Mad Comic-Book Science and Pig Brains

[dewline]

So I saw this article this morning:

Ethics debate as pig brains kept alive without a body
By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News

My super-hero comics-invested brain immediately thought of DC Comics' Robotmen, Bob Crane and Cliff Steele. Shortly thereafter, there was Anton Ivanov, the self-described "Superior" from Marvel+ABC's Agents of SHIELD TV series...

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[moon_custafer]

Then there’s the Peking Homunculus from classic Who.

[dewline]

That one, I didn't know about. I am a relative newbie where Whovian history is concerned.

[jsburbidge]

There's also Alcasan, from That Hideous Strength.

[thetimesink]

Tangentially: Mrs. 'Awkins, the chicken heart from Heinlein's Methuselah's Children.