Considering that a significant portion of the first issue is an adaptation of the final scene in Mary Shelley’s novella, including large portions of the Frankenstein monster’s final speech, this felt like a bizarre oversight, and something I hope Dark Horse will fix for the trade paperback.Ĭhristopher Lewis: I didn’t realize the beginning narrative and dialogue was from Shelley’s Frankenstein. Mark Tweedale: This may be a weird way to kick off a review, but this is something that I thought was a weird way to kick off “Frankenstein Undone”: On the interior cover where the creatives involved are listed, there was no mention whatsoever of Mary Shelley. Just as he thinks he’s found one with a group of unlikely companions, disaster strikes-and the monster is catapulted out of Mary Shelley’s novel and into the world of Hellboy.īridging Mary Shelley’s original Frankenstein novella and Mike Mignola’s Frankenstein Underground, this series brings together Mignola, Scott Allie, Ben Stenbeck, Brennan Wagner, and Clem Robins for an all-new horror adventure in the far north. Frankenstein’s creator lies dead in the icy grip of the Arctic, and the monster searches for a new purpose.
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