Award-winning and New York Times bestselling comics creator Faith Erin Hicks will write and draw Universal Monsters: The Mummy for Skybound and Image Comics, with Universal Products & Experiences, the companies announced.  The four-issue series, which launches in March, will be colored by Lee Loughridge. 

“What I enjoy the most about The Mummy is the romance underlying all the horror,” Hicks said in a statement accompanying the announcement. “A mortal man defies ancient gods to bring his dead lover back to life and pays the ultimate price, transformed thousands of years later into a walking specter of death. The Mummy is intrinsically a tragic figure driven by his own pain and loss, his understandable human emotions twisted into acts. It's been a thrill to tell this story from the point of view of Helen, the modern incarnation of The Mummy's long dead love, and illustrate her growing awareness of the heartbroken horror that is lurking in the shadows of early 20th century Egypt.”

The Mummy is the fourth series featuring Universal Monsters from Skybound, including, most recently, Frankenstein (see “Preview: Universal Monsters: Frankenstein #1”).

Skybound is going all in on the covers:

• Universal Monsters: The Mummy #1 Cover A by Faith Erin Hicks 
• Universal Monsters: The Mummy #1 Cover B by Joshua Middleton  
• Universal Monsters: The Mummy #1 Cover C (1:10 Incentive) (Connecting) by Guillem March 
• Universal Monsters: The Mummy #1 Cover D (1:25 “Classic Horror” B&W) by Joshua Middleton 
• Universal Monsters: The Mummy #1 Cover E (1:50 Incentive) by Martin Simmonds  
• Universal Monsters: The Mummy #1 Cover F (1:75 Incentive) by Gabriel Rodriguez 
• Universal Monsters: The Mummy #1 Cover G (1:100 Incentive) (Foil) by Gabriel Rodriguez 
• Universal Monsters: The Mummy #1 Cover H Blank Sketch Cover  

Click Gallery below for cover and interior art!