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Dr. Griffin vs Dr. Jekyll

The Invisible Man vs Mr. Hyde

“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth”

-Oscar Wilde

Intro

Every person has felt an urge to give into their intrusive thoughts. Whether it be a small urge or a dark one, these deep rooted thoughts are sowed into our very being whether we want them too or not. Luckily though, most people have a conscious, a Jiminy Cricket of our own, that Angel that opposes our devil. That tells us not to give into our strangest desires. But what if someone was given a mask, an identity, that allowed them to intact their darkest thoughts with no repercussions. Free from consequences, there's only so long until their conscience gives up and what could be unleashed may not be able to be releashed. The only ones that could possibly stop them being their greatest enemies, themselves. 

Dr. Griffin, The wrapped up stranger turned unseen terror from H.G Wells The Invisible Man!

“An invisible man is a man with power”

Dr. Jekyll, The stand up Doctor with something mysterious to hide from Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde!

“In each of us, two natures are at war”

These two characters are genuinely older than any single person reading this blog and have TONS of spinoffs and alternate stories made due to both being in the public domain. But for the sake of this blog were prioritizing the original visions of both the creators, focusing mainly on the original books. This includes The Invisible Man book from 1897 and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from 1886. We’ll also include a movie adaptation for both, That being 1933’s The Invisible Man and 1931’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Those movies were also chosen since they are the most iconic and classic of their age, likely being the most recognizable versions of both. Both do make some changes to the original stories that we can pull from, but keep the main themes and ideas from the book still keeping align with the original authors' visions.

The Invisible Man:

• The Invisible Man (1897 Book)

• The Invisible Man (1933 Movie)

Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde:

• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886 Book)

• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 Movie)

Disclaimer: This is mainly for fun, so things may be wrong, but you know it's about the journey not the destination. (also probably spelling mistakes but like) also Spoilers.

Quick Backgrounds for those Unfamilier

The Strange Man’s Arrival

During a snowy February night, a strange man stumbled into the village of Iping. Covered in head to toe from bandages to boots, the mysterious figure took up refuge in the Coach and Horses Inn where he set up shop and began experimenting with liquids and formulas. He told the owner of the Inn, Mr. and Mrs. Hall, that he was an experimental investigator. Though rumors amongst the village of Iping began to spread quickly about the character. They hummed the bogeysman tune as he walked about town, he was silent and standoffish but rude and irritable at the same time. Not many people liked the masked man, especially after a strange paranormal incident happened within his room. All this kerfuffle caused Mrs. Hall to stand up to the man in front of the entire parlour for his unpaid bill and his suspicious ties to a robbery that happened elsewhere in the village. The irritable stranger finally snapped, pulling aside the bandages and secrets to show his true face…which just so happened to be NO face, the village had met a horrible truth, that of the existence of The Invisible Man!

Dr. Jack Griffin (Or just Griffin as said in the book) was a scientist delving into the study of optics. He discovered a way to make living tissue have the same reflective index of air, making them for all purposes invisible. But while in a rush, he had to use himself as a test subject. Making him completely invisible. Though it worked, there was no way for him to turn it back. Trying to create a cure drove the doctor mad, he disguised himself with bandages and glasses and went on the run to the village of Iping. That's where we catch up to where we left off, and now The Invisible Man has to desert his home again…but his madness has driven him to do more than just run away. The Invisible Man caused chaos throughout the village, throwing chairs and bicycles at passerbys, choking out anyone who tried to stop him. He would take advantage of those like Mr. Marvel and Dr. Kemp, using them as pawns in his schemes.

An Invisible Man is a man with power, when you're invisible you're free of consequence (Or at least that's what Griffin believes). How do you punch a man you can’t see, how do you arrest a man you can’t track, how can you be sure he even exists…and if he does how can you tell he isn’t in the room with you…listening in to all your plans. The Invisible Man sent all of Iping and the surrounding area into a frenzy, though his hubris may have been his downfall. For a man who was completely invisible, his existence couldn’t be anymore public. And though he evaded the police for quite a time, once they surrounded him in a barn during a snowstorm there was no real way for the Invisible Man to escape. They tracked his footprints and shot the fiend causing his lifeless invisible body to fall into the snow. In the end he was only invisible and not untouchable.

