Inspector Thomas Adye
releases Henry Jekyll, alias Edward Hyde, from his imprisonment beneath
Scotland Yard headquarters to help him track down Jack the Ripper. Jekyll’s
friend Moreau appears in a flashback and Jekyll refers to his experiments on
his pet beasts. At the conclusion of this tale, Adye begins investigating
reports of an invisible man. The implication seems to be that Adye is the
Colonel Adye seen in H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man. However, Wells’ Adye
was the chief of police for Port Burdock, rather than being based in London.
According to this story, Hyde was arrested five years ago for his crimes, and
Scotland Yard allowed the public to believe him dead. Also, Jekyll’s former
friend Gabriel Utterson is identified as the Ripper. These details conflict
with CU continuity, and therefore I place this series in an AU.
Speaking of Hyde, I just stumbled across this obscure story that treats Hyde as a real person:
ReplyDeleteAdventures into Weird Worlds #11 (Oct 1952); “The Other Man” (the first story in this anthology)
It's about a guy in the 50s who discovers Hyde's journal. Is this consistent with the CU?
I read the story on the Horrors of It All blog. I don't see any reason it couldn't have occurred in the CU.
ReplyDeleteThere was a Gene Wolfe story, "The Walking Sticks," that dealt with a man receives a shipment of, you guessed it, walking sticks that used to belong to Jekyll. Seems similar to "The Other Man" and probably also fit in the CU. No crossovers, unfortunately, but a good story.
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