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Some knowledge is required to understand why Frankenstein exists. He’s replaced Hellboy in this New World series of comics being helmed by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, and Thomas Sniegoski. This monster has grown beyond what readers know from Mary Shelly’s work and “officially” took on his creator’s name… And I suspect he’ll become more than an Oracle to the survivors of “Ragna Rok.” Officially, the only canonical material readers need to know are Frankenstein Underground and New World.

While mutants run amok on the surface, in the Hollow Earth, the last survivors of humanity live in peace. It is here where Lilja, a young girl, is worried about her people’s future. As a result, she wants to speak to the oracle (Frankenstein) to alert him of this fate. When he’s in a state of meditation, many people have left him alone, but when the shouting match is loud enough, he’s awake. She hopes he can investigate and also tag along.

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Spoiler Alert

In issue #2 of Panya: The Mummy’s Curse, we get to see how some places of worship have rebuilt themselves after Akhenaten’s rule. Now that he’s fallen, the old gods are back. As for the title character, she’s much older now, and is quite the dutiful caretaker as life is as it once was.

But her days are being tormented in gentle ways. Something is calling to her in her dreams, and while what we see is her role in the ongoing fight between Apophis and Re in their animal forms, there’s something else calling to her in the aether. Also, like the past issue, there are lots of cats! As for who the new antagonist is, it’s hard to tell. Since the heretic king is no longer present, someone else will have to get involved.

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