The Search for Mr. Hyde

Gabriel Utterson is a well-respected legal practitioner in the Soho district of Victorian London. Known for his stand up personality and brilliant mind, but his relatively boring life was about to turn upside down when strange occurrences started happening, all tied to a good friend of his in particular. This good friend was the well known, and popular, Dr. Henry Jekyll, who called upon the help of Utterson to help draft his will. What seemed to be a mundane request turned weird once Jekyll brought up that everything be given to his “friend” Mr. Hyde in the case he disappeared for a substantial amount of time. Utterson ignored the subject matter for a bit until he went on a walk with another close friend, Richard Enfield. Their talk turned to the topic of Mr. Hyde once Enfield brought up an incident involving a strange mysterious man. According to Enfield's recollection, he saw Hyde trample a poor girl for no apparent reason. This strange revelation sparked a fire in Mr. Utterson and he decided to try and track down this man and find out why this seemingly nobody would be entrusted with the properties and values of the wealthy and respected Dr. Jekyll, and thus, the search for Mr. Hyde was on.  

Dr. Henry Jekyll, like Mr. Utterson was also a respected member in his field of practice, more specifically in the field of Medicine. But underneath the good natured persona the doctor had cultivated lied many urges that he tried to repress from the world. He wondered if he could make a concoction that would give him the ability to give his “Bad Side” a body of its own. He tested and tested until one night he was successful, creating a potion that allowed him to transform into a shorter more disfigured man, he dubbed this alter ego “Mr. Hyde”  and thus began a spree of petty crimes including Trampling a poor little girl, a variety of thefts, and even the murder of poor old Sir Danvers Carew. He is often described to have a very ugly and grotesque appearance while also having an aura that just makes everyone around him HATE him.

Though don’t get it twisted, despite what Hollywood shows nowadays Jekyll does NOT have multiple personality disorder. Mr. Hyde is the mask he uses to become free of consequence, not his own being. Mr. Hyde is still Jekyll, just a Jekyll now giving into his base instincts. His evil base instincts (It’s never explained what these actually are btw, but if the movie is anything to go by, these instincts are NOT GOOD). Jekyll would strut around town as Mr. Hyde now, but once he started garnering the gaze of the people around town. Utterson would try and unravel the strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde but when people began getting close to the truth…Jekyll was found dead. His notes explaining everything, a once respected member of the community whose dark persona became the death of him.

Equipment

The Invisible Man

Invisibility Chemical Formula

Dr. Griffin had created a chemical formula that bends light itself, decreasing the reflective index of living tissue to give them the same index as air. Thus making them completely invisible after long enough exposure.

Griffins Outfit

In both the books and the movie, Dr. Griffin wears a different assortment of outfits that give him some sort of physical form for others to view him. Usually some sort of jacket with an undershirt, gloves, thick boots, black pants, a hat, goggles, fake hair, and bandages that wrap around his whole head. In the book he even has one of those comedic fake pink noses to give the illusion of having skin.

Pipe/Smokes/Matches

Holy Aura Farm. Griffin does love to smoke when he can, practically useless though the matches have come in handy to light candles in other peoples houses while robbing them. Holy Aura Farm.

Bottles of Various Liquids (Including Poisons)

Dr. Griffin had a package delivered that contained many of his apparatuses for him to use in his experimentation. This included various bottles that contained different liquids. Importantly there's many that say “Poison”. It’s unknown how potent these poisons are but it’s notable that he has access to them.

Knives

Many witnesses described seeing The Invisible Man wielding a knives at multiple scenes. Once at the Coach and Horses, which is likely a kitchen type knife found at the parlour used for eating. And another time Mr. Marvel stated he had one, though we never get any clues to what kinda knife it may be.

Diaries

The Invisible Man has three scientific diaries that are of much importance to him, their written in mathematical equations, Russian, and Greek.

Fireplace Poker 

A sharp fireplace poker, which he used to threaten multiple men. Though usually used to poke at things within a fire, Fireplace Pokers especially shown in older media were also pretty dangerous being made out metal and being sharpened at the end.

Revolver

A stolen revolver which he used to kill Adye, it has limited shots and he doesn’t have access to more bullets but it’s still an incredibly powerful ranged option at his disposal. 

Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde

Transformation Potion

Dr. Jekyll had created a potion that radically changes his physical appearance. This allowed Jekyll to separate his two personalities into the two transformations (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde). It’s stated that this potion is heavily dangerous but Jekyll survived the process.

Cane

Dr. Jekyll's walking cane, while transformed as Mr. Hyde, was used as a dangerous weapon to kill Sir Danvers Crow. It was surprisingly efficient for just a cane, using it like some kind of murderous Scrooge McDuck. He also uses it in the movie to effortlessly trip a waiter.

