The Debut Issue from Dan Watters, Ram V, & Mathew Roberts Rushed Back for Second Printing
“Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives! is the perfect new comic for horror movie fans” – Slash Film
“The sophomore outing of the Universal Monsters line is another thrilling success.” – ComicBook.com
Today Skybound and Image Comics, in partnership with Universal Products & Experiences, announced that Universal Monsters: Creature from The Black Lagoon Lives! #1 sold out at the distributor level and will be getting a second printing.
The debut issue of the four-issue limited comic book series from acclaimed writers Dan Watters (The Six Fingers, Lucifer) and Ram V (The One Hand, Batman: Detective Comics), along with artist Matthew Roberts (Manifest Destiny), and colorist Dave Stewart (Ultramega, Hellboy) will return to comic book shops with a new variant cover by Francesco Francavilla (Batman: Detective Comics) on June 12, 2024.
Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives! is the second Universal Monsters series launch from Skybound, following James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds’ Dracula, and will be followed by more new limited series pairing the biggest names in comics with pop culture’s most iconic monsters.
In addition to the Creature himself, the series introduces new characters like journalist Kate Marsden and serial killer Darwin Collier, along with a returning character from the film – the mysterious Doctor Edwin Thompson.
Years after the events of the original film, Journalist Kate Marsden hunts for a notorious serial killer in the heart of the Amazon. Hot on the trail of this madman, she soon encounters an unexpected new threat–but is he friend or foe? Or is he simply…THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON?
Picking up where the original films left off, this new Universal Monsters tale will take readers back to the mysterious Amazonian lagoon where terror lurks beneath its murky waters. This series is perfect for new readers and longtime fans alike.
Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives! #1 Second Printing(Lunar Code 0424IM843| SRP: $4.99) will be available at comic book shops and digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, comiXology, and Google Play on Wednesday, June 12, 2024.
ABOUT UNIVERSAL MONSTERS
During the golden age of Hollywood, Universal Pictures brought legends of the horror genre to life in its classic monster films. The legacies of Frankenstein’s Monster, The Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolf Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Mummy, Phantom of the Opera, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde endure to this day as the original icons whose stories symbolize the misunderstood, the outsider, and the misfit.
ABOUT DAN WATTERS
Dan Watters is a writer from London, and the co-creator of comic series Home Sick Pilots, Coffin Bound, Limbo, and The Seasons Have Teeth. He has written Sword of Azrael, Arkham City: The Order of the World, and Lucifer at DC Comics, and Cowboy Bebop at Titan Comics.
ABOUT RAM V
Ram V is an award winning author and creator of comics & graphic novels such as Paradiso, These Savage Shores, Grafity’s Wall & Ruin of Thieves. His short stories and comics have appeared in several anthologies. His most recent work includes various titles for DC and Marvel Comics. Conspirator and trouble-maker at White Noise Studio. Ram currently lives in London–dog person, doodles, argumentative melancholic.
ABOUT MATTHEW ROBERTS
Matthew Roberts drew dinosaurs and sharks and pegasuses and super heroes. Then he joined the Air Force and drew a few issues of Battle Pope and retired from the military and drew Manifest Destiny. Matthew doesn’t know what the hell is going on anymore but drawing still seems fun so he’s sticking with that for now.
Brian Isaacs - Executive Editor / Publisher