Monster Blood (Goosebumps Graphic Novel #2)

by R. L. Stine

Overview

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While staying with his great-aunt Kathryn, Evan Ross visits an eerie old toy store. Among the dusty shelves, he finds a can of something called "Monster Blood." The odd, sticky substance really does look like the blood of a creature. It has a greenish glow and sometimes feels warm to the touch. But the most alarming thing about the toy ooze is the way it keeps growing-overflowing its container, then a bathtub, then filling up a whole trash can. Evan worries that all that growing has given the Monster Blood a monstrous appetite...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338879438
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	09/02/2025
Series:	Goosebumps Graphic Novel Series
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

R.L. Stine is the creator of the bestselling Goosebumps series, which has more than 400 million copies in print worldwide and celebrated 25 years in 2017. Goosebumps is one of the bestselling children's series of all-time and inspired a popular television show, as well as a feature film starring Jack Black that opened at #1 at the box office. His other popular children's books include the series Fear Street, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room, and Rotten School, and his picture books, with Marc Brown, The Little Shop of Monsters and Mary McScary. R.L. Stine lives in New York City. You can connect with him on Twitter at @RL_Stine or Facebook: facebook.com/rlstine. For more information, visit rlstine.com and scholastic.com/goosebumps.

Hometown:

New York, New York

Date of Birth:

October 8, 1943

Place of Birth:

Columbus, Ohio

Education:

B.A., Ohio State University, 1965

Website:

http://www.rlstine.com

Editorial Reviews

2025-07-04
A dangerous substance livens up a family visit in this latest comics adaptation of one of Stine’s Goosebumps books.

Evan’s less than thrilled to be spending the next few weeks with his formidable great-aunt Kathryn; she greets him with a bloody knife in hand (she was slicing beef, she tersely explains), and she ominously intones that they’ll have to do something about Evan’s dog, Trigger, when he clashes with her cat, Sarabeth. Evan quickly befriends a girl named Andy after she rescues him from the bullying Beymer twins. Enter a can of the titular substance, sold at an antiques store. The green slime seems harmless, but when it grows and begins coming to life, who will stop its rampage? And what secrets are Kathryn and Sarabeth hiding? The tale’s first half is deliberately paced; apart from some foreshadowing, the scares don’t really start until the monster blood begins threatening lives midway through the book. Gonzalez’s cartoon artwork balances pleasant scenes of Evan and Andy hanging out in their suburban neighborhood with forays into a dark, creepy basement and dramatic confrontations with supernatural beings. Exaggerated character reactions keep the energy level high. Though the story contains some spooky moments—like Evan’s body-horror nightmares in which he and Trigger transform into huge monsters—the scares are never overwhelming. Most characters present white; Andy is Black.

Low-key chills, ideal for horror noobs and Goosebumps stalwarts alike.(Graphic horror. 8-12)

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