Lamp

A Lamp used by Dr. Jekyll to light up his house through the dark.

Letters

Dr. Jekyll wrote many letters throughout the book, used to communicate with others throughout the story mysteriously and later used as his confession after ending his own life.

Key’s

Dr. Jekyll has multiple keys for their humble abode, including one that leads into his super secret room of secretness.

Smoking Pipe

Holy double aura farm. Just like Griffin, it’s practically useless in a fight but dang does it make him look cool. MORE AURA!?

Broken Bottle

It’s really difficult to see in the photo so apologies for that, but I promise you Mr. Hyde does shatter a wine bottle in the movie and uses it to threaten some woman's husband. Broken Bottles are impractical, but sharp and capable of being incredibly dangerous.

Poison?

At the end of the novel Dr. Jekyll kills themselves to stop themselves from transforming into Mr. Hyde. It’s not specified how this was done though it can be implied it was through poisoning themselves as most readers have inferred from the end.

Skills and Abilities

The Invisible Man

Genius Intellect

Dr. Griffin is incredibly intelligent, winning a medal in college for his chemistry research. Afterwards he started believing he could make living beings completely invisible by altering their reflective index, which he clearly actually accomplished. Not only does he have supernatural feats in chemistry and optic science, but he’s also a skilled mathematician and has learned to write in multiple different languages.

Limited Combat Skill

Though Dr. Griffin has seemingly zero formal training when it comes to combat, he can put up quite the fight. He’s outfought trained lawmen, delivered many punches and kicks to knock foes away, choked out multiple guards at once in the movies, and fought through multiple people in a crowd of forty to evade capture (The last one was mainly due to his invisibility). And speaking about his invisibility it is a great help during fights, allowing him to take up to three people in a fight at once and win on three separate occasions.

Improvisation

The Invisible Man was on the run for most of his time in the book, and during his journey he had to improvise in and out of battle to not die, or even worse, get caught. He picks up many things he can find around him to battle those who attack him, and trick and deceive people to make grand getaways.

Multilingualism 

The Invisible Man speaks in English, in all versions seeing as he talks to Englishmen during the entirety of the book. But Griffin also knows both Russian and Greek, or at least knows how to write in both as that's the language written in their diaries. This was likely used to disguise his text from prying eyes. This means that Griffin knows at least three languages bare minimum.

Stealth

The Invisible Man constantly uses the fact that he’s completely transparent to his advantage plenty of times. Sneaking in and out of peoples houses, escaping hoards of people, and stealing from individuals while right in front of their face.

Manipulation

The Invisible Man is a master manipulator, somehow convincing and tricking others to help him out through his words and sometimes threats. One thing to note however is that these shaky reliances built on manipulation rarely last long.

Invisibility

Who woulda guessed, the Invisible Man is…INVISIBLE. Griffin altered his living tissue to have a reflective index that of air. Since it’s incredibly close to a reflective index of one, it makes Griffin completely invisible as if he was air. This also means that all light passes right through him and that he wouldn’t have a shadow as well. Now Griffin's clothes don’t also go invisible unlike other invisible characters and he can’t change in and out of it at will, making him permanently invisible. In the book specifically food and smoke can be somewhat seen within his body, though very difficult to see. Along with this any blood that exits his body will interact with light and be visible again after a short period of time, though this also seems to only apply to the book as Griffin is shot multiple times and his blood seems to also be invisible in the movie.

Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde

Genius Intellect

Dr. Jekyll is an incredibly intelligent man, getting both a doctorate in medicine and law alongside being a member of The Fellowship of the Royal Society. He created a concoction that allowed him to transform into a younger more monstrous version of himself to enact his deepest desires and created a way for him to turn back if he desires.

Limited Combat Skill

Dr. Jekyll seemingly has no formal fighting experience, but as Hyde (At least in the movies) has shown some pretty impressive skill. Though he’s mainly on the run he does successfully take on multiple people at once and throws them all around like ragdolls. Even killing multiple people in the book and movie. 

Transformation

After drinking his transformation potion, Dr. Jekyll gained the ability to transform between his regular upstanding citizen self and his shorter, younger, and more unpredictable counterpart, Mr. Hyde, This transformation process is incredibly painful and requires another concoction to retreat out of. He can also transform into Hyde when he gives into his “Base evil urges” enough to where it will trigger the transformation.

