The Glass Scientists: Volume Three: A Graphic Novel

The Glass Scientists #3

by S.H. Cotugno

Witness the epic conclusion to the webcomic phenomenon about star-crossed lovers and misunderstood monsters in this third and final graphic novel!

Last we saw Dr. Jekyll he was on stage about to welcome everyone to his grand exhibition—the event meant to save his Society for Arcane Sciences and his way of life—when he collapsed, pulled under by his devilish alter ego Mr. Hyde. When he wakes, Jekyll assumes everything is doomed, but in a surprise to just about everyone, he couldn’t be more wrong. The event was a success, his band of rogue scientists now all have patrons, and business is booming. What’s more, he even plucks up the courage to do the scariest, craziest thing of confess his feelings for Lanyon. Everything is finally coming up Jekyll!

Oh, if only the good scientist remembered his physics, because what goes up must inevitably come crashing down. Just when everything Jekyll has worked and hoped for is finally within his grasp, the barrier between his dueling personalities is shattered. Both Jekyll and Hyde are thrown into a constant wrestling for control of both their minds and bodies, which seem to switch without rhyme or reason. In the chaos, Jekyll’s secret has never been more at risk of being exposed, and he won’t get any help concealing it from his other half. Hyde has finally gotten a taste of life as a free man, and if Jekyll (or anyone else) dares to take it away, well, we should all brace for impact.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Queer, Young Adult, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Comics, Fiction

240 pages, Paperback

Published December 2, 2025

Reviews

[Alex M]

“He says he doesn’t like you anymore, so you should just shack up with me instead.”

[a reader]

amazing. the last page and panel got me teary eyed

[Jordana]

I cannot recommend this series enough, just wow! This fills the mad scientist hole in my life that I didn’t know I had and I am so happy. What a way to end a 10+ year project💕🧪

*I will say, the end chapter felt a tad rushed, but still a wonderful way to conclude these characters stories

[Hans]

This comic, to me, is very much intertwined with my GCSE years - and now it finishes just before I'm about to sit my A-Levels. It means a lot to me, as not only the reason why I often called Lanyon 'Hastie' instead of 'Robert' in my essays (oops), but also as a super long-standing interest of mine that has stuck with me through a long period of my life (I've had a profile picture of Jekyll on Pinterest for at least.... 4 years? And a TGS sticker on my laptop since whenever the preorder rewards came for Volume One). I admit that I stopped reading it weekly quite some time ago, but, in some ways, that made this final installment even better - I didn't know what was going to happen!

And what a great final installment it was. I loved the reference to the confrontation from the musical - very silly but very funny! The art was breathtaking, as always, every frame was spectacular, especially with all the elements and madness going on in the last few chapters (and the chapter pages, my goddd). Loved Frankenstein!!
And, well, I love a good happy ending. Straying even further from the book than it did already, (and that's saying something. not a bad thing though!) I have to admit, I always found it difficult with this comic to reconcile the image of child-flatterning Hyde from the book with """""chaotic gremlin""""" Hyde from this comic, I was never quite convinced by the fact he was kind of.... funny, an okay guy, etc? So I really liked when he got properly evil in this to get Jekyll to give up his secret etc - though it worked out in the end! God, imagine being Lanyon... does that count as polyamory?

So, yes, a great ending to a comic that has seen me through a lot. I almost can't quite believe it has ended - it seemed to have been going on forever even when I first read it! Congratulations to the author for a great series (though they might be doing more??? idk, I'm uninformed! I just buy the books off of Amazon and wait 2 months for them to arrive because I'm in the UK!!)

[Stella]

The exciting conclusion to the graphic novel trilogy The Glass Scientists, featuring some of our family’s favorite Victorian era classic monsters. I think I liked this one best of the three, and now I want to go back and read them from the beginning as I have forgotten some details in the time it took this one to come out. Library holds save money but take time. I need money to buy all the books! And more friends to share them with.

[S.M.]

Good ending for the stories.

[Zoey Sager]

It's a fun take on the original Jekyll and Hyde book. I enjoyed this volume and everyone before it.

Side note: THEY SAID THE THING!!!!! THE THING FROM THE MUSICAL!!!!
J: "God damn you, Hyde! Take all your evil deeds, and rot in hell!"
H: "I'll see you there, Jekyll!"

[Lex]

The final volume of a gaslamp/steampunk (gaspunk? steamlamp?) comic about Dr. Jekyll and his Society for Arcane Sciences, the shenanigans of Mr. Hyde, and the conflict between them as the barrier between their personalities finally comes crashing down.

What a delightful ending! I really enjoyed this series the whole way through--the art is great and the characters are fun. I love a wacky Victorian-era fictional character mashup. While I liked the Jekyll/Lanyon storyline and the scientist society plot, the highlight of the series was obviously Jekyll and Hyde, and I'm glad they got, if not a perfectly tied up ending, a hopeful one. I would love to read more in this universe!

[Claudia Miranda]

Beautiful conclusion to the series.
Absolutely gagged that I finally got to see the ending. What a journey The Glass Scientists has been.

