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Jack Griffin is an ambitious scientist working as an assistant for Dr. Cranley. While doing an experiment with Monocaine, he witnesses a mouse lose the color in its fur. With his curiosity and excitement piqued, Jack continues to experiment on the mouse, recognizing that the potential to unlock invisibility is in his grasp.

The first issue of Universal Monsters: Invisible Man captures the tone of the classic horror movie from 1933. James Tynion IV has written Jack as an egotistical man driven to prove he is smarter than others through cunning. He is clearly dangerous even before perfecting his invisibility formula as he barely navigates social situations without revealing sociopathic tendencies.

Invisible Man #1 sets up the horror story to come with tension that comes from Jack’s frightening inner monologue.

-Amanda Sheriff