De-Aging

A lesser known side effect of the transformation is that it seems to “De-age” Dr. Jekyll to about half his regular age. At least seemingly, he speculates the reason for this is because he spent so little time being evil that his evil side has had less time to grow then his good side…idk book science.

Hatred/Fear Inducement?

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While transformed into Mr. Hyde, there is somehow a strange and unnatural urge for everyone who sees or is just around him to…just absolutely despise him. Even when he hasn’t really done anything, all accounts of Jekyll's alter ego is people supernaturally hating him. And it is pointed out as some kind of supernatural hate and fear of Mr. Hyde in the book, though it would be really funny if he was just so repulsive that any mention of him drove people mad with just the thought.

Agility Enhancement 

As Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll seems to have a heavily increased agility. Jumping over railings with ease, and dodging foes by hanging off the ledge of stairs and jumping into a different ledge while his cane is in his mouth. Later he weaves through science equipment and even escalates a bookshelf while being chased.

Limited Strength Enhancement 

 

Dr. Jekyll seems to get a strength enhancement upon turning into Mr. Hyde in the movies. The kindly reserved Jekyll can now effortlessly throw people around and over power most people that come his way. It’s nothing crazy as some future movies try and present, as if he was a miniature Hulk. But regardless it does border on 

Possible Low Regeneration

Mr. Hyde is described as “Disfigured” in a way that no one can seem to describe. Though when transforming back to Jekyll, the disfiguration completely vanishes. It’s not exactly clear though it’s possible the transformation does have low regenerative properties. Though a bullet wound still kills him in the movie even after he transforms back to Jekyll, meaning that if he does have low regeneration it does have a limit and can’t save him from fatal or more lethal injuries. 

Feats

The Invisible Man

Overall

Book:

• Created a chemical formula that could turn physical beings completely invisible by changing their reflective index

• Kept his secret underwraps for multiple days, even through much suspicion from all the villagers in Iping

• Took off all of his clothes and evaded forty villagers trying to stop him, getting away entirely while also beating Jaffers in a fight at the same time.

• Knows at least three languages

• Incredibly skilled in mathematics, chemistry, and optic sciences

• Somehow snuck back into his room while multiple people were inside investigating his belongings

• Took down six men in the street with ease

• Evaded the entire village for a second time, causing mass panic and hysteria within just a couple minutes

• Forced a man by the name of Mr. Marvel to be his unwilling pawn to accomplish certain dirty work

• Outfought two men trying to apprehend him, getting away but not unscathed

• Hid in Kemp's house for three hours completely silently while also bleeding out before revealing himself

• Won a medal in University College for Chemistry

• Performed much of his feats bordering on three days of no real sleep

• Derails two trains, killing an extensive amount of people

• Tricks the police force and Dr. Kemp, seeing through their plot and still managing to kill the doctor even with the entire force trying to protect him

• Steals a firearm from a policemen

• Took the entire police force to surround him in the blistering cold to finally take him down for good

Strength

Book:

• Stated that he was a six foot broad man

• The narration and Griffin himself remark on a handful of occasions that he’s a “Very Strong Man”

• Threw and smashed many glasses in many separate violent outburst

• Punched Mr. Hall, knocking him multiple steps back. And struck Jaffer down midair

• Broke the Inn’s windows and thrusted a whole street lamp through one (Though this is likely just the lamp itself and not the entire pole)

• Almost broke Mr. Marvel’s toe on accident

• Dragged Mr. Marvel all by himself and then kicked a cabman while being held back

• Tripped Mr. Huxter, sending him flying through the air (Described as feeling like someone charging at them like a Football charge)

• Tripped Mr. Hall, then delivered a kick that was described as “A kick that might have felled an ox”

• Easily lifted up a chair and pushed Mrs. Hall out of his room with it (Also debatably picked up a chair and bed at the same time and danced around with them in triumph but it’s unlikely and unclear)

• Slapped Jaffer with his left glove, and proceeded to overpower Jaffer as well even while being choked out by him. (Jaffer is described as a “Very Worthy and Able Constable”)

• Choked out Jaffers while being choked out himself

• Took down three men in a matter of seconds

• Overpowered two men at once, remarking that he could kill both fairly easily 

Movie:

• Beats the breaks off Mr. Hall with a book, then throwing him down the stairs with ease

• Knocked down four people with a bicycle

• Pushes over a grandfather clock with ease

• Killed a man with a stool I think I’m actually not really sure

• Dragged a whole man and then through him with ease

• Threw a guy off cliff

Durability

Book:

• Tanked a dog biting at his legs and hands

• Spent multiple days outside without any clothes

• Didn’t sleep for three whole days while performing much of the stuff he does in the book

• Survived being choked then slammed against a chair by Jaffers

• Survived being choked by Jaffers AGAIN and actually outlasted Jaffers while they strangled each other. It didn’t even seem he was badly injured as he still was able to escape the rest of the crowd looking for him with ease.

