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[BOZ]

what was the invisible man's name? griffin something?

 

[Hand of Vecna]

In the new LXG film, the Invisible Man's name is Rodney Skinner.

I vaguely remember reading in an interview that Alan Moore made up the Invisible Man's first name (since Mr. Wells never gave him one), but kept the same last name.

 

[NiTessine]

In the comic, the Invisible Man's real name is Hawley Griffin.

 

[Pielorinho]

Dunno for sure, but I'm expecting this movie not only to suck, but to literally hoover.

Daniel

 

[Richards]

Originally posted by Hand of Vecna:

I vaguely remember reading in an interview that Alan Moore made up the Invisible Man's first name (since Mr. Wells never gave him one), but kept the same last name.

Actually, I believe the original Invisible Man (from the H. G. Wells novel) was named Jack Griffin. The Invisible Man in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic series is supposed to be the son of the original Invisible Man, since Jack Griffin was killed in the original novel. So yes, Alan Moore made up the first name Hawley, but for a different reason.

Johnathan

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Originally posted by Richards

Actually, I believe the original Invisible Man (from the H. G. Wells novel) was named Jack Griffin. The Invisible Man in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic series is supposed to be the son of the original Invisible Man, since Jack Griffin was killed in the original novel. So yes, Alan Moore made up the first name Hawley, but for a different reason.

From Jess Nevins' "Notes on the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" site (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7160/league2.html)

In The Invisible Man the title character is only referred to as "Doctor Griffin;" Moore has said that he gave the Invisible Man the first name of "Hawley" as a reference to the murderer "Dr. Hawley Crippen." Crippen poisoned his wife in 1910 and was one of the most notorious of England's pre-WW1 murderers.

Note also that several characters in the book "died" in their original incarnations- most, in fact. Quatermain, the Invisible Man, Mr. Hyde, Captain Nemo, and Moriarty all died at some point in the stories that they were drawn from. That didn't stop Alan Moore from resurrecting them for League. Some of them are even given "explanations" for their supposed demises (Quatermain faked his death, a different person was killed than the Invisible Man, Moriarty survived his fall at Reichenbach Falls, etc.)

Anyway, the abovementioned site is a really cool source for information about the series (there was also a print version recently released, with interviews with the creators). Check it out if you want more info on the League.