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Universal Monsters: Creature From The Black Lagoon Lives! (2024)

Art by Matthew Roberts

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Universal Monsters: Creature From The Black Lagoon Lives! #01 (2024)

Art by Dave Stewart, Francesco Francavilla And Joshua Middleton

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‘Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives!’ rises from Skybound

Dan Watters, Ram V, Matthew Roberts and Dave Stewart bring the creature back from the depths this spring.

cover by Matthew Roberts

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Creature From The Black Lagoon Lives! Issue #1: A promising start to the return of a classic monster

The 1954 classic, Creature From The Black Lagoon is one of my favourite movies of all time and the Gill-Man is in my opinion, one of the greatest movie monsters ever conceived.

So when I subscribed to Global Comix and saw that the first issue of Dan Watters and Ram V’s Creature From The Black Lagoon Lives! was available, I just had to read it.

Set after the events of the original film and ignoring its sequels, the comic serves as a standalone sequel that follows Kate Marsden, a journalist who is on an investigation in Peru that’s seemingly connected to a past trauma and is otherwise, completely disconnected to Gill-Man

Whilst some people might question this creative decision by the writers, I think that it very much works in the issue’s favour as it means that readers who aren’t familiar with the original film don’t have to worry about feeling locked out and it also gives the story a different set up to the film which allows it to avoid feeling like it’s just an adaptation of the movie.

The lack of Gill-Man in this issue is also another decision that works in its favour as it allows the Creature to slowly be built up as a more sinister and scary presence compared to the family friendly tone of the film.

However, the length and pacing of the issue left me feeling mildly disappointed as the page count combined with the brisk pace of the story made it feel quite abrupt when the issue ends on a cliffhanger.

Credit for creating an appropriately creepy atmosphere must also go to the somewhat scratchy (in a good way) art style of Mathew Roberts. One scenes that particularly earns him my praises is near the end of the issue where we see Gill-Man for the first time. When I read this scene, I felt the exact same sense of dread and excitement as when I first watched the film and saw the Creature in full for the first time.

My main and only real criticism for the visual aspects of the book is that the series is in colour. Even though Dave Stewart’s realistic colouring style compliments Roberts’ art well, I think that I would have preferred that the series be in black and white to enhance the feeling of the book as a tribute to one of the best movies of the fifties era.

Overall, Creature From The Black Lagoons Lives! #1 is by no means perfect or particularly groundbreaking but it gives readers a strong opening to a promising reintroduction to one of the best but often most overlooked parts of the Universal Monsters canon.

8/10

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Universal Monsters: Creature From The Black Lagoon Lives! #03 (2024)

Art by David Talaski

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Swim at Your Own Risk

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Skybound has announced Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives, its second Universal Monsters comic following Dracula. The first will be published on April 20.

Set years after the events of Creature from the Black Lagoon, the four-issue miniseries is written by Dan Watters and Ram V, with art by Matthew Roberts and colors by Dave Stewart.

Several covers will be available: Cover A by Roberts, Cover B by Joshua Middleton, plus variants by DANI (1:10), Middleton (1:50), Alex Ross (1:75), and a blank sketch cover.

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 it friend or foe? Or is it simply... the Creature from the Black Lagoon?

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Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives!

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day 10 of horror: horror in other movies 

misery (1990) in sleeping with others (2015)

the night of the living dead (1968) in tie me up! tie me down! (1989)

the bride of frankenstein (1935) in oldboy (2003)

young frankenstein (1974) in ride (2014)

the creature from the black lagoon (1954) in cry-baby (1990)

the bride of frankenstein (1935) in hellboy ii: the golden army (2008)

the brides of dracula (1960) in the public eye (1972)

young frankenstein (1974) in big daddy (1999)

the exorcist (1973) in the blurbs (1989)

the mummy (1932) in happy tears (2009)

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Universal Monsters: Creature From The Black Lagoon Lives! (2024)

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Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives! #1 (Skybound, April 2024) variant cover by Joshua Middleton

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Skybound reveals the covers for Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives! #1

Skybound reveals the covers for Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives! #1 #comics #comicbooks #universalmonsters

Skybound, Image Comics, and Universal Products & Experiences, have revealed an impressive slate of variant covers from Universal Monsters: Creature from The Black Lagoon Lives! #1, the debut issue of a new four-issue limited comic book series from acclaimed writers Dan Watters and Ram V, along with artist Matthew Roberts, and colorist Dave Stewart.   Readers can expect to dive headfirst into a…

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UNIVERSAL MONSTERS CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON LIVES HC • DIRECT MARKET EXCLUSIVE • cover art • Joshua Middleton [Oct 2024]

A NEW HORROR DREAM TEAM RESURRECTS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC MONSTERS

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?

**Collects UNIVERSAL MONSTERS: CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON #1-4 **

(W) Dan Watters, Ram V (A) Matthew Roberts, Dave Stewart, Trish Mulvihill (CA) Joshua Middleton

Retail: $24.99 US