Doc Stearn...Mr. Monster
Eclipse · 1985–1987 · 10 issues
About the series
Michael T. Gilbert’s Doc Stearn...Mr. Monster ran for ten issues from Eclipse Comics in the mid-1980s, a loving homage to Golden Age pulp heroes filtered through a modern, offbeat sensibility. The series follows Dr. Strongfort Stearn, a brilliant but eccentric scientist who transforms into the costumed Mr. Monster, battling bizarre menaces alongside a cast including the resourceful Kelly Friday and the monstrous Alanna Wolff. Gilbert, frequently joined by artists like Mark Pacella and William Messner-Loebs, crafted a book that reveled in weird science, slapstick humor, and a deep affection for comic history. It remains a cult favorite for its inventive, unapologetically strange take on the superhero genre.