As many zombie fans know, Herbert West is obsessed with bringing back the dead. Since his original appearance in H.P. Lovecraft's early 1920's short story, he's sought to conquer death through science in three feature films, a live musical, the Army of Darkness comic book series, and a one-shot comic. But West isn't done yet, as this spring he'll return in Dynamite Comics' new miniseries, Reanimator.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Herbert West will star within the panels of Reanimator, an upcoming four-issue comic book miniseries from Dynamite Comics. The story will take West to New Orleans, where he'll face off against various villains, including things straight out of Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos.
Keith Davidsen penned the miniseries, which was illustrated by Randy Valiente. The first issue will hit shelves in April. Jae Lee, Francesco Francavilla, Tim Seeley, and Andrew Mangum created the four covers of the debut issue (one of which is a well-done Tales From the Crypt homage). Here's the official synopsis for the miniseries (via The Beat):
"In Reanimator, Dr. Herbert West heads to New Orleans to continue his life’s work: the revival of the dead by purely chemical means. To accomplish this task, he recruits Susan Greene, a young and wide-eyed pharmacologist fascinated by his macabre experiments. Initially unfazed by West’s unorthodox practices (including how he funds his research – by selling zombie brain fluid as a narcotic), Susan may regret her scientific curiosity as sinister forces – those aligned with Elder Gods and Haitian Voodoo – begin to align against the Reanimator. Reanimator blends mad science, Lovecraftian tentacle terror, backwater Louisianan superstition, and fan-favorite elements of such television shows as Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead."
Cover art courtesy of The Beat:
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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