New Universal Monsters Comic Book Series'

[Mike Scott]

I was wondering why that Creature had bats in it.

[darkmonkeygod]

I just noticed that Skybound created a banner of all four C covers by DANI. It's cropped a bit, so the entirety of the quadriptych isn't visible, but this is the first I'm seeing of any of the covers for issue 4.

Anyone seeing any retailer exclusives for issues 2, 3 or 4 (along the lines of the four exclusives for #1 I was so recently informed of)?

Annnnnd no sooner did I post the cropped image than I found the full image (though not as large).

[MikeSTZillak]

What about the Dracula and whatever else they're doing? How many covers?

I don't know why the publisher doesn't have all the info/photos on their website.

League Of Comics Geeks is pretty good in keeping track of the variant covers:

https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comics/series/168938/universal-monsters-dracula
https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comics/series/173328/universal-monsters-creature-from-the-black-lagoon-lives
https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comics/series/174507/universal-monsters-frankenstein

[Mike Scott]

There's CFTBL 4C, anyway. And no, I haven't seen any more covers for numbers 2 and 3, beyond the initial six.

[Mike Scott]

The eBay seller I bought the first issue from has sent me a tracking number, so I should be getting those soon. I read that the first 3 issues are being released at the end of this month and the ends of the following two months.

[darkmonkeygod]

The eBay seller I bought the first issue from has sent me a tracking number, so I should be getting those soon. I read that the first 3 issues are being released at the end of this month and the ends of the following two months.

Street date for #1 is the 24th, but many shops get their books a week in advance.

[fearliath]

I have seen another variant cover for Issue 1. It's a Skottie Young LTD variant. Cover looks more like a malnourished, brooding vampire than the Creature but with so many covers I guess you have to go outside the box.

[darkmonkeygod]

I have seen another variant cover for Issue 1. It's a Skottie Young LTD variant. Cover looks more like a malnourished, brooding vampire than the Creature but with so many covers I guess you have to go outside the box.

Yeah, he's very popular - Scottie that is - in certain circles. Here's the info, which I'm also adding to the list in a previous post. He produced a Dracula variant as well.

How did you find out about this one, Fearlith? Had I not happened to see the Alex Ross, I wouldn't have known about any of these exclusives and, backtracking, I'm finding more and more Dracula covers that I knew nothing about. Admittedly, while not collecting them, that's the sort of thing I like to know about, collecting the information, if you will.


Available Monday, 21 April 11AM ET; $25 Unsigned, $35 signed with Certificate of Authenticity, $175 GC Signature Series 9.8.

Universal Monsters: The Creature From The Black Lagoon Lives! #1 Skottie Young .com Exclusive Cover (limited to 1200) by Skottie Young

Link to info

link to webstore

Hotlinked image:

[darkmonkeygod]

What about the Dracula and whatever else they're doing? How many covers?

Missed this when you posted it. There are quite a few Dracula covers (and multiple printings), I'm attempting to compile a list for posterity.

I don't know why the publisher doesn't have all the info/photos on their website.

Particularly when dealing with licensed properties, it becomes difficult to coordinate between differing departments and, in the case of these exclusives, they publisher has already sold the books to the retailer selling them to the public and thus doesn't have much incentive to promote them as far as advertising, particularly against the constant demands of the next new thing that requires promotion.

[Mike Scott]

If this isn't the most cover versions a comic ever had, it's gotta be close! 

[darkmonkeygod]

If this isn't the most cover versions a comic ever had, it's gotta be close! 

Ohhh, no. Not at all, not even by half.

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And that doesn't take into account foreign editions.

[fearliath]

How did you find out about this one, Fearlith?

There was a preorder on ebay for the regular unsigned version.

[darkmonkeygod]

There was a preorder on ebay for the regular unsigned version.

Thanks! It's wild and a bit disheartening to me to see how disjointed the marketing of comics has become.

[darkmonkeygod]

The distributor has posted the six versions of #4 offered to all comic shops at wholesale:

https://www.lunardistribution.com/home/search?term=Universal+Monsters+Black+Lagoon

I'll work on a list a bit later.

[darkmonkeygod]

Here's the best link  I've as yet found of the various editions of Universal Monsters: Dracula issues 1 through 4.

There is a collected edition in the offing with at least two covers and a signature plate incentive, included in this search of the distributor.