• Was bleeding out for at least three hours before receiving medical attention

Movie:

• Nothing much…took some gun shots and survived for a long while after (Though he was dying and in a coma, eventually succumbing to his injuries)

Speed

Book:

• Was able to dash from room to room with great haste while robbing the Vicars

• Took down three men in a matter of seconds

• During the crowd fight with forty villagers, it nearly seemed that Griffin could hit the whole crowd all at once. Though this is definitely an exaggeration it still shows that Griffin was moving incredibly quick during the fight.

Movie:

• Is able to dash in between and around large crowds of guards with ease

Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde

Overall

Book:

• Discovered chemicals that can “Split the two natures of a person, the good and the evil side”

• Helped cure a young girl so she could walk without crutches again

• Performs an operation on a poorer women

• Created a Transformation Potion that completely altered his physical body, even to the point of de-aging himself

• Is an official doctor of both medicine and law, along with being a member of the Fellowship of the Royal Society

• Can play the piano with great skill

• Manipulates and essentially holds hostage a poor woman for an extended period of time…it’s actually incredibly evil not at ALL what I expected going into the movie

• Escaped multiple perpetrators with their strength and agility

• Easily killed an older yet able gentlemen named Sir Danvers Carew, though was spotted in the process of his murder

• Fought off multiple men in his laboratory, though was eventually shot and killed

• Was able to hide his true identity until the bitter end

Strength

Book:

• Stated to have “Dangerous unpredictability”

• Mr. Hyde completely trampled over a little girl (Pinnacle of Strength)

• Knocked Sir Danvers Carew down with ease, and proceeded to overpower him as he trampled and pummeled his victim

• Hit Sir Danvers Carew so hard, his bones were heard audibly breaking across the entire street

Movie:

• Can carry his own weight

• Overpowers a Ivy Pearson in a…multiple uncomfortable scenes

• Can barge through a door being blocked off by a Ivy

• Shoved a man back who stumbled multiple feet away afterwards before presumably tripping down.

• Carried a woman up stairs with ease

• Overpowers a nameless man with ease

• Overpowers multiple men throwing them around with a little struggle

• Nearly choked out a man

• Leaped on Sir Danvers Carew and beat them with his cane till it broke

Durability

Book:

• Survives his transformation process multiple times, which was described to be incredibly deadly and painful. Apparently leaves his face “Disfigured” in some way.

Movie:

• Threw themselves through a window, shattering it and getting back up easily

• Died by being shot and falling from a bookshelf

Speed

 

Book:

• Described as hard to keep track of, moving and darting quickly throughout the shadows

• Quickly unlocked and disappeared inside a house with "Extraordinary Quickness”

• Delivered what was described as “Hailing a storm of blows”

Movie:

• Seemingly a younger, more athletic man then his Book counterpart

• Escapes a hoard of people on two occasions

• Outspeeds a girl to the front door by making an impressive jump off a small couch and over the railings of the stairs

Weaknesses

The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man is incredibly unstable, quickly prone to rage and violence just over the smallest of things. This has caused him to give away his position or reveal his secret just out of sheer madness. It’s caused his multiple shaky alliances to break fairly quickly and makes it so…nobody really likes him. I mean would you, whenever something doesn’t go his way he throws stuff all over the place. What a drama queen.

Though Invisibility is great it comes with its fair share of downsides. First he can’t wear any clothes if he doesn’t want to be seen, which gives him no real protection from weapons and the weather. Snow and rain can easily give away his position and his footprints can obviously still be seen as well. Now in the book, smoke and food can be seen within his body though it is only really noticed when pointed out. And also seemingly a book only issue is that blood can be seen after a while interacting with the light which can be tracked to find him.

And lastly, a weird one. In the book only, The Invisible Man has a cold throughout the entire book. Which causes him to sneeze and sniffle which gives away his position multiple times. Though we will not be bringing this up in the conclusion a bunch because we will be taking them at their peak and the movie variant doesn’t have this issue at all. 

Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde

Mr. Hyde is incredibly prone to bursts of outrage, he always wants to and almost always will act on his base impulses making him lash out and lose control. Jeez, all these Victorian types are drama queens.

Dr. Jekyll can’t willingly change back to his normal self unlike Hyde who can come out at will. Though this might not be as big of a downside as it is in the book, because another weakness is that Jekyll…can’t really do much in terms of a fight and will have to almost completely rely on his alter ego to be effective.

Final Thoughts

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These two both thought they could become free of consequences after creating their science breaking concoctions. But now they'll meet one another and have to fight to the death, and we can guarantee that one certainly will be facing consequences by the end of this. We’ll analyze who takes Physical Stats, Intelligence, Equipment, and lastly we’ll be comparing Griffin's Invisibility vs Dr. Jekylls Transformation Lets find out who would win a DEATH BATTLE!!!!!!!!! 

Physical Stats

Starting with physical strength, the book version of Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde is…well lets just say lacking. Especially comparing it to The Invisible Man, whose book version has a surprising amount of strength feats. Luckily for Jekyll, the movie does give him some more physical feats to pull from. Both can easily overpower multiple men at once, throwing them around like footballs. Jekyll audibly breaking someone’s bones across a whole street is impressive but The Invisible Man has far more impressive and consistent feats. While Jekyll can push through men, women, and even little children, The Invisible Man could fight and take down multiple trained police officers at a time. Jekyll ALMOST choked someone to death while Griffin HAD choked multiple people to death. Along with that, The Invisible Man is far more consistent and has far more feats to actually pull from. Though it’s not by a lot, The Invisible Man takes Strength!

Next is Durability and Endurance, which there isn’t much debate to be had. Dr. Jekyll/Mr.Hyde just don’t have many feats to pull from, contrasting Dr. Griffin who has an impressive amount of survivability. Being stranded in the cold for multiple days, bleeding out for three days, and being strangled on multiple occasions. Though not a ton in direct durability, what they do have is superior then Jekyll. Plus their endurance is surprisingly high, being on the run in the winter while being injured for multiple days is something Jekyll hasn’t gotten close to matching. And at the end of the day it took 2 gunshots to put Griffin in a coma while it took just one to kill Jekyll immediately. The Invisible Man takes both Durability and Endurance!

Now speed, this one is impossible to really give to either. In both the movie’s they perform similar speed feats though Jekyll might have a slight edge while in the books both have been described as quick but mostly through colorful language and no real actual feats. Jekylls “Hailing a Storm of Blows” sounds slower than Griffin's “Nearly seeming like he could hit each of the forty villagers at once” but again it’s impossible to say which one of these descriptions is faster based on just words and no real actual feat. So it’s safe to say they're equal for the sake of this debate!

Lastly is agility and stamina, it didn’t fit into the other categories but it’s important to be brought up for the sake of this matchup. Mostly because though Jekyll struggled in the other categories they ran laps around Griffin in these two. Invisible Man is fairly agile but Mr. Hyde in the book was climbing bookshelves and hanging on stairwells like Spider-Man. And though Invisible Man can endure more, Jekyll can leap around railings, scale walls, and fight off a horde of people without getting tired. Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde takes both Agility and Stamina!

Intelligence and Skills

In terms of direct scientific intelligence, it’s hard to say which one of the two are smarter. Both made a practically impossible breakthrough in science, Griffin making himself completely invisible and Jekyll making a potion which can make him younger and release a hateful aura. You could say Jekyll is smarter since he successfully made a way to revert his transformation while Griffin didn’t. But on the other hand, Griffin wasn’t given the ideal circumstances to make a cure unlike Jekyll and it could be argued that his breakthrough was more impressive than Jekyll's. With all this in mind, it’s safe to say their equal when it comes to Intelligence/Scientific Intelligence!

Though where a difference in intelligence is made is when it comes to their Cunningness and Manipulation capabilities. Jekyll isn’t incredibly cunning, by the time his crimes started coming to light he either tried stopping becoming Hyde or got found out and chased down fairly quickly. While Griffin, especially in the movie, is incredibly cunning. Robbing from houses, derailing trains, and tricking the entire police to kill Kemp. And manipulation is more of the same, both do mainly result to threats to force people to help them but Griffin has also tricked people like Mrs. Hall into helping him out for a time and same with Kemp who housed and took care of his injuries. Though both of those fell apart, it does show The Invisible Man is far superior in Manipulation to Jekyll. Meaning Invisible Man is more Cunning and has Superior Manipulation abilities.

