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. The fifth series started in prog 1900, and 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.