Angel vs. Frankenstein #1 (One-Shot)

Mary Shelley and Joss Whedon’s respective creations meet for the first time in turn of the century Geneva. For those unfamiliar with him, Angel is a long-lived vampire once known as the vicious Angelus before receiving a curse which granted him a soul and in turn, a conscience. In Josh Whedon’s fiction, the character has spent the last 200 years attempting to atone for the things he did as Angelus becoming, in effect, a supernatural avenger. Shelley’s monster from Frankenstein was also unburdened by conscience due to his abandonment by his creator, the doomed doctor. His subsequent crimes become the result of amorality and later bitterness at being an incomplete thing. If Angel’s greatest issue is his atonement for his past, then the monster’s is his rage at his lack of a past. Our countdown to Halloween continues! And in keeping with the occasion I'm serving up comics with the appropriate themes, as in this one-shot.

Writer/artist John Byrne returns to Angel for this special one-shot featuring a new spin on a classic horror confrontation. Out of darkness and nightmare he comes for what he claims is rightfully his—but Angelus is there before him. Two legendary monsters. One goal. Who will claim the prize? Story by John Byrne; Art by John Byrne; Cover by John Byrne --

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