A new line of Universal Monsters comics from Image and Skybound kicks off in grand fashion with DRACULA #1, a loving nod to the iconic 1931 film.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Warning: contains spoilers for Universal Monsters: Dracula #1!Bela Lugosi’s interpretation of Dracula is iconic and still haunts audiences even after 90 years. Now, Image Comics, along with Skybound Entertainment, have come together to make new comics starring Dracula and other classic Universal Monsters. Their first offering, Universal Monsters: Dracula #1 gives fans a new, but still stylish, take on the tale.
Universal Monsters: Dracula #1 is written by James Tynion IV and drawn by Martin Simmonds. The first issue reintroduces readers to the cast of the 1931 film: Doctor Seward, Jonathan Harker and his fiancé Mina, her best friend Lucy as well as Renfield. Beginning shortly after the Demeter returns to England, the book shows the earliest days of Dracula’s reign of terror, including his first victims. Renfield tells Doctor Seward about his “new master,” saying he will consume them all in time.
Tynion and Simmonds's Dracula Gives a Fresh Look at an Old Favorite What makes Universal Monsters: Dracula #1 so successful is that Tynion and Simmonds do not merely retread the original film’s story, but instead fill in its gaps. The Demeter scene, one of the most chilling in the movie, is fleshed out further, showing fans the horror that went down. Mina and Lucy, the first movie’s sole women characters, are given more development here as well.
Beyond being a good read that offers new and fresh insight into the classic story, Universal Monsters: Dracula #1 is a grand start to what promises to be a great line of comics. Tynion and Simmonds’ not only look back to what made the original so good, but forward, giving old characters a fresh look, and in some cases, agency for the first time.
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