Comics Review: Frankenstein Undone #1

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Frankenstein Undone #1 by Mike Mignola

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


I famously (yes, famous!) write reviews of #1 issues. Here lately, I was going to try and review at the end of a series, but books don't always get collected as I expect them to.

So here we go. Is it fair? No, probably not. So, take it with a grain of salt.

Mignola and Allie's new meditation on Frankenstein may still turn out to be great. Reviews are strongly in favor, and no doubt, I will continue to pick it up.

Issue 1 is a mixed bag for me, though. Stenbeck's art (with Wagner's colors et al) is great. Really strong stuff.

This is a five issue arc, so it has room to breathe, but it takes half the book to really get anywhere. The characterization is good (again, Stenbeck probably makes a bit of difference there, too).

It's just kind of muddled and overdone at times. Sure, I complained about the first half of the book, but filing the second half with lots of dialogue isn't quite the right solution, either.

I still think there is enough interesting content here to make this a worthwhile read. I am a fan of the Monster, and surely placing him in the Mignolaverse is a cool concept. We will just have to see.





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