Next is combat skill, for the most part these two are very equal. With both not having any formal training but being skilled fighters with no specific style. The only real edge one has over the other is that Jekyll is definitely a superior with melee weapons. Invisible Man has threatened with melee weapons before but the only time they tried to use one they got disarmed pretty quickly by three men, while Jekyll with their cane specifically has been incredibly effective. Both characters are equal when it comes to combat skill, while Hyde has an edge in melee weapon combat specifically.

Equipment

When it comes to their straight up weapons, Griffin has knives, Fireplace Poker, and a Revolver with limited ammo. While Jekyll has a Cane and a Broken Bottle. Now a cane is surprisingly a pretty solid weapon from a historical standpoint but Griffin has him beat when it comes to lethalness and versatility. Knives are close range and incredibly dangerous, the poker gives a little more range and still cut, and the revolver is a straight up firearm. Griffin takes both lethality and versatility in equipment!

Both have access to poisons, but Griffin’s are mentioned once and we don’t actually see the deadliness of it while if Jekyll really did use poison to end himself then we do know his poison is deadly enough to kill someone. Jekyll's poison should theoretically be more deadly!

Invisibility vs Transformation

Now the big thing, Griffin's Invisibility vs Jekyll's Transformation. Let's go over each ability the transformation gives Jekyll and compare it to Invisible Man.

De-Aging: This obviously doesn’t help too much, it does make him younger and more spry but like…nothing really.

Hatred Inducement: This could be helpful or detrimental, this could make the already anger issued Griffin even more prone to outburst and possibly making him less strategic though this would also make him more prone to violence and to attack directly.

Agility Enhancement: Though Dr. Jekyll, pretty old and stiff, Mr. Hyde's agility and movement could make it hard for Griffin to keep up with him. Possibly shortening the evasive gap by a bit.

Limited Strength Enhancement: Hyde’s form is obviously stronger than Jekyll is, but as already stated, in comparison to Griffin he’s still actually weaker even in this form. It does close the gap but this enhancement is still below The Invisible Man making this not that helpful.

Low Regeneration: It only seems to work during the transformation back to Jekyll, even then a fatal bullet wound still killed them even after the regeneration. It could, maybe(?) come in useful in specific circumstances. Even then the slow painful transformation into a much less superior form would probably still end poorly for Jekyll.

Now the only real thing Griffin gets for being Invisible…is…being transparent. But this alone is far superior then almost all of Jekyll's other abilities. As shown in the book and movie, being invisible gives Griffin a ton of edges just by not being able to be seen. First Jekyll won’t be able to track him at all, meaning he could be right in front of him or far behind him at any given point. He can use his invisibility to trick people or even use reconnaissance to figure out stuff about Hyde without being seen. He could steal things without being noticed, pretend he’s one place instead of another, and of course you can’t really block or run away from something if you're not sure where they are. It allows Griffin to get the jump on Jekyll at any given time, and with his options to take Jekyll out quickly, one surprise attack and it could be curtains. It’s pretty clear to see that Griffin's invisibility is far superior then the small advantages the Hatred Inducement gives to Jekyll, meaning that The Invisible Man’s Invisibility is superior then Jekyll’s Transformation!

(Though we’ve stated some of the Invisibilities 'weaknesses before their more so ways, Jekyll could potentially work around the Invisibility to somewhat see Griffin like normal, not something he could actually use directly to his advantage against Griffin. Even then, most of them are very situational and still are very difficult to actually track them with)

Conclusion

The Invisible Man

Advantages:

• +Likely a little physically stronger, at least consistently stronger then Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde

• +Has taken far more punishment than Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde ever had

• +Superior Endurance

• +More Cunning

• +More Manipulative

• +Survived a far more dire situation

• +Has a more versatile arsenal

• +Has sharp lethal weapons such as Knives and Fireplace Pokers, while Dr. Jekyll only really has an unreliable broken bottle (AND a cane!) (That is NOT a sharp weapon)

• +Invisibility is FAR harder to counter then Jekyll’s Transformation is

• +Invisibility makes it hard for Jekyll to track and fight efficiently, giving Griffin an edge in most encounters

• +Has the toughest fit known to man

• +=Speed is hard to quantify when it comes to books, both use colorful language to describe their speed but no concrete feats. It’s safest to say both are equal.

