Anachronism Stew: Rule of Cool is in full effect here, as is Rule of Funny.Alternate History: The premise is of Screw-On Head's secret exploits under, at least, Abraham Lincoln.He's so upbeat most of the time, that the times he does something heinous come off as legitimately shocking. Affably Evil: Emperor Zombie is nothing but unfailingly polite and friendly to his colleagues to the extent that he unintentionally makes things awkward when he thinks he accidentally insulted the age of his two elderly henchwomen.Adaptation Expansion: The TV Pilot gives a much more detailed back story than the comic.The Amazing Screw-On Head provides examples of:
These are the adventures of the Amazing Screw-On Head."Īn Eisner-award winning one-shot comic book by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola about a Victorian robot who works as a secret agent for President Abraham Lincoln, who has the ability to place his head onto different robot bodies for whatever occasion suits him.įirst published in 2002, it was later adapted into a 2006 pilot episode for the Sci-Fi Channel by Bryan Fuller, creator of Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, and Pushing Daisies, with Paul Giamatti as the title character. I, Abraham Lincoln, do order that America's strangest, most secret histories will only be recorded in one book. "There are two histories, one that is told and one that isn't.
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