Creature from the Black Lagoon gets the Skybound Comic Treatment

Announced via The Hollywood Reporter, the Creature from the Black Lagoon will be the next Universal Monster to receive its own comic book series from Skybound Entertainment and Image Comics following the success of Universal Monsters: Dracula. The new series will be written Dan Watters and Ram V, with Matthew Roberts on art and Dave Stewart providing colors. The four-issue series will debut April 24th and introduce new characters, including journalist Kate Marsden and serial killer Darwin Collier, who weren’t in the original horror classic. Check out a preview below!

From Skybound:

[T]he story sees journalist Marsden hunt a notorious serial killer in the heart of the Amazon. Hot on the trail of this madman, she soon encounters an unexpected new threat – the Creature from the Black Lagoon – and must determine if he is friend or foe.

“Dan Watters and Ram V are two of the most exciting writers in comics, and to be able to turn them loose with longtime Skybound creators Matthew Roberts and Dave Stewart has been an absolute treat,” said Skybound editorial director Alex Antone. “And while James & Martin’s Dracula was an adaptation of the original film, Creature is a brand-new story featuring beloved Gill-Man.”