Hawley Griffin

Few characters make their comics debut with quite the air of dangerous mystery that Hawley Griffin brings to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen — Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's audacious 1999 reimagining of Victorian literary icons for DC Comics. Introduced in the very first issue alongside such formidable company as Wilhelmina Murray, Captain Nemo, Allan Quatermain, and Mr. Edward Hyde, Griffin is a figure whose presence is felt even when — perhaps especially when — he seems least visible. Moore and O'Neill's signature blend of literary invention and graphic intensity makes every one of Griffin's six catalogued appearances count, and for fans of the series' richly layered world, he's an essential and unsettling piece of the puzzle.