1.5 starsI don't get why people like this one. To be fair, I've never read any of DC's Frankenstein stuff before this, so maybe I'm missing information that would tell me why it's a fan-favorite.It didn't help that there was no explanation of his (DC) origin in this volume. I kept waiting to be introduced to the character through a flashback...at the very least. Alas, no.As far as I could tell there wasn't much about Frank's personality that was very interesting. He made a lot of Hurmm noises an...

A steep departure from Lemire's other work, this book is basically Mignola's Hellboy by way of Phillip K Dick. It's nothing but pure fun. It doesn't have any of the undertones we are used to in his other books, nor does it have the metaphysical weight. And that's what makes this book so special. Lemire's just let's loose and has a blast with this reboot of the 1948 Bob Kane creation of DC's Frankenstein. Only in this, Frank's the hero (a nearly spitting image in tone and powers to Hellboy), and

As strange as this title may seem...the story actually isn't terrible. I'm being serious. The Super Human Advanced Defense Executive (SHADE) is bascially D.C.'s BPRD. Instead of Hellboy we have Shakespeare quoting Frankenstein and a motley crew of BPRD clones.Basic gist- a mystical "hole" is spewing forth monsters. SHADE is sent in to stop it. Frankenstein channels his inner-Hellboy and is pretty much indestructible and carries a big sword. The rest of his team include his 4 armed ex-wife (who i...

Eh. I feel like there are lots of parts to this that I want to like, but it doesn't come together as a cohesive enough whole to make me enjoy it. Starting off with a dead dog not two pages into the first issue is a bad start (and what put me off the series when it began in single issues), but the first four issues meander all over the place, throwing in SHADENet jargon wherever they fancy, and the resolution of the story doesn't really thrill me at all.The OMAC single issue is just a pointless c...

i really love this book. hate to see that it's ending soon, though. *update*I have re-read this collection, although I believe my initial "Read" was from the individual issues. I did subtract one star from my review, because I think I just got carried away from the initial excitement of the series.Since I have wanted to read the entire Frankenstein Agent of S.H.A.D.E. series in one sitting, or at least the two volumes consecutively, I first read through the recent collection of the first appeara...

I loved this book! In this tale, Frankenstein, immortal and unstoppable has been recruited by S.H.A.D.E., the Super Human Advanced Defense Executive. This is a group of malcontents and strange people. Wolfmen, Witches, even Bigfoot have been members of S.H.A.D.E. This group does the things even the Justice League Dark knows little about. Paranormal incursions? Living planets of dead people? Elemental forces bent on destroying all reality? MONSTERS!All this and more Frank and crew go into battle

This was hands down not only one of the worst graphic novels I've ever read, but the artwork was atrocious.

I don't have too many guilty pleasures in comics but Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. was one of them. Getting back into comics at the beginning of The New 52 (3 years ago now), I had no idea why Frankenstein was in the DC Universe, much less why he was given his own book. But, I am a sucker for horror comics, and the idea of my favorite Universal Movie Monsters (Black Lagoon creature, a Mummy, a Vampire, a Werewolf, Frankenstein) coming together to fight other monsters was too tempting to pass...

It's a shame how promising this series started. The opening story, in which Frankenstein and his SHADE comrades have to battle an entire planetful of monsters, is an over-the-top, rip-roaring energy blast of comics nonsense that's just dumb enough to be fun. I could overlook it's incredibly clunky setup, dearth of character development, and utter waterfall of exposition if it was just going to be an insane mash-up of horror creatures and sci-fi technobabble. Unfortunately, by about the 3rd issue...

Great read stuffed with action and a butt load of fun!So I'm a big fan of Jeff Lemire, he's doing great work in Justice League Dark and his run on Animal Man was magical. Though this title doesn't have the depth and emotion that the others have, it makes up for it with all out fun. What we have here is a series that has been stripped back to the basics, it's fast paced and action packed. I had previously seen Frankenstein in the Rotworld crossover as well as recently in Justice League Dark and I...

