Skybound’s recent Universal Monsters comics have been excellent, and they’ve been re-releasing them with remastered, Black & White art to match the style of the original movies. Collecting each series across two double-sized issues, we’ve had Dracula, Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives and now Frankenstein.

I hadn’t read the Frankenstein series before now, but I have seen much of its spectacular art. It was in gorgeous colour, but the black and white approach works very well indeed, particularly as the story hews so closely to the movie it’s based on.

In the comic, we follow a sort of parallel story alongside the events of the famous 1931 movie. A young boy, mourning his father, witnesses something terrible in the cemetery, and sneaks around in the shadows as Henry Frankenstein’s monstrous plans come to fruition.

Having only just rewatched the movie myself, it’s remarkable how well done this comic is, in terms of recreating the events from a different point of view. The atmospheric artwork perfectly captures the gorgeous aesthetics of the movie, which still looks incredible to this day.

I wasn’t sure how it’d work in black and white, but it works brilliantly and feels even more appropriate alongside the source material.

The story itself does feel contrived at times, however, but it’s at least interesting to see everything unfolding from the point of view of a terrified child.

Having read Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives prior to this though, I was expecting a bit more deviation from the original movie (then again, the “Lives” part of the title, as is the case with The Bride of Frankenstein Lives, is the giveaway that we’re getting something fresher).

Still, this is an excellent read overall, and the dark vibe of the story (written by Michael Walsh, who’s also responsible for the art) is perfectly complemented by the brilliantly remastered visuals.

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