizarrely articulate version of the character that is much different than the one in the show. It wouldn’t be much different from when I picked up New X Men after the original movie came out. And of course Doug’s Mahnke’s artwork is sublime and apocalyptic and elevates it all.
The Lemire issues are not nearly as good. They feel a bit like an off-brand Hellboy and BPRD comic that’s more Saturday Morning Cartoon than James Gunn’s show is. The art here by Alberto Ponticelli is serviceable, but it’s a major step down in scale and style from the previous issues.
The Lemire issues are not nearly as good. They feel a bit like an off-brand Hellboy and BPRD comic that’s more Saturday Morning Cartoon than James Gunn’s show is. The art here by Alberto Ponticelli is serviceable, but it’s a major step down in scale and style from the previous issues.
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April 7, 2025Horror
Fantastic! One of the best! I love it! There should be more horror books like this one. I can't wait to read more!
Fantastic! One of the best! I love it! There should be more horror books like this one. I can't wait to read more!
January 2, 2025
Grant Morrison and Jeff Lemire respectively develop the Creature Commandos mythos across the stories collected here, making for an immersive read that made me feel the way I did the first time I read the Invisibles as a 20 something.
October 11, 2025
Definitely read this with David Harbour's voice as Frankenstein, and probably will from now on. Really liked the art and the writing. Lady Frankenstein starts looking like Gamora for some reason in the second half? Overall really enjoyed this!
January 23, 2025
True rating: three and a half stars. Three stars for the first half (only Frankenstein/Frankenstein and the Bride), four stars for the second half once all the creatures are introduced.
September 18, 2025
DNF. The art was mediocre, and the writing wasn't great. Kinda disappointed, because I love the Creature Commandos and I feel like this had a lot more potential it didn't live up to.
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