Hellboy Universe
The Hellboy Universe is the fictional universe of the Hellboy comic and its various spin-offs, created by Mike Mignola. Its first appearance was in a black-and-white, four-page promotional comic by Mike Mignola with a script by John Byrne published by Dark Horse Comics in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2 (19 August 1993), distributed at the San Diego Comic-Con. There are currently 69 trades and 3 OGNs in the series.
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Hellboy
This series, focused on the titular Hellboy, spawned the Hellboy Universe. There are generally two types of Hellboy stories; Pre-Cavendish (stories set chronologically before the first miniseries Hellboy: Seed of Destruction) and Post-Cavendish (stories set chronologically after the first miniseries). Post-Cavendish stories are usually very continuity heavy, and require the reader to be relatively familiar with Hellboy's history. Pre-Cavendish stories tend to be primarily short, stand-alone stories.
In addition to the comics, the Hellboy novels written by author Christopher Golden are also considered in-continuity, although his short stories are not.[1]
Hellboy stories are collected in oversized hardcovers known as library editions.
| Library Edition | Title | Story | Art | Colors | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HELLBOY VOLUME 1 |
HELLBOY ― VOLUME 1: SEED OF DESTRUCTION | ||||
| Seed of Destruction | STORY: Mike Mignola SCRIPT: John Byrne |
Mike Mignola | Mark Chiarello | PART 1: March 1994 PART 2: April 1994 PART 3: May 1994 PART 4: June 1994 | |
| Hellboy Promo #1 | Matt Hollingsworth | August 1993 | |||
| Hellboy Promo #2 | May 1994 | ||||
| HELLBOY ― VOLUME 2: WAKE THE DEVIL | |||||
| Wake the Devil | Mike Mignola | James Sinclair | PART 1: June 1996 PART 2: July 1996 PART 3: August 1996 PART 4: September 1996 PART 5: October 1996 | ||
| HELLBOY VOLUME 2 |
HELLBOY ― VOLUME 3: THE CHAINED COFFIN AND OTHERS | ||||
| The Corpse | Mike Mignola | Matt Hollingsworth | March–August 1995 | ||
| The Iron Shoes | James Sinclair | January 1996 | |||
| The Baba Yaga | Dave Stewart | August 1998 | |||
| A Christmas Underground | December 1997 | ||||
| The Chained Coffin | James Sinclair | August 1995 | |||
| The Wolves of Saint August | August–November 1994 | ||||
| Almost Colossus | PART 1: June 1997 PART 2: July 1997 | ||||
| HELLBOY ― VOLUME 4: THE RIGHT HAND OF DOOM | |||||
| Pancakes | Mike Mignola | Dave Stewart | August 1999 | ||
| The Nature of the Beast | February 2000 | ||||
| King Vold | April 2000 | ||||
| Heads | March 1998 | ||||
| Goodbye Mister Tod | August 1999 | ||||
| The Vârcolac | July 1999 – January 2000 | ||||
| The Right Hand of Doom | August 1998 | ||||
| Box Full of Evil | PART 1: August 1999 PART 2: September 1999 | ||||
| HELLBOY VOLUME 3 |
HELLBOY ― VOLUME 5: CONQUEROR WORM | ||||
| Conqueror Worm | Mike Mignola | Dave Stewart | PART 1: May 2001 PART 2: June 2001 PART 3: July 2001 PART 4: August 2001 | ||
| HELLBOY ― VOLUME 6: STRANGE PLACES | |||||
| The Third Wish | Mike Mignola | Dave Stewart | PART 1: July 2002 PART 2: August 2002 | ||
| The Island | PART 1: June 2005 PART 2: July 2005 | ||||
| HELLBOY VOLUME 4 |
