1941’s The Wolf Man will be the next Universal horror film to be adapted into a comic for Skybound’s Universal Monsters line. The four-issue series, titled Blood of the Wolf Man, will reteam writer Joshua Williamson and artist Leomacs (Rogues), and follow a college student in the 1970s, who discovers he may be afflicted with the same curse that tormented Lon Chaney Jr.‘s Larry Talbot in the original film.
Adam Jaeger thought he could become someone new at college… but not like this. One moment he was partying, the next he’s recovering from a massacre that left almost no survivors. The worst part? He might be responsible… As the monster within tries to claw loose, Adam will do anything he can to stop from becoming… THE WOLF MAN.
Williamson states, “As a big fan of the 1941 The Wolf Man film from Universal Pictures and the Universal Monsters comics line with Skybound, I knew I had to do this book. It’s very different from my usual superhero work. Easily the most tragic. It’s a dramatic, emotional, and heartbreaking comic about family and generation trauma. All key pieces of a horror story. Oh, and bloody and violent. It earns the Blood of the Wolf Man title in more ways than one. And of course, I had to bring along my Rogues partner in crime Leomacs. His art captures the pain of the Wolf Man and the world he’s living in. This is not going to be what you expect…”
Leomacs adds, “Universal Monsters films have always captured my imagination, as there’s so much humanity in these characters. They are all incredibly iconic because they are both tragically human and terrifying like a wild nightmare at the same time. The Wolf Man has also always been a favorite of mine, so it’s a dream to draw this amazing character in a brand-new story and setting, penned by the amazing Joshua Williamson. Together we explore the Wolf Man’s bloodlust and the inevitable consequences.”
Issue #1 will be released on June 24, a month after the finale of Skybound’s Phantom of the Opera, adapting Universal’s 1943 film version with Claude Rains, on May 27. (Incidentally, Rains, who was also Universal’s original Invisible Man, played Larry’s father in The Wolf Man.) It’ll come with a host of variant covers, which you can check out below, along with a preview.
