Stickleback

Stickleback is a comic by Ian Edginton and D'Israeli. The first series was published in 2000 AD progs 1518 to 1525; the second in progs 1567 to 1577; the third in progs 1666 to 1676; and the fourth in progs 1824 to 1835. There was also an episode in prog 2009 (published Christmas 2008). The main character is a 'Pope of Crime' who takes his name from his exposed spine (which turns out to be artificial), presiding over a Victorian London peopled by gods, ghosts and freaks.