HELLBOY ― VOLUME 7: THE TROLL WITCH AND OTHERS | ||||
| The Penanggalan | Mike Mignola | Dave Stewart | March 2004 | ||
| The Hydra and the Lion | December 2006 | ||||
| The Troll Witch | July 2004 | ||||
| The Vampire of Prague | Mike Mignola | P. Craig Russell | October 2007 | ||
| Dr. Carp's Experiment | Mike Mignola | August 2003 | |||
| The Ghoul | June 2005 | ||||
| Makoma | Mike Mignola | Richard Corben with Mike Mignola |
PART 1: February 2006 PART 2: March 2006 | ||
| HELLBOY ― VOLUME 10: THE CROOKED MAN AND OTHERS | |||||
| The Crooked Man | Mike Mignola | Richard Corben | Dave Stewart | PART 1: July 2008 PART 2: August 2008 PART 3: September 2008 | |
| They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships | Mike Mignola and Joshua Dysart |
Jason Shawn Alexander | August 2007 | ||
| In The Chapel of Moloch | Mike Mignola | October 2008 | |||
| HELLBOY VOLUME 5 |
The Mole | Mike Mignola | Duncan Fegredo | May 2008 | |
| HELLBOY ― VOLUME 8: DARKNESS CALLS | |||||
| Darkness Calls | Mike Mignola | Duncan Fegredo with Mike Mignola |
Dave Stewart | PART 1: May 2007 PART 2: May 2007 PART 3: June 2007 PART 4: July 2007 PART 5: August 2007 PART 6: November 2007 | |
| HELLBOY ― VOLUME 9: THE WILD HUNT | |||||
| The Wild Hunt | Mike Mignola | Duncan Fegredo | Dave Stewart | PART 1: December 2008 PART 2: January 2009 PART 3: February 2009 PART 4: March 2009 PART 5: August 2009 PART 6: September 2009 PART 7: October 2009 PART 8: November 2009 | |
| HELLBOY VOLUME 6 |
HELLBOY ― VOLUME 12: THE STORM AND THE FURY | ||||
| The Storm | Mike Mignola | Duncan Fegredo | Dave Stewart | PART 1: July 2010 PART 2: August 2010 PART 3: September 2010 | |
| The Fury | Duncan Fegredo with Mike Mignola |
PART 1: June 2011 PART 2: July 2011 PART 3: August 2011 | |||
| HELLBOY ― VOLUME 11: THE BRIDE OF HELL AND OTHERS | |||||
| Hellboy in Mexico | Mike Mignola | Richard Corben | Dave Stewart | May 2010 | |
| Double Feature of Evil: "Sullivan's Reward" "The House of Sebek" |
November 2010 | ||||
| The Sleeping and the Dead | Scott Hampton | PART 1: December 2010 PART 2: February 2011 | |||
| The Bride of Hell | Richard Corben | December 2009 | |||
| The Whittier Legacy | Mike Mignola | October 2010 | |||
| Buster Oakley Gets His Wish | Mike Mignola | Kevin Nowlan | April 2011 | ||
| ― | HELLBOY: THE MIDNIGHT CIRCUS (Original Graphic Novel) | ||||
| The Midnight Circus | Mike Mignola | Duncan Fegredo | Dave Stewart | October 2013 | |
| ― | HELLBOY IN MEXICO | ||||
| Hellboy in Mexico | Mike Mignola | Richard Corben | Dave Stewart | May 2010 | |
| Hellboy versus the Aztec Mummy | Mike Mignola | December 2011 | |||
| Hellboy Gets Married | Mike Mignola | Mick Mahon | PART 1: December 2013 PART 2: January 2014 | ||
| The Coffin Man | Fábio Moon | March 2014 | |||
| The Coffin Man 2: The Rematch | Gabriel Bá | February 2015 | |||
| House of the Living Dead | Mike Mignola | Richard Corben | November 2011 | ||
| ― | HELLBOY: INTO THE SILENT SEA (Original Graphic Novel) | ||||
| Into the Silent Sea | Mike Mignola and Gary Gianni |
Gary Gianni | Dave Stewart | April 2017 | |
Hellboy in Hell
