Victor LaValle's Destroyer

In Victor LaValle's Destroyer (2017–present, Boom! Studios), a brilliant scientist reanimates her son—killed by police—using Frankenstein's monster as a template, setting a modern, grief-fueled tragedy into motion. Written by Victor LaValle with art by Dietrich Smith, this six-issue series reimagines Mary Shelley's classic through a sharp, contemporary lens of race, justice, and legacy. It matters as a powerful, socially charged horror story that confronts systemic violence with both intellect and raw emotion.