Frankenstein Alive, Alive!

    (IDW, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2025-2026)
™ and © Idea + Design Works

(from the publisher)

Few works by comic-book artists have earned the universal acclaim and reverence that Bernie Wrightson’s illustrated version of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein was met with upon its original release in 1983.

Nearly 30 years later, Wrightson returns to his passion project with a comic series that picks up at the end of the classic novel, hailed as one of the greatest horror stories of all time. Frequent Wrightson collaborator Steve Niles provides the script for this epic, decades in the making.

While appearing to be in black and white, each page was scanned in color to mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing the actual original art, showing off the exquisitely detailed brush work of one of the greatest living artists in comics today.

Each issue will also include supplemental materials, including interviews, essays and a serialization of the original prose story by Shelley.
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  • 1
    #1
    Regular Cover by Bernie Wrightson
    May 2012
    Cover: $3.99
    W: Steve Niles  ·  A: Bernie Wrightson
    2 copies from $10.99
  • 1-2
    #1 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing Cover by Bernie Wrightson
    Jul 2012
    Cover: $3.99
    W: Steve Niles  ·  A: Bernie Wrightson
    1 copy for $19.99
  • 1/A
    #1 Variation A
    1:10 Cover A by Bernie Wrightson
    May 2012
    W: Steve Niles  ·  A: Bernie Wrightson
    No copies available
  • 1/B
    #1 Variation B
    Jetpack Comics & Larry's Comics RE Cover B by Bernie Wrightson
    May 2012
    W: Steve Niles  ·  A: Bernie Wrightson
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    Regular Cover by Bernie Wrightson
    Nov 2012
    Cover: $3.99
    W: Steve Niles  ·  A: Bernie Wrightson
    2 copies from $4.98
  • 2/A
    #2 Variation A
    1:10 B&W Cover A by Bernie Wrightson
    Nov 2012
    W: Steve Niles  ·  A: Bernie Wrightson
    1 copy for $10.95
  • 3
    #3
    Apr 2014
    Cover: $3.99
    W: Steve Niles  ·  A: Bernie Wrightson
    1 copy for $2.00
  • 4
    #4
    Mar 2018
    Cover: $4.99
    W: Steve Niles, Bernie Wrightson  ·  A: Bernie Wrightson, Kelley Jones
    No copies available
  • 4-2
    #4 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing Cover by Bernie Wrightson
    Mar 2018
    Cover: $4.99
    W: Steve Niles  ·  A: Bernie Wrightson, Kelley Jones
    No copies available
  • Bk 1-2
    Book #1 - 2nd printing
    The Complete Collection
    Jan 2026
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Steve Niles  ·  A: Bernie Wrightson, Kelley Jones
    Collects Frankenstein Alive, Alive! #1-4
    No copies available
  • CS 1
    Collector's Set #1
    Cover: $5.99
    W: Steve Niles  ·  A: Bernie Wrightson
    Collects Frankenstein Alive, Alive! #1-2
    No copies available
  • Dlx 1
    Deluxe Set #1
    Jan 2018
    Cover: $7.99
    W: Steve Niles, Bernie Wrightson  ·  A: Bernie Wrightson
    Collects Frankenstein Alive, Alive! #1-3
    No copies available
  • Dlx 1-2
    Deluxe Set #1 - 2nd printing
    Softcover Edition; The Complete Collection
    Jan 2026
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Steve Niles  ·  A: Bernie Wrightson, Kelley Jones
    Collects Frankenstein Alive, Alive! #1-4
    No copies available
  • Dlx 1-4
    Deluxe Set #1 - 4th printing
    Hardcover Edition with cover by Bernie Wrightson
    Oct 2025
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Steve Niles  ·  A: Bernie Wrightson, Kelley Jones
    No copies available
  • Dlx 1/HC
    Deluxe Set #1 Hardcover
    Hardcover Edition with cover by Bernie Wrightson
    Cover: $24.99
    W: Steve Niles  ·  A: Bernie Wrightson, Kelley Jones
    No copies available