Unlike previous Hellboy stories, Hellboy in Hell was an ongoing series. It was not a monthly series, but rather a new issue came out when it is finished. When there was an arc spanning multiple issues, each of those issues came out monthly.[2]
| Library Edition | Title | Story | Art | Colors | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HELLBOY IN HELL |
HELLBOY IN HELL ― VOLUME 1: THE DESCENT | ||||
| Chapter 1: The Descent Chapter 2: Pandemonium Chapter 3: Family Ties Chapter 4: Death Riding an Elephant |
Mike Mignola | Dave Stewart | PART 1: December 2012 PART 2: January 2013 PART 3: February 2013 PART 4: March 2013 | ||
| The Three Gold Whips | December 2013 | ||||
| HELLBOY IN HELL ― VOLUME 2: THE DEATH CARD | |||||
| The Death Card | Mike Mignola | Dave Stewart | May 2014 | ||
| The Trails of Dr. Hoffmann (The Hounds of Pluto – PART 1) |
August 2015 | ||||
| The Hounds of Pluto (The Hounds of Pluto – PART 2) |
September 2015 | ||||
| The Spanish Bride | May 2016 | ||||
| For Whom the Bell Tolls | June 2016 | ||||
| The Exorcist of Vorsk | Mike Mignola and Todd Mignola |
Mike Mignola | November 2015 | ||
Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.
On July 8, 2014, just prior to SDCC 2014, Entertainment Weekly[3] and Nerdist[4] announced the new title, kicking off with a five-issue miniseries. It is set in 1952, beginning with Hellboy's first mission for the B.P.R.D., a series of grisly murders in the Brazilian jungle. The title debuted in December 2014. This series is simultaneously a spin-off of Hellboy and B.P.R.D.
| Title | Story | Art | Colors | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HELLBOY AND THE B.P.R.D.: 1952 | ||||
| 1952 | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Alex Maleev | Dave Stewart | PART 1: December 2014 PART 2: January 2015 PART 3: February 2015 PART 4: March 2015 PART 5: April 2015 |
| HELLBOY AND THE B.P.R.D.: 1953 | ||||
| The Phantom Hand | Mike Mignola | Ben Stenbeck | Dave Stewart | October 2015 |
| Rawhead and Bloody Bones | November 2015 | |||
| The Witch Tree | ||||
| The Kelpie | October 2015 | |||
| Wandering Souls | Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson |
Michael Walsh | January 2016 | |
| Beyond the Fences #1–3 | PENCILS: Paolo Rivera INKS: Joe Rivera |
PART 1: February 2016 PART 2: March 2016 PART 3: April 2016 | ||
| HELLBOY AND THE B.P.R.D.: 1954 | ||||
| The Mirror | Mike Mignola | Richard Corben | Dave Stewart | May 2016 |
| The Black Sun | Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson |
Stephen Green | PART 1: September 2016 PART 2: October 2016 | |
| The Unreasoning Beast | Patric Reynolds | November 2016 | ||
| Ghost Moon | Brian Churilla | PART 1: March 2017 PART 2: April 2017 | ||
B.P.R.D.
B.P.R.D. (Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense) began as an experiment to see if the Hellboy Universe could be expanded with stories without Hellboy in them.[5] It started with a three-page untitled promotional piece before launching into the three-issue miniseries Hollow Earth. The first cycle was later collected in omnibus format and retitled "Plague of Frogs". The series is just finished second, much larger, cycle, "Hell on Earth." Additionally, there are several flashback stories to early periods in the B.P.R.D.'s history.