Summary:
This book is the third and final installation to the printed version of a webcomic called The Glass Scientists published on Hiveworks Comics. The work is a remix of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson with elements of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. The story follows Dr. Henry Jekyll struggling to keep the Scientific Society for 'rouge scientists' that he runs afloat. As of the end of the second book, Jekyll is struggling as the stress of the Society, his unrequited love, Robert Lanyon, from university, and the burden of his mischievous alter ego Edward Hyde. In this extension, we see Jekyll working to solve these issues, his life is looking up until he begins having uncontrollable transformations into the less sociable half of him: Mr. Hyde... who happens to have the police and several other groups after him.

My Opinion:
Maybe I'm biased because I've been following this series for about a year now after picking it up at the library on a whim, but it gets 5/5 stars. The art style is beautiful and it's amazing to see Contugno's art changing to suit them as the series comes to a conclusion. I adore the open ending, Hyde and Jekyll haven't finished sorting themselves out and still need to find out who they are- specialty and together- and that's wonderful! Not to mention that Jekyll/Hyde and Lanyon finally have made up and get to be together. It may sound cheesy, but this comic got me into graphic novels and back into art after quitting; it gave me something to reignite my creativity and spark to read in a time when it had dulled. For that I am grateful. Happy reading, everyone.

[Leverett]

Reading the end of my favorite book was bittersweet . I get teary eyed thinking about it even though it's end is not sad, I've just gotten too attached to this story!.

As always the art is wonderful. Sages expressions, character posing, hands, colors, hands, shading and hands are so nice to look at THEY DRAW HANDS SO WELL. They also do a great job adapting the theme and message of strange case of Jekyll and Hyde. Im a big fan of the original story but hate most adaptations because they ignore the moral of the story and turn it into a supernatural jack the ripper story with rape included!. But this while not being remotely accurate with most of its story it goes into Jekylls repression of himself and shame..you know the whole reason Hyde exists... you'd be surprised how many adaptations leave that out.

The characters are all wonderfully written. The side characters get a chance to shine even if just for a few panels you get a feel for the personalities so well

For critiques I wish chapter xvi was longer. Its a little rush for how much happens in it. I wish we could've gotten a little more angst and feelings in it. And I felt like Frankenstein turn around to liking Jekyll was a little out of nowhere. I understand how it's set up, her seeing his big science thing but still it happened too fast.

Overall this is a great book and I think everyone should read the whole series and I'll love it forever it will never leave me

[Amanda Sabel]

I would actually rate this book 3.5⭐️

I loved the focus on the relationship between Jekyll (and Hyde) and Lanyon, which I had been dying to see since their backstory in the second book. I found it really compelling, and I would have loved to have seen more of it. The other plot lines fell a little flat to me, and were all kind of wrapped up with a neat little bow. I really appreciated the character development in Jekyll and Hyde, and this story is an awesome retelling of a classic tale. I’m bummer that the ride is over!

[Theangelofmusic]

I'm a sucker for rainy confession scenes, this nailed it <3 I'm so happy Jekyll/Hyde finally ended up with Lanyon! Dare I say I always suspected Everly was into girls so that was a nice surprise!
They really had me worried, I thought Jekyll was a goner!
So happy with this final installment, I will miss the joy of anticipating a new volume though.

[Lyric]

Y'know, I think for the most part, this did a pretty wrapping this together. I wish some things were lingered on, like Hyde and Jekyll finally learning to accept each other, but I enjoyed how Lanyon came to accept Hyde. I think Rachel deserved to have a bigger conclusion to her side of things as well.

[Izzy]

Book 3 book 3 book 3, wow this series ended. This series has some of the most beautiful art I have ever seen and the way they draw hands is unmatched, the colours are so nice on the eyes, the dialogue, the development, heck I was satisfied with the closed ending. Love this series forever, much recommended.

[Kathleen]

A very satisfying wrap up to the tale! I enjoyed the confrontations between Hyde and, well, everybody. Rachel pulling out the teacart was inspired. I also enjoyed the extensive backmatter in this collected volume!

[Lexie]

Didn’t expect to be sitting here crying over the ending but here I am…this series has such a special place in my heart and i’m devastated it’s over. Selfishly, I wish we got more of Jekyll and Lanyon, but overall 10/10 :’)

[Heidi]

Solid series

[Beele]

Have been reading this story for a long time online! Beautiful art, story and all round characters! I love these funky scientists. I'll miss them dearly... I can't believe Jekyll is dead for real...

[Ghost]

4.5 stars

[McKenna]

Art is nice and characters are loveable. Felt very long and a bit wordy in parts. Not my favorite of the bunch, but not bad.

[Steven]

A very likable story with cute characters. The illustration style is perfect for mass appeal.

[Girl Girl]

From eagerly awaiting weekly updates years ago on the website to being able to read this comic in physical print, what a delightful experience reading this series all together. LOVE IT.

[sylvie !!]

tbh the ending was a bit rushed in my opinion, but otherwise it was such a beautiful story !! it pains me that ill never be able to feel the excitement of waiting for a new page every monday :[

[Imp #37]

Very good! It made me cry multiple times.

[Jade]

Fantastic series with rich artwork

[kritter_pawz]

i had little hopes we would go the poly hyde/jekyll x lanyon route but omg im so glad we did. i love my gay victorian men

[Brynja]

amazing.

[Melissa]

While still full of heart and humor, this installment felt incredibly rushed.

[Casper]

I LOVED IT

[Stan VDB]

AUGH the angst