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As the seminal horror filmCreature From the Black Lagoonapproaches its 70th anniversary , Robert Kirkman’sSkybound Entertainmenthas announced a four - issue bound series entitledUniversal demon : animal From the Black Lagoon Lives ! , which will serve as a contemporary prolongation of the 1954 cinematic classic , while premise newfangled characters and expanding the franchise ’s traditional knowledge .

First revealed bythe Hollywood Reporter , renowned comic ledger Almighty Dan Watters and Ram V will be at the helm of the new series , which is set to debut in April . The book will boast art from Matthew Roberts , and colour by Dave Stewart . animate being From the Black Lagoon Lives!will follow a new protagonist , journalist Kate Marsden , as her hunt for a nonparallel sea wolf frame her instantly in the path of the eponymous Creature .

Preview pages for the first issue advise that Marsden already dread swim , suggest her sojourn to the Black Lagoon will not be an well-off one .

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Skybound Entertainment Resurrects Another Iconic Universal Monster

Creature From the Black Lagoon Lives!follows on the success ofSkybound’sUniversal Monsters : Dracula , the first entry in its quislingism with Universal Products & Experiences , the contemporary incarnation of the film studio apartment that facilitate to define the early horror genre with its roll of iconic colossus . Rather than an version of the original movie , Skybound’sCreaturewill dish out as a contemporary sequel , bring the " lamella - homo , " as the beast is known , into the midriff of a cat - and - mouse game between newsman Kate Marsden and a sequential killer make Darwin Collier . At the same prison term , the Hollywood Reporter noted that at least one original fibre , Dr. Edwin Thompson , is set to return .

Skybound ’s determination to followDraculawithCreature From the Black Lagoonas the 2nd installment of itsUniversal Monstersimprint is an exciting indication of the company ’s larger plans for Universal ’s roll of famous horror characters . Unlike Dracula , Frankenstein , the Wolfman , or even the Invisible Man , the Creature has not abide as an on - blind menace . Two sequels to the original 1954 film followed in quick succession , but in the decades since , restate attempts to reboot the franchise have been stymied , despite at time have major names such as John Carpenter and Guillermo del Toro seize . Still , the Creature has endure in the democratic cognizance , with Skybound now having the opportunity to reinvent the goliath for a new era .

The Universal Monsters Aren’t Invading The Energon Universe – Yet

Skybound Entertainment is currently best lie with as the home ofTransformersandG.I. Joe , two iconic franchises that the company unify into a shared persistence sleep together asthe Energon Universe . Skybound’sUniversal Monstersline is a distinct project – for the time being . With admittance to Universal ’s roster of famous ( and ill-famed ) characters , it may present too exciting of an chance not to commingle them into the already - crowded world of Robots in Disguise and warring mystical organizations . One of the promise of Energon was that it would continue to merge property into its unified world ; it would be hard to expect readers to not at least Leslie Townes Hope for the Universal lusus naturae to be added to this thrilling narrative arras .

In any typesetter’s case , Universal Monsters : Creature From the Black Lagoon Lives!continues Skybound ’s push button to become one of the unchallenged leaders in enceinte , IP - based storytelling . WhileDraculaprimed audiences for more classic monster stories by adapt the Bela Lugosi Universal version of the story , Creaturewill update and expand on the original taradiddle . ThoughCreature From the Black Lagoonhas struggled to return to the mass medium that birthed it , Skybound Entertainmentnow has the mandate to prove that mirthful book are the unadulterated medium for the character – and for its Universal lusus naturae brethren – to thrive in , where they can regain a novel coevals of horror fans waiting for them .

seed : Hollywood newsman

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Featured Image: Skybound Entertainment’s new comic book Creature From the Black Lagoon (left); classic movie version (right)

The Gill-man looking straight up in Creature from the Black Lagoon

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