| Title | Story | Art | Colors | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.P.R.D.: BEING HUMAN | ||||
| The Dead Remembered | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie |
PENCILS: Karl Moline INKS: Andy Owens |
Dave Stewart | PART 1: April 2011 PART 2: May 2011 PART 3: June 2011 |
| Casualties | Guy Davis | July 2011 | ||
| Hellboy: Being Human |
Mike Mignola | Richard Corben | May 2011 | |
| The Ectoplasmic Man | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Ben Stenbeck | June 2008 | |
First Cycle: B.P.R.D. Plague of Frogs
A sub-series largely dealing with a plague of frog monsters. John Arcudi became the lead writer with Mike Mignola with the miniseries The Dead in 2004. This was originally simply known as B.P.R.D., but was retroactively retitled when the B.P.R.D. Plague of Frogs Omnibus Editions were devised to distinguish them from B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth and other B.P.R.D. sub-series. It includes the stories collected in volumes 1–8, 10–12, and 14 of the B.P.R.D. trade paperbacks. They are also collected in the four volumes of the B.P.R.D. Plague of Frogs Omnibus Editions (3 trades in each).
| Omnibus Edition | Title | Story | Art | Colors | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS VOLUME 1 |
B.P.R.D. ― VOLUME 1: HOLLOW EARTH & OTHER STORIES | ||||
| Hollow Earth | Mike Mignola Christopher Golden & Tom Sniegoski |
Ryan Sook INKS: Curtis Arnold |
Dave Stewart | PART 1: January 2002 PART 2: April 2002 PART 3: June 2002 | |
| B.P.R.D. teaser | December 2001 – February 2002 | ||||
| Lobster Johnson: The Killer in My Skull |
Mike Mignola | PENCILS: Matt Smith INKS: Ryan Sook |
August 1999 | ||
| Abe Sapien versus Science | PENCILS: Matt Smith INKS: Mike Mignola |
September 1999 | |||
| Abe Sapien: Drums of the Dead |
Brian McDonald | Derek Thompson | James Sinclair | March 1998 | |
| B.P.R.D. ― VOLUME 2: THE SOUL OF VENICE & OTHER STORIES | |||||
| The Soul of Venice | Mike Mignola Miles Gunter & Michael Avon Oeming |
Michael Avon Oeming | Dave Stewart | May 2003 | |
| Dark Waters | Brian Augustyn | Guy Davis | July 2003 | ||
| Night Train | Geoff Johns & Scott Kolins |
Scott Kolins & Dave Stewart |
September 2003 | ||
| There's Something Under My Bed | Joe Harris | PENCILS: Adam Pollina INKS: Guillermo Zubiaga |
Lee Loughridge | November 2003 | |
| Another Day at the Office | Mike Mignola | Cameron Stewart | Michelle Madsen | August 2004 | |
| B.P.R.D. ― VOLUME 3: PLAGUE OF FROGS | |||||
| Plague of Frogs | Mike Mignola | Guy Davis | Dave Stewart | PART 1: March 2004 PART 2: April 2004 PART 3: May 2004 PART 4: June 2004 PART 5: July 2004 | |
| B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS VOLUME 2 |
B.P.R.D. ― VOLUME 4: THE DEAD | ||||
| Born Again | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Guy Davis | Dave Stewart | March 2004 | |
| The Dead | PART 1: November 2004 PART 2: December 2004 PART 3: January 2005 PART 4: February 2005 PART 5: March 2005 | ||||
| B.P.R.D. ― VOLUME 12: WAR ON FROGS | |||||
| War on Frogs #1 | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
PENCILS: Herb Trimpe INKS: Guy Davis |
Dave Stewart | June 2008 | |
| Revival | Guy Davis | March–April 2008 | |||
| War on Frogs #2 | John Severin | December 2008 | |||
| War on Frogs #4 | Peter Snejbjerg | Bjarne Hansen | December 2009 | ||
| War on Frogs #3 | Karl Moline | Dave Stewart | June 2009 | ||
| B.P.R.D. ― VOLUME 5: THE BLACK FLAME | |||||
| The Black Flame | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Guy Davis | Dave Stewart | PART 1: August 2005 PART 2: September 2005 PART 3: October 2005 PART 4: November 2005 PART 5: December 2005 PART 6: January 2006 | |
| B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS VOLUME 3 |
B.P.R.D. ― VOLUME 6: THE UNIVERSAL MACHINE | ||||
| The Universal Machine | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Guy Davis with Mike Mignola |
