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''Sherlock Holmes and the Horror of Frankenstein'' is 2013 graphic novel, written by Luke Benjamen Kuhns and drawn by Marcie Klinger , and published by MX Publishing.

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* DrGenericus: Dr. Pretorious. It is unclear if he is intended to be the same Dr. Pretorius from ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein''.

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* DrGenericus: DrGenericius: Dr. Pretorious. It is unclear if he is intended to be the same Dr. Pretorius from ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein''.
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* ScoobyDooHoax: What Inspector Bradstreet believes the whole business to be. Holmes is insulted that Bradstreet thinks he could be taken in by people in theatrical costumes.
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London, 1888. Bodies are being removed from their graves and no one knows who is behind it or why. When a man is found murdered at the scene of the most recent grave robbery Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are brought in to shed much needed light upon this grim scene. Join the great detective and his trusted colleague as they venture down the rabbit hole where what they uncover can only be seen to be believed.

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London, 1888.1883. Bodies are being removed from their graves and no one knows who is behind it or why. When a man is found murdered at the scene of the most recent grave robbery Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are brought in to shed much needed light upon this grim scene. Join the great detective and his trusted colleague as they venture down the rabbit hole where what they uncover can only be seen to be believed.

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* HumanPopsicle: the story begins with Dr. Pretorious discovering the FrankensteinMonster frozen in the Arctic ice, a century after the events of the novel ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}''. He chisels the creature free and has it shipped back to England still encased in a block of ice.

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* HumanPopsicle: the The story begins with Dr. Pretorious discovering the FrankensteinMonster frozen in the Arctic ice, a century after the events of the novel ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}''. He chisels the creature free and has it shipped back to England still encased in a block of ice.


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* TakingYouWithMe: When Dr. Pretorious suffers his VillainousBreakdown he sets the electrical equipment in his lab to overload and blows up his castle in an attempt to take Holmes, Watson and the monsters with him.
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* AGodAmI: During his VillainousBreakdown, Mad Scientist Dr. Pretorious starts screaming at the monsters to obey him, ending in this trope.

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* AGodAmI: During his VillainousBreakdown, Mad Scientist MadScientist Dr. Pretorious starts screaming at the monsters to obey him, ending in this trope.




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* VillainousBreakdown: Dr. Pretorious suffers one when the monsters rebel against him. He slips into 'AGodAmI' mode before blowing up his own castle in [[TakingYouWithMe an attempt to kill Holmes, Watson and the monsters]].
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-->'''Frankenstein Monster'': We are not insects, we are the Adam Eve of your labours!!\\

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-->'''Frankenstein Monster'': Monster''': We are not insects, we are the Adam Eve of your labours!!\\
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* HumanPopsicle: the story begins with Dr. Pretorious discovering the FrankensteinMonster frozen in the Arctic ice, a century after the events of the novel ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}''. He chisels the creature free and has it shipped back to England still encased in a block of ice.
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* AGodAmI: During his VillainousBreakdown, Mad Scientist Dr. Pretorious starts screaming at the monsters to obey him, ending in this trope.
-->'''Frankenstein Monster'': We are not insects, we are the Adam Eve of your labours!!\\
'''Dr. Pretorious''': I am your god!!... And you will obey me!
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* CollapsingLair: Dr. Pretorious sets the electrical equipment in his dungeon lab to overload as he is attacked by the FrankensteinMonster and his mate. Holmes and Watson, who have been locked out of the lab, make a mad scramble up the stiars and outside as the corridor starts to explode behind them. They just make it outside and dive for cover as the entire castle explodes and collapse in on itself.

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* ManOnFire: During the fight in the graveyard. Watson sets fire to the monster by flinging his oil lantern at it.

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* ManOnFire: During the fight in the graveyard. graveyard, Watson sets fire to the monster by flinging his oil lantern at it.
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* ShoutOut: Contains several to the Franchise/UniversalHorror ''Frankenstein'' films:
** Upon reviving the monster, Dr. Pretorious shouts "IT'S ALIVE!" as Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) famously does in ''Film/Frankenstein1931''.
** The MadScientist Dr. Pretorious, who rescues the monster and attempts to create a mate for him, shares his name with the villain from ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'', a MadScientist who rescues the monster and attempts to create a mate for him.
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* MadScientist: Dr. Pretorious in the mad scientist who freed the FrankensteiMonster from the Arctic ice, and is now attempting to create a similar creature.

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* MadScientist: Dr. Pretorious in the mad scientist who freed the FrankensteiMonster from the Arctic ice, and is now attempting to create a similar creature.
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* GraveRobbing: Holmes is first alerted to the case when a string of grave robberies escalates to murder. He is further intrigued when he learns that all of the graves belonged to women of noble lineage, and that only the bodies were taken: leaving behind the valuables, and even the clothes the bodies were dressed.

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* GraveRobbing: Holmes is first alerted to the case when a string of grave robberies escalates to murder. He is further intrigued when he learns that all of the graves belonged to women of noble lineage, and that only the bodies were taken: leaving behind the valuables, and even the clothes the bodies were dressed.
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* ManOnFire: During the fight in the graveyard. Watson sets fire to the monster by flinging his oil lantern at it.
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''Sherlock Holmes and the Horror of Frankenstein'' is 2013 graphic novel, written by Luke Benjamen Kuhns and drawn by Marcie Klinger , and published by MX Publishing.

London, 1888. Bodies are being removed from their graves and no one knows who is behind it or why. When a man is found murdered at the scene of the most recent grave robbery Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are brought in to shed much needed light upon this grim scene. Join the great detective and his trusted colleague as they venture down the rabbit hole where what they uncover can only be seen to be believed.

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* GraveRobbing: Holmes is first alerted to the case when a string of grave robberies escalates to murder. He is further intrigued when he learns that all of the graves belonged to women of noble lineage, and that only the bodies were taken: leaving behind the valuables, and even the clothes the bodies were dressed.

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