Universal Monsters: Frankenstein #2

Image Comics' Universal Monsters: Frankenstein #2 continues Michael Walsh and Toni Marie Griffin's reimagining of the classic monster tale with a cover that is genuinely hard to look away from — the creature rendered in cool teal shadow, his skull opened to reveal a vividly glowing brain clutched by enormous hands, heavy chains coiling around him on all sides. It's a visceral, beautifully composed image that captures both the horror and the pathos at the heart of the story, with Walsh's linework doing something raw and urgent that feels far from a simple retelling. With a chapter subtitle like "The Brain of a Killer," this second issue promises the kind of gothic unease this Universal Monsters revival has been building toward.