Dave Stewart | PART 1: April 2006 PART 2: May 2006 PART 3: June 2006 PART 4: July 2006 PART 5: August 2006 | |
| B.P.R.D. ― VOLUME 7: GARDEN OF SOULS | |||||
| Garden of Souls | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Guy Davis | Dave Stewart | PART 1: March 2007 PART 2: April 2007 PART 3: May 2007 PART 4: June 2007 PART 5: July 2007 | |
| B.P.R.D. ― VOLUME 8: KILLING GROUND | |||||
| Killing Ground | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Guy Davis | Dave Stewart | PART 1: August 2007 PART 2: September 2007 PART 3: October 2007 PART 4: November 2007 PART 5: December 2007 | |
| B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS VOLUME 4 |
B.P.R.D. ― VOLUME 10: THE WARNING | ||||
| Out of Reach | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Guy Davis | Dave Stewart | May 2008 | |
| The Warning | PART 1: July 2008 PART 2: August 2008 PART 3: September 2008 PART 4: October 2008 PART 5: November 2008 | ||||
| B.P.R.D. ― VOLUME 11: THE BLACK GODDESS | |||||
| The Black Goddess | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Guy Davis | Dave Stewart | PART 1: January 2009 PART 2: February 2009 PART 3: March 2009 PART 4: April 2009 PART 5: May 2009 | |
| B.P.R.D. ― VOLUME 14: KING OF FEAR | |||||
| King of Fear | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Guy Davis | Dave Stewart | PART 1: January 2010 PART 2: February 2010 PART 3: March 2010 PART 4: April 2010 PART 5: May 2010 | |
Second Cycle: B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth
A direct continuation of the B.P.R.D. Plague of Frogs cycle dealing with the apocalyptic events in the wake of the Frog War. For the 100th issue, it officially shifted from a series of miniseries to a monthly ongoing series. John Arcudi is the lead writer with Mike Mignola.
| Omnibus Edition | Title | Story | Art | Colors | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 1 |
B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH ― VOLUME 1: NEW WORLD | ||||
| New World | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Guy Davis | Dave Stewart | PART 1: August 2010 PART 2: September 2010 PART 3: October 2010 PART 4: November 2010 PART 5: December 2010 | |
| Seattle | March 2011 | ||||
| B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH ― VOLUME 2: GODS AND MONSTERS | |||||
| Gods | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Guy Davis | Dave Stewart | PART 1: January 2011 PART 2: February 2011 PART 3: March 2011 | |
| Monsters | Tyler Crook | PART 1: July 2011 PART 2: August 2011 | |||
| B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH ― VOLUME 3: RUSSIA | |||||
| Russia | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Tyler Crook | Dave Stewart | PART 1: September 2011 PART 2: October 2011 PART 3: November 2011 PART 4: December 2011 PART 5: January 2012 | |
| An Unmarked Grave | Duncan Fegredo | February 2012 | |||
| ― | B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH ― VOLUME 4: THE DEVIL'S ENGINE & THE LONG DEATH | ||||
| The Devil's Engine | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Tyler Crook | Dave Stewart | PART 1: May 2012 PART 2: June 2012 PART 3: July 2012 | |
| The Long Death | James Harren | PART 1: February 2012 PART 2: March 2012 PART 3: April 2012 | |||
| B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH ― VOLUME 5: THE PICKENS COUNTY HORROR & OTHERS | |||||
| The Pickens County Horror | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie |
Jason Latour | Dave Stewart | PART 1: March 2012 PART 2: April 2012 | |
| The Transformation of J.H. O'Donnell | Max Fiumara | May 2012 | |||
| The Abyss of Time | James Harren | PART 1: January 2013 PART 2: February 2013 | |||
| B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH ― VOLUME 6: THE RETURN OF THE MASTER | |||||
