Legion of Monsters

Legion of Monsters (2007)

by Charlie Huston, Mike Carey, Skottie Young

High-octane horror one-shots! First, Werewolf by Night returns to the Marvel Universe! This shocking story by X-Men's Mike Carey and Ultimate Power's Greg Land (in the comic he's waited his whole life to draw!) is a powerful, brutally terrifying tale that will redefine Jacob Russel forever! And as if that wasn't enough - join writer/artist Skottie Young in a no-holds-barred look at the afterlife of the Monster of Frankenstein! Next, Moon Knight and Ultimates Annual writer Charlie Huston navigates Man-Thing into a creepy tale of the worst kind of dinner invitation... Plus the brilliant Ted McKeever brings his expressionistic storytelling to Simon Garth - the original Marvel Zombie! And finally, Brendan Cahill and Michael Gaydos (Alias) take Morbius the Living Vampire through the deepest depths of terrifying addictions in a devastating fully painted horror tale... and C.B. Cebulski is joined by superstar David Finch (New Avengers, Moon Knight) to present an untold tale of the king of vampires - Dracula - and his beautiful daughter, Lilith! Terror has never looked as good as these frightening fables! Collects Legion of Monsters: Werewolf by Night, Legion of Monsters: Morbius, Legion of Monsters: Man-Thing, Legion of Monsters: Satana.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Horror, Comic Book, Fiction, Monsters

120 pages, Hardcover

First published November 7, 2007

About the author

Charlie Huston is an American novelist, screenwriter, and comic book writer known for his genre-blending storytelling and character-driven narratives. His twelve novels span crime, horror, and science fiction, and have been published by Ballantine, Del Rey, Mulholland, and Orion, with translations in nine languages. He is the creator of the Henry Thompson trilogy, beginning with Caught Stealing, which was announced in 2024 as a forthcoming film adaptation directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Austin Butler. Huston’s stand-alone novels include The Shotgun Rule, The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death, Sleepless, and Skinner. He also authored the vampire noir series Joe Pitt Casebooks while living in Manhattan and later California. Huston has written pilots for FX, FOX, Sony, and Tomorrow Studios, served as a writer and producer on FOX’s Gotham, and developed original projects such as Arcadia. In comics, he rebooted Moon Knight for Marvel, contributed to Ultimates Annual, and penned the Wolverine: The Best There Is series.

Reviews

[Michelle Morrell · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked this one up after I heard Morbius was possibly getting his own movie. What I found was an anthology of recent stories about many of the more "monstrous" characters ... Morbius, The Living Mummy, Werewolf by Night, Satana, Lillith and so on. I totally enjoyed these, the art was fantastic and I was introduced to a whole slew of gothy tinged "heroes."

The second part of the collection was reprints of a bunch of 70s comics, including a personal favorite, Ghost Rider. Man, how things have changed over the decades, so much technicolor and expository dumps.

Finally there was an encyclopedia of characters with backstory, stats, powers etc, which would be perfect for a roleplaying game. "The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Horror," a fine read in itself.

[Jennifer Juffer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love these stories.
For any potential reader, there is not much here in the way of actual plots and substance, especially in the newer comics.
It’s more of a getting to know “Who’s who”.
Although, my favorite would have to be ‘The Man-Thing”.
The art in “The Mummy”’was incredibly interesting.
Satana, well... she’s always that way.


I became doubly invested in the older comics, which takes up the second half of the book.

Great book for any monster lover or collector.

[Sabrina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Only 3 of the 8 stories are good: "Town girl", "Love in the morgue" & the visual art in the last tale "The living Mommy"...

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is basically an anthology of stories featuring the Marvel Monsters. Some stories are better than the others, and for the most part the art is stronger than the writing. Overall it's still a good read if you're a big fan of the characters like I am. The Moribus story was probably the high point, but overall this was enjoyable.

[Madeline Rossell · Rating 3 out of 5]

As someone who refuses to read horror I'd say these aren't really horror shorts. The weirdest of the bunch was the swamp-thing issue which indulged in more protest bodily graphics.

The writing for both the Morbius issue and Werewolf by Night issue were solid 4's, but Satana's included way too much exposition and felt very male-gazey.

[C · Rating 2 out of 5]

Many of the worst comics, all in one place!

The only one that I found enjoyable was Jonathan Hickman's Living Mummy.

[Rosa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Originally I thought these were a couple stories from the four cover characters but once I started reading I found a bunch of stories about many different characters. Like any anthology the quality isn't consistent but overall I think there were more good stories than bad stories. The encyclopedia at the back is overwhelmingly detailed but interesting enough.

[Devero · Rating 1 out of 5]

A volte la Marvel tenta un rilancio dei suoi personaggi horror senza però esserne proprio convinta. Questa volta potevano anche lasciar perdere.