Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. by Jeff Lemire

Why the librarian becomes so amorous is never explained this is just one of a number of odd 'jumps' that Kindt's story makes. It's mainly because of where Lemire ends that makes the beginning of Kindt's story jarring Frankenstein is apparently visiting his own book collection in the SHADE library when the librarian embraces and begins kissing him, and also tells him about a conspiracy within SHADE. Lemire's last issue doesn't add much to the Animal Man storyline per se, but he begins to bring to fruition the romance between Frankenstein and Mazursky, and the issue ends in a way that might equally be the conclusion of the Frankenstein series. 1: The Hunt and fight Animal Man's enemy The Rot.

Lemire's second issue, more exactly, picks up threads from Lemire's own Animal Man series, prior to 'Rotworld.' Frankenstein and Nina Mazursky (the Creature Commando's human-hybrid sea creature) arrive at Animal Man Buddy Baker's mother-in-law's farm in the aftermath of the events of Animal Man Vol.

The issue ends with the Bride leaving the SHADE organization and raises the possibility that Frankenstein might do the same, a thread that continues through Matt Kindt's stories but never ultimately materializes (else the book might've needed a title change!).

The first chapter then (issue #8) is perhaps the first of the 'concluding issues of Frankenstein' found in this book, as Lemire reveals that it was controversy over the death of the 'Son of Frankenstein' that lead to Frankenstein and his Bride's split. Jeff Lemire contributes the first two chapters of this collection, which respectively close out Lemire's previous storylines and lead in to the larger 'Rotworld' crossover found later in the book. Kindt's writing of Frankenstein won't disappoint fans, but the push and pull of connecting this last volume of Frankenstein with other series' events might. There are minor blips in the transition from writer to writer, but these are minor Secrets, however, largely involves a crossover with the Animal Man/Swamp Thing event 'Rotworld' that serves the other two series far better than it does Frankenstein. 2: Secrets of the Dead, new series writer Matt Kindt continues the monster mayhem aesthetic found in exiting writer Jeff Lemire's first volume of the series.

Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. by Jeff Lemire