| The Return of the Master | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Tyler Crook | Dave Stewart | PART 1: August 2012 PART 2: September 2012 PART 3: October 2012 PART 4: November 2012 PART 5: December 2012 | |
| ― | B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH ― VOLUME 7: A COLD DAY IN HELL | ||||
| Wasteland | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Laurence Campbell | Dave Stewart | PART 1: May 2013 PART 2: June 2013 PART 3: July 2013 | |
| A Cold Day in Hell | Peter Snejbjerg | PART 1: March 2013 PART 2: April 2013 | |||
| B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH ― VOLUME 8: LAKE OF FIRE | |||||
| Lake of Fire | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Tyler Crook | Dave Stewart | PART 1: August 2013 PART 2: September 2013 PART 3: October 2013 PART 4: November 2013 PART 5: December 2013 | |
| B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH ― VOLUME 9: THE REIGN OF THE BLACK FLAME | |||||
| The Reign of the Black Flame | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
James Harren | Dave Stewart | PART 1: January 2014 PART 2: February 2014 PART 3: March 2014 PART 4: April 2014 PART 5: May 2014 | |
| ― | B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH ― VOLUME 10: THE DEVIL'S WINGS | ||||
| The Devil's Wings | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Laurence Campbell | Dave Stewart | PART 1: June 2014 PART 2: July 2014 | |
| The Broken Equation | Joe Querio | PART 1: August 2014 PART 2: September 2014 | |||
| Grind | Tyler Crook | October 2014 | |||
| B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH ― VOLUME 11: FLESH AND STONE | |||||
| Flesh and Stone | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
James Harren | Dave Stewart | PART 1: November 2014 PART 2: December 2014 PART 3: January 2015 PART 4: February 2015 PART 5: March 2015 | |
| B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH ― VOLUME 12: METAMORPHOSIS | |||||
| Nowhere, Nothing, Never | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Peter Snejbjerg | Dave Stewart | PART 1: April 2015 PART 2: May 2015 PART 3: June 2015 | |
| Modern Prometheus | Julián Totino Tedesco | PART 1: July 2015 PART 2: August 2015 | |||
| ― | B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH ― VOLUME 14: THE EXORCIST | ||||
| Exorcism | Mike Mignola and Cameron Stewart |
Cameron Stewart | Dave Stewart | PART 1: June 2012 PART 2: July 2012 | |
| The Exorcist | Mike Mignola Cameron Stewart and Chris Roberson |
Mike Norton | PART 1: April 2016 PART 2: May 2016 PART 3: June 2016 | ||
| B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH ― VOLUME 13: END OF DAYS | |||||
| End of Days | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Laurence Campbell | Dave Stewart | PART 1: September 2015 PART 2: October 2015 PART 3: November 2015 PART 4: December 2015 PART 5: January 2016 | |
| B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH ― VOLUME 15: COMETH THE HOUR | |||||
| Cometh the Hour | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Laurence Campbell | Dave Stewart | PART 1: July 2016 PART 2: August 2016 PART 3: September 2016 PART 4: October 2016 PART 5: November 2016 | |
Third Cycle: B.P.R.D. The Devil You Know
Following B.P.R.D. Plague of Frogs and B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth will be a third and final story cycle.
B.P.R.D. 1946 – 1948
A sub-series dealing with the early years of the B.P.R.D. (though there is a short story set even earlier). The series was originally planned to go for longer, on into the 1950s,[6] but it was cut short because Mike Mignola felt he had too many books going on.[7] Joshua Dysart was the lead writer for this series, although the final miniseries was written by John Arcudi to connect with what he was doing in B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth. In addition to 1946, 1947 and 1948, the series also includes the short stories Bishop Olek’s Devil and And What Shall I Find There?
