Skybound has announced the latest entry in its Universal Monsters line will be The Invisible Man, a four-issue series based on the classic 1933 horror film (based in turn on H.G. Wells‘s 1897 novel). Debuting in August, the comic will be written by James Tynion IV, and feature art by DaNi (Arkham City: The Order of the World), plus colors by Brad Simpson.
Jack Griffin has always been invisible to the people around him — at least in his own mind. But when an experimental breakthrough presents a path to make his dreams of invisibility a reality, no one — not even the woman he loves — will stand in his way. Witness Griffin’s legendary descent into madness as his humanity fades away and the monster inside is revealed, leaving only… THE INVISIBLE MAN!
The comic marks the second Universal Monsters comic by Tynion, following the Dracula series he created with Martin Simmonds (which kicked off the line in 2023.) He says, “We started with Dracula, but in my heart my favorite Universal Monster film has always been The Invisible Man. It’s a thrill to peel back the bandages and approach Griffin’s story from a whole new angle, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to be on this ride with DaNi.”
DaNi adds, “Working on The Invisible Man comic book series with such a great creative team is a dream come true. I can’t wait to show the world the unshowable!” Alex Antone, Editorial Director of Skybound, also says, “James Tynion IV is one of the best horror writers this industry has ever seen, and The Invisible Man is the character DaNi was born to draw. These two powerhouses have created something truly special with this book… and just like the Invisible Man himself, comic fans won’t see it coming!”
The Invisible Man #1 will be released on August 27, with a host of variant covers you can check out below, including contributions by Alex Ross and Christian Ward, and a blank sketch cover H. It will mark Skybound’s fifth Universal Monsters series, after Dracula, Ram V, Dan Watters, and Matthew Roberts‘s Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives!, Michael Walsh’s Frankenstein, and Faith Erin Hicks’s The Mummy, which’ll wrap up (no pun intended) with issue #4 on June 25.
