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IDW Publishing has revealed the cover and details for its resurrection of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, one of the last projects illustrated by Mike Mignola before launching Hellboy.

Columbia Pictures’ (Sony Pictures Entertainment) 1992 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola starred a young Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker, Winona Ryder as Mina Murray, Anthony Hopkins as Professor Abraham Van Helsing and Gary Oldman as Dracula. Topps Comics released a 120-page adaptation in 1993, written by Roy Thomas and drawn by Mike Mignola.

The new edition will be a 136-page hardcover featuring Mignola’s black and white artwork. MSRP is $29.99. Direct market release is planned for September 12 with mass release listed as September 25.

“I cannot tell you what a relief it is to have this book back in print,” said Mignola. “People have been asking about this one for ages—More than any other book of mine—and I honestly didn’t think it was ever going to be possible to see an edition, but here it is. Thank you, Scott Dunbier and IDW. No idea how you did it but very glad you did. I’m generally not a fan of my older work (pretty huge understatement there) but I think this one holds up. Despite the fact that I was doing a movie adaptation (which has its own unique set of problems) I think there is some nice drawing and storytelling in here. One of the very few older jobs I’m still pretty proud of.”

In the secondary market, used copies start at $38.99 and range up to $150.00 on Amazon.

Dark Horse will begin releasing a chronological collection of the 20+ years of Hellboy in May (see “ The Lore of Hellboy Collected”).