The trades B.P.R.D.: 1946 and B.P.R.D.: 1947 were originally volumes 9 and 13 of the original B.P.R.D. numbering before the B.P.R.D. Plague of Frogs omnibuses were devised. Reprints of these volumes no longer have numbers on their spines.
| Omnibus Edition | Title | Story | Art | Colors | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.P.R.D. 1946 – 1948 |
B.P.R.D. ― VOLUME 9: 1946 | ||||
| 1946 | Mike Mignola and Joshua Dysart |
Paul Azaceta | Nick Filardi | PART 1: January 2008 PART 2: February 2008 PART 3: March 2008 PART 4: April 2008 PART 5: May 2008 | |
| Bishop Olek's Devil | May 2008 | ||||
| B.P.R.D. ― VOLUME 13: 1947 | |||||
| 1947 | Mike Mignola and Joshua Dysart |
Gabriel Bá & Fábio Moon |
Dave Stewart | PART 1: July 2009 PART 2: August 2009 PART 3: September 2009 PART 4: October 2009 PART 5: November 2009 | |
| And What Shall I Find There? | Patric Reynolds | June 2009 | |||
| B.P.R.D.: 1948 | |||||
| 1948 | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Max Fiumara | Dave Stewart | PART 1: October 2012 PART 2: November 2012 PART 3: December 2012 PART 4: January 2013 PART 5: February 2013 | |
B.P.R.D. Vampire
This was discreetly introduced as a new series of B.P.R.D. when the trade come out with a number 1 on its spine and "B.P.R.D. Vampire" written in the series box (instead of just the usual "B.P.R.D."). Picking up after B.P.R.D.: 1948, Vampire follows the story of B.P.R.D. Agent Simon Anders as he hunts vampires. The series is written and drawn by twins Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon with Mike Mingola. Mike Mignola has said the twins have the freedom to write and draw more stories with this character if they wish.[8]
| Title | Story | Art | Colors | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.P.R.D. VAMPIRE ― VOLUME 1 | ||||
| Vampire | Mike Mignola and Gabriel Bá & Fábio Moon |
Gabriel Bá & Fábio Moon |
Dave Stewart | PART 1: March 2013 PART 2: April 2013 PART 3: May 2013 PART 4: June 2013 PART 5: July 2013 |
Lobster Johnson
The second Hellboy spin-off, concerning the adventures of The Lobster. The first Lobster Johnson story, The Killer in My Skull (11 August 1999), was collected in trade paperback under the B.P.R.D. banner. It properly became its own series when The Iron Prometheus miniseries began (5 September 2007). John Arcudi became the lead writer with Mike Mignola from 2012's The Burning Hand with the stories continuing mostly chronologically from there.
| Title | Story | Art | Colors | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOBSTER JOHNSON ― VOLUME 1: THE IRON PROMETHEUS | ||||
| The Iron Prometheus | Mike Mignola | Jason Armstrong | Dave Stewart | PART 1: September 2007 PART 2: October 2007 PART 3: November 2007 PART 4: December 2007 PART 5: January 2008 |
| LOBSTER JOHNSON ― VOLUME 2: THE BURNING HAND | ||||
| The Burning Hand | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Tonci Zonjic | Dave Stewart | PART 1: January 2012 PART 2: February 2012 PART 3: March 2012 PART 4: April 2012 PART 5: May 2012 |
| LOBSTER JOHNSON ― VOLUME 3: SATAN SMELLS A RAT | ||||
| Caput Mortuum | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Tonci Zonjic | Dave Stewart | September 2012 |
| Satan Smells a Rat | Kevin Nowlan | May 2013 | ||
| Tony Masso's Finest Hour | Joe Querio | Dave Stewart | February 2012 | |
| A Scent of Lotus | Sebastián Fiumara | PART 1: July 2013 PART 2: August 2013 | ||
| The Prayer of Neferu | Wilfredo Torres | August 2012 | ||
| LOBSTER JOHNSON ― VOLUME 4: GET THE LOBSTER | ||||
| Get the Lobster | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Tonci Zonjic | Dave Stewart | PART 1: February 2014 PART 2: March 2014 PART 3: April 2014 PART 4: June 2014 PART 5: August 2014 |