He Who Fights Monsters…There is no shortage of overproduced, showy, noisy garbage in popular culture these days, but the thing is: even if you turn the volume all the way up to 11, a crappy story is still a crappy story. It does not get any better just because it goes full blast, it only becomes more annoying. If you cannot relate to the characters, it does not matter how “infinite” the crisis - you couldn't care less.At first glance, Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. appears to be that kind of

A fun action adventure series featuring a band of super powered heroes based on classic universal monsters. This series is enjoyable with lots of good action and interesting characters. They only really delve into one of the creature commandos, but I have high hopes for the continuing series. The next arc hints at more development for the title character and his ex-wife. The action is nicely offset by humor. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes action or comedy or horror motifs.

So many ideas that are half-used and others that are half-assed. Ugh.

Summary: See Sam's review. (I should've listened.)I forgot how bad most peoples reviews were (Anne, Sam) when I saw this just begging to be checked out of the library. (You could almost hear the lonely weeping.) William Thomas' review must've left an impression cause I thought there was a chance this could be fun. Damn my memory to hell. Piss-poor opening, devoid of energy or momentum, Mr. Lemire. Frank is at least believably no-nonsense, and I start to want to see him kick ass on the generic mo...

Pure Fun. An action-packed comic with a great sense of humor and outlandish characters and situations. Frankenstein is a super-solder working out of a miniaturized command center in a three-inch ball floating in space. He aided by a suck-up werewolf, a wise-cracking vampire, a mysterious mummy,a female amphibian woman and his four-armed, green-skinned ex-wife. Did I mention his boss is an ancient being inhabiting the body of a tiny schoolgirl? Granted, the art is rough and edgy and first seems u...

Frankenstein is an agent of SHADE - the Super Human Advanced Defense Executive - who fights monsters. This book is called “Frankenstein, Agent of SHADE: War of the Monsters”. That pretty much sums up the book: Frankenstein fighting monsters. The end. This is DC’s lacklustre take on the infinitely more successful “Hellboy/BPRD” Dark Horse series using the Universal Monsters. So you’ve got Frankenstein, a vampire, a wolfman, a mummy and a creature from the black lagoon fighting a host of weird cre...

Until I read Blackest Night a few years back I didn't know there was a Frankenstein monster in the greater DCU. I completely forgot about him - with good reason - until I picked up his New 52 reboot.Agent of SHADE picks up fast, and moves quicker from there. The initial "War of the Monsters" arc is epic comic-action with a team of Universal-Monster movies in place of superheros. I'm not complaining there. I was digging Khalis the mummy and his mysterious powers throughout. Oh, and there's a tie-...

Armed with the sword of the Archangel Gabriel, Frankenstein protects mankind from dark menaces as an agent of SHADE!Whenever I talk about comics, I normally latch on to the ones that are more than just guys in spandex punching each other. Frankenstein, Agent of SHADE, is two guys punching each other with the volume turned up to eleven.Frankenstein, Agent of SHADE, combines the best parts of Hellboy and Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD with a helping of the Fantastic Four. Cool ideas are spilling off t...

I always loved DC's take on it's superpowered organisation's. Rucka's run on Checkmate was brilliant and whilst this is, at face value, a much more fight instead of plot based comic there's loads of depth in S.H.A.D.E. As with most of the New 52 there's a little tweak to what we know with the inclusion of a not-yet-costumed-hero Ray Palmer but every one else was for me pretty much new anyways. The new Creature Commandos are intriguing and fit perfectly alongside Frankestein (there's a vampire, a...

I've never read any of the DC Universe, so I can't comment on whether the comic remains true to its origins. I don't believe that it matters, honestly.I found the story to be action packed, tongue in cheek funny, deeply moral and at times oddly heartwarming. Frankenstein kicking ass with a Mummy, a Vampire, a Wolfman,a Fish Woman an estranged Mrs. Frankenstein, and Father Time? That sounds like the basis for a pretty great comic to me!