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Jack Griffin is a scientist with a high level of ambition and a low bar for ethics. He also has a lofty opinion of himself, disdain for his coworkers, and sociopathic tendencies. The combination is quickly proving lethal in Universal Monsters The Invisible Man.  

The second issue reveals that Jack has successfully replicated his invisibility experiment in a larger animal than the mouse. But there are obstacles marring his progress – like the need to study a now invisible animal, appease a boss he doesn’t respect, and work alongside a man he despises.  

It’s ironic that Jack wants to be invisible because he hates wondering how others perceive him when it’s clear that most people in his life are already blind to his true nature. Writer James Tynion IV and artist Dani show that through Flora’s consistent talk about love and marriage and Dr. Cranley’s faith that Jack is a good employee. The theme is woven into the art with Jack often shown in heavy shadow, head titled down so that all the reader sees is his eyes. There’s also great tension in the way that Jack clearly chooses his words carefully to maintain the persona he wishes to project.  

The comic is a psychological game with building tension and a villainous main character on the verge of doing terrible things.  

–Amanda Sheriff