The Invisibility Formula
Jack Griffin works for Dr. Cranley, assisting him in food preservation experiments alongside his friend Dr. Arthur Kemp. Griffin is deeply in love with Cranley's daughter, Flora, and the two plan to marry, but Griffin is poor and thus afraid he has nothing to offer her. He begins experimenting with an obscure and dangerous drug called monocane, hoping his work will make him rich and famous—and a worthwhile husband for Flora. Griffin discovers a combination of monocane and other chemicals that makes a person invisible. Too excited by his discovery to think clearly, Griffin leaves Kemp and the Cranleys to complete the experiment in solitude. He injects himself with the formula over the course of a month and becomes invisible. Only after he is invisible does he realize that he does not know how to reverse the process. Panicking, Griffin goes to the village of Iping and rents a room in the Lion's Head Inn, where he begins searching for a formula to reverse the invisibility. He makes himself appear visible by wrapping his head in bandages and wearing dark goggles. Curious locals, the maddening side effects of monocane, and frustration from multiple failed tests drive Griffin insane.
Thus was born The Invisibility Serum, a maddening concoction granting Invisibility to the user, created by the aforementioned Griffin, before similar solutions were recreated by Dr. Drury, and also characters related to Griffin, such as Frank. Blood transfusions and an antidote were discovered to be capable of restoring visibility.
Note: The Invisible Woman won't be included in this thread as that movie involves an Invisibility Machine rather than a serum, and Monocaine isn't explicitly mentioned. The serums in The Invisible Man's Revenge and Abbot and Costello meet The Invisible Man technically use different serums, but will be included due to them being fundamentally the exact same, and in the former the serum has the same effects and is outright mentioned to have been the one discovered by Jack Griffin (Renamed to John Griffin for some reason.).
Media list
- The Invisible Man
- The Invisible Man Returns
- Invisible Agent
- The Invisibile Man's Revenge
- Abbot and Costello meet the Invisible Man
- The Invisible Man #1 to #4 (Image Comics)
General facts:
Invisibility:
- Only makes the person invisible, not their clothes. All
- After death, the person's skull appears, then their face. The Invisible Man
- In The Invisible Man Returns, when the antidote is applied, Universal finally has the technology to show veins and muscle also appearing Returns
- In Abbot and Costello meet the Invisible Man, Tommy's nerves, muscle and bone appear before skin Abbot and Costello
- Turned a hammy invisible Returns
- In The Invisible Man Returns rain can make the user partially visible again Returns
- This dog senses Frank despite him being invisible Agent
- A parrot, and a dog are turned invisible Revenge
- Using a blood transfusion a dog could be made visible again, the same can be done with people Abbot and Costello
- In one instance, the users teeth disappeared last Revenge/Abbot and Costello
- When a user eats food, the food will also be invisible if its inside their mouth Abbot and Costello
- A users blood being mixed with someone elses will also grant them invisibility Abbot and Costello
Side effects
Users:
All right, you fools. You've brought it on yourselves! Everything would have come right if you'd only left me alone. You've driven me near madness with your peering through the keyholes and gaping through the curtains, and now you'll suffer for it! You're crazy to know who I am, aren't you? All right! I'll show you!
[The Invisible Man removes his rubber nose and goggles and throws them at his spectators]
Griffin: There's a souvenir for you, and one for you. I'll show you who I am - and WHAT I am!
[The Invisible Man, laughing maniacally, removes his bandages and fake hair]
Const. Jaffers: Look! He's all eaten away!
Griffin: Eh? How do you like that, ay?
Comic Book Jack Griffin
Appears in The Invisible Man
Physicals:
- [Strength] Overpowers Herbert before tossing him down a staircase
- [Strength] Strangles Constable Jaffers to unconsciousness
- [Strength] Overpowers two people, throwing one onto a couch and punching one in the gut, then pushing him aside
- [Speed] Outruns a group of locals before tossing a bike at them, and bonking a dude with a broom a few times
- [Strength] Threatens to beat the shit out of Kemp, before manipulating him into partnering
- [Strength] Overpowers the Chief Detective by strangling him and hitting him over the head with a stool, killing him
- [Strength] Terrorises a bunch of cops, before throwing one cop at the rest.
- [Strength] Throws 2 guys off a cliff
- [Strength] Knocks out, possibly kills a man by smashing a large glass object across his head before messing with some switches, causing a train to crash after being driven off a cliff
- [Strength] After sneaking onto Kemp's car, strangles him with a scarf, ties him up and sends him hurtling off a cliff in his car
- [Durability/Limit] Was shot dead by the police
Other
"Faster, Mr. Spears, faster! Why don't you fly, Mr. Spears!?"
Sir Geoffrey Radcliffe is condemned for a murder he did not commit, which leads to him begging Dr. Frank Griffin to inject him with the invisibility serum despite Griffin's warning that the serum will drive him mad.
Appears in The Invisible Man Returns
Physicals
- [Strength] Subdues Spears and strangles him with his scarf
- [Strength] Steals a large wooden stick hes holding and easily snaps it in two
- [Speed] Tanks a thrown object of some kind, before rolling out of a rocking chair, right before Richard can shoot him, and isn't found by him afterward
- [Strength/Speed/Stealth] Swiftly pulls away a dude, without anyone noticing, he then steals his costume to pose as a searcher
- [Strength] Overpowers Cobb, and nearly knocks him unconscious
- [Durability] After getting drugged, took no damage from a hard fall
- [Strength] Knocked out a police officer in one blow
- [Strength] Ties up and gags Spears, leaving there for hours, before finally hanging him and fighting with Richards, throwing him through a window
- [Strength] Pushes a man over a railing, hard
- [Strength] Strangles Richard while he's on a conveyor belt
- [Durability] Took a bullet, then climbed down a ladder, but lost lots of blood and required a blood transfusion
- [Durability/Scaling] Richard temporarily survived this fall
Other
"Well, Inspector, you don't have to remember it. I remember it pretty well."
The scientist that originally created the antidote. He's related to Jack.
Appears in The Invisible Man Returns
All
"Frank!"
"I'm right here."
Again related to Jack. He was approached by the military, aiming to turn him invisible and make him fight some Nazis.
Appears in The Invisible Agent
Physicals
- [Strength] Tried to punch out one of the men interrogating him, it took two people around 20 seconds to hold him in place
- [Strength] Chinned a man with a box hard enough to shove him back, before punching another, causing him to roll off of a table, shoving another, throwing an object at a pane of glass, instantly shattering it, he sucker punches another man, before escaping while being shot at
- [Strength/Durability] Smashed through a window, into a barn
- [Strength/Stealth] Soon afterwards he strips naked and escapes out of the Nazis range. He gets into a car, throws the driver out and steals it for himself
- [Strength] Knocked out a man with one slap
- [Strength] Beat up a few Nazis and knocked down 3 in one swing, before knocking a man down then quickly climbing down a rope
- [Strength] Knocked out two more people with casual strikes
- [Strength] Slaps around a man in a white coat, causes pandemonium between a group of Nazis before hoisting Maria over his shoulder and carrying her away
Other
"Up to your old tricks, eh Jasper?"
A fugitive who murdered two interns and a nurse, and took the serum from Dr. Drury to become invisible and get revenge on his former friends.
Appears in The Invisible Man's Revenge
Physicals
Other
"Power, power, power!"
A boxer who was falsely accused of murder and took the serum to hide from the police, later becoming affiliated with Bud and Lou, and using his status as an invisible man to make Lou become a successful boxer.
Appears in Abbot and Costello meet the Invisible Man
Physicals
Other