Brought to life to be a mate for Frankenstein’s previous creation, the “Bride” rejects the creature, and survives a terrifying fall. Alone and confused, she doesn’t remember who she is, and heads out into the world, in order to find answers…

The Bride of Frankenstein Lives has had more than its fair share of attention and hype in the months leading up to launch. Now it’s out in the world, it’s clear that this excitement was more than justified..

Writer Kelly Thompson has crafted a dark, sometimes distressing and very powerful continuation of the 1935 movie’s story. Only this time, the Bride herself is the protagonist, not the male monster.

Yet this story is full of male monsters, mostly human. One scene in particular centres around the reaction of men to a seemingly helpless woman in distress, and their first instincts to take advantage of her, rather than help her.

It’s very well done, and incredibly gripping too. Artist Mattia De Iulis does some absolutely fantastic work here; in the aforementioned scene of the Bride’s encounter with a group of monstrous men, there’s one moment which stood out as an incredibly powerful one, for example. Yet it’s very strong throughout, and is even given room to breathe in a mostly dialogue-free scene later on.

It feels like a sadly relevant and timely story, but the fact that the Bride is finally the true protagonist here does deal with a bit of an injustice, given that Frankenstein’s Monster was undoubtedly the star and main character in the Bride of Frankenstein movie.

So for once, a comic has been released that truly lives up to its hype. It’s incredibly well written, with gorgeous art and a truly compelling protagonist who’s put through the wringer in this issue. The Bride of Frankenstein Lives has generated an awful lot more buzz than the prior Universal Monsters mini-series, and it’s easy to see why.

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