Ongoing comics series Universal Monsters, which reimagines legendary monster stories in comic form, will return in October with new limited series The Bride of Frankenstein Lives from Kelly Thompson & Mattia De Iulis.
Image Comics and Skybound have announced The Bride of Frankenstein Lives, the next instalment in the Universal Monsters series. The new four-issue comic book series from the Eisner Award winning writer Kelly Thompson (Absolute Wonder Woman, Black Widow) and her longtime creative collaborator, Eisner Award nominated artist Mattia De Iulis (Absolute Wonder Woman, The Cull).
So far in 2026, the Universal Monsters series is going strong. We’ve already seen Universal Monsters: Phantom of the Opera and Universal Monsters: Blood of the Wolf Man. Up next, Kelly Thompson and Mattia De Iulis tackle Bride of Frankenstein.
The official description reads: Born in the heart of a thunderstorm, made of stolen flesh, electricity, and monstrous desperation—The Bride lives! With no memory of her past or understanding of what she is, The Bride takes her first steps into this strange new world. With danger seemingly lurking around every corner, she must solve the mystery of where and who she came from…and discover what makes life worth living.
“The original Bride of Frankenstein is a brilliant film exploring the creature’s failed attempts to find friendship and community, and then the desperate act to force others to create that which he cannot find. What it’s not about, however, is how The Bride herself feels about her creation,” mused writer Kelly Thompson. “Through The Bride of Frankenstein Lives we get the opportunity to explore not only her search for who and what she is, but her search for the women that were destroyed to create her — all brought to striking vivid life via Mattia De Iluis’s incredible visuals.”
“When I first read Kelly’s script, I knew right away this was going to be something special,” added artist Mattia De Iulis. “We are finally giving the Bride the center stage, she’s no longer someone’s property, she is a human being fighting for her own story. And for me, it’s an honor to translate that onto the page.”
Universal Monsters: The Bride of Frankenstein Lives arrives in stores and online on October 28, 2026 — just in time for Halloween!
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