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Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon          Trade Paperback
Writer: Steve Moncuse
Artist: Art Adams
Inker: Terry Austin
Colorist: Matt Hollingsworth
Letterer: Lois Buhalis
Editor: Dan Thorsland
Cover by: Art Adams & Terry Austin

The All-New Comic Adaptation of Universal Pictures classic hit 1954 Creature from the Black Lagoon movie. Yes, you read right, it’s the classic film rendered into comics form by an art team that will do it justice. Faithfully rendering the slimy scales and talons of terror of the “Gill-Man,” penciller Art Adams is packing so much detail into every page that he had to draw it on oversized art board. Just ask inker Terry “Flirting with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome” Austin – this book will make your eyes bleed! A classic unto itself, don’t miss out on this instant collectors’ item created by a true dream team of comics art legends.

Creature from the Black Lagoon is a 1954 American black-and-white 3D monster horror film from Universal-International, produced by William Alland, directed by Jack Arnold, that stars Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, and Whit Bissell. The Creature was played by Ben Chapman on land and by Ricou Browning underwater. The film premiered in Detroit on February 12, 1954. It’s a terrifying tale of a strange prehistoric beast lurking in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the creature and bring it back to civilization for study…but the Creature had other plans of its own!

Story/Spoilers
A scientific expedition searching for fossils along the Amazon River discovers a prehistoric Gill-Man in the legendary Black Lagoon. The explorers capture the mysterious creature, but it breaks free. The Gill-Man returns to kidnap the lovely Kay, fiancée of one in the expedition, with whom it has fallen in love.

Trade Paperback is bagged & double boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

First Printing
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Publication Date: 1993
Format: FC, 48 pages, TPB, 10.25″ x 6.5″
ISBN: None Stated

Collectible Entertainment note: Trade Paperback is in Fine + condition.  Very Nice!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Universal Monsters and/or Creature from the Black Lagoon collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Highly Recommended.

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