New Universal Monsters Comic Book Series'

[darkmonkeygod]

Boff

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[Mike Scott]

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Boff of dem.

[MikeSTZillak]

Boff of dem.

Creature is over, Frankenstein is still going.

[MikeSTZillak]

Next one up will be The Mummy: https://www.slashfilm.com/1736278/the-mummy-skybound-universal-horror-comic-book-revival/

[TheMadScientist]

They've announced The Invisible Man will be next after The Mummy. Beginning this August. Looking forward to it! I've been enjoying these comics so far

[darkmonkeygod]

Been a minute, but I was on a Skybound retailer video call earlier today about the next seven months of the Universal Monsters line and while I can't reveal the titles, there are some fun ones coming up, all without a month or two hiatus in between that we had in the first two years of series. Skybound has also already shipped volume one of a black and white, two volume edition of the original Dracula series and that has been a good seller for them. Expect more along those lines... (glub glub).

Universal Monsters: Dracula Resurrected in Black & White

UNIVERSAL MONSTERS DRACULA BLACK & WHITE SPECIAL #1 (OF 2)

[Mike Scott]

I thought they were done with those a long time ago.

[darkmonkeygod]

I thought they were done with those a long time ago.

The line itself? It's actually been a very strong seller. The Invisible Man book in particular has gotten some accolades, but after that abysmal Creature rag, I'm pretty much only going to check out the trades (and even then likely only on loan).

[Mike Scott]

The line itself?

Nobody's posted about for a long time, so I thought it was done.

[Rex fury]

Other then Frankenstein, I haven't been a fan of the series. If it's selling well for Skybound that's great for the industry. I hope the new stuff will continue to be successful and be of more interest to me.

[darkmonkeygod]

Other then Frankenstein, I haven't been a fan of the series.

Have you read any of The Invisible Man? It looked interesting to me but, like I say, after Creature... I'm not willing to put any money in.

If it's selling well for Skybound that's great for the industry. I hope the new stuff will continue to be successful and be of more interest to me.

Same. And Skybound stated that the books are solid sellers, with the license having been freshly renewed. The  series starting June '26 looked great, with both writing and art that I'll likely find appealing enough to check out monthly. That should be announced early next year.

[Rex fury]

I just checked out the Invisible Man as suggested by Dark...
I hadn't followed it before, but found the first three issues to be pretty good.
Having read earlier adaptations, such as Supernatural Thrillers, the new version does a nice job with the " expanded storytelling " format that is popular in today's comics. At times, I find this technique a little overused (in hope of hitting a correct page count for the inevitable graphic novel?) However, for this version of the Invisible Man it works nicely.
I'd still like to see some LOCs that offer criticism. Half the fun of reading comics in the 60's and 70's was reading the fan's heartfelt analysis of their favorite books.

[darkmonkeygod]

Revealed yesterday, the first new Universal Monsters series of 2026 is... Phantom of the Opera. Of particular interest is the use of the Phantom Uni still has under copyright, the '43 Claud Rains vehicle, the only Universal "monster" movie to win any Oscars.

Here's a link to some of the hot goss, including covers. The die-cut mask is a fun one.

Tyler Boss + Martin Simmonds unmask Skybound's 'Phantom of the Opera'

And here is a preview of the book (and the reason I will not be buying it):

Fangoria: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Returns For An Encore In New Comic Series

While the story sounds interesting to me, I could barely parse Simmonds' work on Dracula and can't get over what I consider to be the same muddy, sub-par artwork here. To each their own, of course.

[Anton Phibes]

None for me thanks. At least they are keeping some version of the monsters in the public eye. I'm going to bed.

[John Pertwee]

Sad that they are not using the only great version of The Phantom, but the Temu Phantom that is still under studio control. At least the recent Invincible Czars Chaney Phantom DVD arrived today, so there was some good Phantom news for me today. Sad thing is, as much as I hate the choice and artist on this, I will still buy it.