Victor Frankenstein Page #3

I confiscated that from

the crime scene at the circus.

Open it.

Sir...

...this is disgusting.

It belonged to a lioness

recently deceased.

But it was found near our

murder victim at the circus...

...and it didn't walk there

of its own accord.

You think

there's a connection?

I think our other man

at the circus

fits the same description

as this...

...animal thief.

But who would do that?

Huh?

What motive?

Something reeks here.

It reeks of an evil,

sinful mischief.

And now that man walks

the streets of this city.

Back in the mud so soon?

Yes, I see.

Absolutely savage depiction

of me, I'm afraid.

Got the hair

all wrong, and the nose, too.

I'm new to this criminal life,

but I never thought the authorities

would attack my vanity.

They think I'm a murderer!

I've been called

much worse things in my time.

Besides... they're not

looking for you...

...are they?

They're looking for a piteous,

nameless hunchback.

And Igor, I would like you

to look at yourself.

Igor, that creature

no longer exists.

Dinner.

This is excellent.

So... what brought you to

the circus in the first place?

Cutlery.

What?

Use it.

Oh. Sorry.

Wipe your hands.

Animals.

Parts.

I am a student at

the Royal College of Medicine.

The curriculum

is straightforward,

the exams easy,

the professors...

Oh! The professors are

men of limited ability

and even more limited horizon.

Why did you rescue me?

You, my friend,

were an unexpected gift.

It's not every day

I come across a man,

albeit one suffering from

such grotesque deformity...

...who is so clearly talented,

observant, and resourceful...

...and in possession of the most

gifted pair of hands I have ever seen.

My interest in you

does not stem from charity.

Follow me.

Before I met you,

I was to approach Mr. Barnaby

about acquiring some of

your deceased animals.

To what end? Study?

No, not as you would

think of it.

I am of the strong belief

that death

can be made

a temporary condition.

That's impossible.

Improbable, yes.

Impossible, no.

Life is temporary.

Why should death

be any different?

I have absolutely

no time for false modesty.

So it is without pride

or shame

that I declare my discovery

an act of...

...genius.

Those eyes...

...they're over

three months old.

And the liquid is an

electrically conductive jelly

of my own device.

Serves a double function:

To preserve and to...

Well, just wait and see.

It's all a matter

of conversion, you see?

The conversion

of pure electrical energy

into the biological variety...

...that flows

through the human body.

Hence, the construction

of this device:

The Lazarus Fork.

I have found that by passing

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