Dark Horse Comics have announced Frankenstein: New World – The Sea of Forever, a four-issue sequel to the 2022 Hellboy spin-off Frankenstein: New World, which will reunite writers Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, and Thomas Sniegoski with artist Peter Bergting, colorist Michelle Madsen, and letterer Clem Robins. The comic, which will begin sometime in 2025, will continue the adventures of Frankenstein (formerly Frankenstein’s monster) and the girl Lilja, as they journey across the surface world after Ragna Rok.
Since he first appeared in Mike Mignola and Richard Corben’s 2011 Hellboy: House of the Living Dead, the legendary monster Frankenstein has been an important figure in the Hellboy Universe. After the world ended, he even took it upon himself to help the last humans learn to survive in Hollow Earth before sleeping for one thousand years.
In 2022’s Frankenstein: New World, a young girl named Lilja woke Frankenstein from his slumber for an epic quest to the surface world. Now, in Frankenstein: New World – The Sea of Forever, Lilja and Frankenstein continue to navigate the treacherous surface world, stalked by an ancient and familiar evil.
Golden comments, “I am ridiculously excited about this series! Hellboy’s world may be over, but its echoes ripple through the New World, as you’ll discover in The Sea of Forever. There’s room for so many unique stories in this series. At the same time, Frankenstein and Lilja’s journey has a destination, and we can’t wait to bring you there!”
Sniegoski adds, “When Chris, Mike, Peter and I finished up Frankenstein: New World, we knew that we had lots of story still to tell . . . and thankfully, Dark Horse agreed. With Frankenstein: New World – The Sea of Forever, we’ve gotten the opportunity to delve even deeper into this evolving, post apocalyptic world full of beauty, wonder and a gradually growing evil on the verge of infecting this new, pristine world. I can’t wait for folks to see this next chapter in the Frankenstein: New World saga!”
Despite coming to a climax in 2019’s B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know, and the decision to send Hellboy: The Crooked Man direct-to-digital, it’s clear the Hellboy Universe is still going strong after 30 years, between this, the three-part continuation The Serpent in the Garden: Ed Grey and the Last Battle for England set to begin on November 27, the prequel Shadow of the Golden Crane starting January 15, and a Giant Robot Hellboy sequel also set to bow next year. Additionally in the meantime, Mignola and Ben Stenbeck will launch their new, Lands Unknown universe at Dark Horse with Bowling with Corpses and Other Strange Tales from Lands Unknown, on January 21.
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