• +=In terms of scientific smarts, both are pretty equal, with both making practically impossible breakthroughs in science

• +=Pretty equal when it comes to combat skill

• +A revolver is incredibly lethal and gives Griffin a range advantage. Having the ability to kill Jekyll with just one shot…

• +Invisibility is INCREDIBLY busted…

Disadvantages:

• -...But it has a limited amount of shots and there's no evidence Griffin is incredibly skilled with firearms

• -…But to be Invisible they have to be completely naked AND there is some ways Jekyll could potentially track Griffin

• -=Both are prone to incredibly violent outbursts, having very potent anger issues

• -Invisible Man sometimes likes to tease his victims which could possibly leave him open to being attacked

• -Less skilled when it comes to melee weapons

• -Most relevant version of him in the last couple years is his Hotel Transylvania version

Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde

Advantages:

• +Far more agile

• +Superior Stamina

• +Far superior when it comes to using melee weapons

• +History shows that a Cane is surprisingly a viable and pretty powerful weapon

• +Smart enough to try and take advantage of some of the Invisibilities Weaknesses

• +Though both have access to poison, Dr. Jekyll’s has actually proven to be lethal

• +If the transformation does have regeneration, it could allow him to regenerate from some minor injuries

• +The Marvel Comic’s Mr. Hyde can fight Hulk and Thor (Invisible Man is so fried)

• +=Speed is hard to quantify when it comes to books, both use colorful language to describe their speed but no concrete feats. It’s safest to say both are equal.

• +=In terms of scientific smarts, both are pretty equal, with both making practically impossible breakthroughs in science

• +=Pretty equal when it comes to combat skill

• +Hatred Aura could make Griffin less strategic and give away his position through outburst…

Disadvantages:

• -...but this would also make him more violent towards Mr. Hyde

• -=Both are prone to incredibly violent outbursts, having very potent anger issues

• -The Transformation is slow and painful

• -Though the transformation makes him stronger, he’s still not as physically strong or durable as Griffin

• -Both his Cane and Bottle are very prone to being broken during a fight

• -No Ranged options

• -Has nothing to really counter the Invisibility, and his Transformation doesn’t come with nearly as many upsides as Griffin's Invisibility

• -Hollywood and the general public has horrifically misinterpreted the original story for decades now

Both men tried to rid themselves of consequences, giving into their evil natural nature. But at the end of the day one had to pay for their crimes, and tonight that man is Jekyll. Though he could transform into his mask, Mr. Hyde, who was far more agile, had superior stamina, and was more skilled with melee weapons. It wasn’t enough to compete with Griffin, who was stronger, more durable, more cunning, and had a far more lethal and versatile arsenal. The true decider however was their mask, the masks they dawned to try and not answer for their sins. And in this case, though Mr. Hyde came with some advantages, he still could be perceived, tracked, and taken down. Unlike The Invisible Man, whose transparent persona allows him to stalk without eyes to track, strangle without arms to cuff, and kill without a face to blame it on…

The Winner is The Invisible Man

“Even the Moon is Frightened of Me!”

The Invisible Man Votes: Eastbound, Shaggy: The Big Dog, Luckythe_Pending, THE, Fish Jr 

Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde Votes: Evil Shaggy

Thanks for reading! And Happy Halloween! I put a lot of work into this and I hope you enjoyed it. Thanks to everyone who helped as well, mainly with the art. Now be careful out there…you may never know if there's an Invisible Man right behind you!

This was really awesome! I didn't do much but Yeah. Also the verdict and who got which stat kinda surprised me fr. Hopefully an Invisible Man isn't behind me…

AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🎃

I, for once, didn’t contribute that much to the research side of this blog. So if it’s bad, blame Eastbound. Besides that, Hope East and Shag provided a wonderful blog, which I would say so myself. Happy Halloween :3

I lowkey did absolutely nothing for this blog. Also Happy Halloween! 

Blog Credits

Main Researcher/Writer: Eastbound (Invisible Man Book/Movie, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Book/Movie research)

Other Writers: Shaggy (Some Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Book research)

Custom Assets: Eastbound (Blog Thumbnail, Final Thoughts Thumbnail), Luckythe_Pending (Final Thoughts Sprite Art), Shaggy (Final Thoughts Thumbnail), Fish Jr. (Final Thoughts Thumbnail, Winner Image)

Debaters: Eastbound, Shaggy, Luckythe_Pending, Fish Jr., THE