This year, Image Comics began releasing licensed series based on the classic Universal Monsters. Dracula was the lead-off title, and much to my surprise, the Creature was the second released (the third series is forthcoming, featuring Frankenstein). It's taken nearly 70 years, but only recently has The Creature been given more prominence than the Universal Fab Four (Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy and The Wolf Man).
The final installment of the four-issue Creature series was recently released, and while I had been holding off until I had the full set to read them, I'll be the first to admit that I initially signed up to get the books based on the covers. (As is common practice these days, comics are released with a variety of variant covers.) I not only picked up my favorite of each of the four issue covers, I also picked up a ratio variant (one copy of this cover was produced for every 10 copies of the issue) by an artist I admire. Dani did a series of connecting covers (featured at the top of this post).
While licensed comics don't always land the best artists, the Creature has been pretty fortunate in this regard of late, both in the 1993 Art Adams adaptation from Dark Horse, and in this new Image series (with art by Matthew Roberts). In addition to my favorite covers for each of the four issues, I have also included one interior shot from each issue.
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| Cover B: Art by Joshua Middleton |
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| Cover B: Francis Manapul |
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| Cover B: Julian Totino Tedesco |
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| Cover B: Jenny Frison |
Be sure to check back next week to see another item from my Creature collection!