| LOBSTER JOHNSON ― VOLUME 5: THE PIRATE'S GHOST AND METAL MONSTERS OF MIDTOWN | ||||
| Metal Monsters of Midtown | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Tonci Zonjic | Dave Stewart | PART 1: May 2016 PART 2: June 2016 PART 3: July 2016 |
| The Pirate's Ghost | Tonci Zonjic | PART 1: March 2017 PART 2: April 2017 PART 3: May 2017 | ||
| LOBSTER JOHNSON ― VOLUME 6: A CHAIN FORGED IN LIFE | ||||
| A Chain Forged in Life | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Troy Nixey with Kevin Nowlan |
Dave Stewart with Kevin Nowlan |
July 2015 |
| The Glass Mantis | Toni Fejzula | December 2015 | ||
| The Forgotten Man | Peter Snejbjerg | Dave Stewart | April 2016 | |
| Garden of Bones | Stephen Green | January 2017 | ||
| Mangekyō | Ben Stenbeck | August 2017 | ||
Abe Sapien
The first spin-off from Hellboy, centred around Abraham Sapien, beginning with Drums of the Dead (4 March 1998). This story was eventually collected in trade paperback under the B.P.R.D. banner along with the second Abe Sapien story Abe Sapien versus Science (8 September 1999). It wasn't until the third Abe Sapien story, The Drowning that this spin-off was collected in trade paperback under its own banner. The series became an ongoing series with Scott Allie as the lead writer with Mike Mignola in April 2013 beginning with the launch of Abe Sapien: Dark and Terrible.[9]
| Omnibus Edition | Title | Story | Art | Colors | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ― | ABE SAPIEN ― VOLUME 1: THE DROWNING | ||||
| The Drowning | Mike Mignola | Jason Shawn Alexander | Dave Stewart | PART 1: February 2008 PART 2: March 2008 PART 3: April 2008 PART 4: May 2008 PART 5: June 2008 | |
| ― | ABE SAPIEN ― VOLUME 2: THE DEVIL DOES NOT JEST AND OTHER STORIES | ||||
| The Haunted Boy | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Patric Reynolds | Dave Stewart | October 2009 | |
| The Abyssal Plain | Peter Snejbjerg | PART 1: June 2010 PART 2: July 2010 | |||
| The Devil Does Not Jest | James Harren | PART 1: September 2011 PART 2: October 2011 | |||
| ABE SAPIEN DARK AND TERRIBLE VOLUME 1 |
ABE SAPIEN ― VOLUME 3: DARK AND TERRIBLE AND THE NEW RACE OF MAN | ||||
| Dark and Terrible | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie |
Sebastián Fiumara | Dave Stewart | PART 1: April 2013 PART 2: May 2013 PART 3: June 2013 | |
| The New Race of Man | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Max Fiumara | PART 1: July 2013 PART 2: August 2013 | ||
| ABE SAPIEN ― VOLUME 4: THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME | |||||
| The Shape of Things to Come | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie |
Sebastián Fiumara INKS: Max Fiumara |
Dave Stewart | PART 1: October 2013 PART 2: November 2013 | |
| To the Last Man | Max Fiumara | PART 1: January 2014 PART 2: February 2014 PART 3: March 2014 | |||
| ABE SAPIEN ― VOLUME 5: SACRED PLACES | |||||
| The Garden (I) | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie |
Max Fiumara | Dave Stewart | May 2014 | |
| The Healer | Sebastián Fiumara | June 2014 | |||
| Visions, Dreams, and Fishin' | Max Fiumara | July 2014 | |||
| Sacred Places | Sebastián Fiumara | PART 1: September 2014 PART 2: October 2014 | |||
| ABE SAPIEN DARK AND TERRIBLE VOLUME 2 |
ABE SAPIEN ― VOLUME 6: A DARKNESS SO GREAT | ||||
| A Darkness So Great | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie |
Max Fiumara and Sebastián Fiumara with R. Sikoryak |
Dave Stewart | PART 1: December 2014 PART 2: January 2015 PART 3: February 2015 PART 4: March 2015 PART 5: April 2015 | |
| ABE SAPIEN ― VOLUME 7: THE SECRET FIRE | |||||
| The Shadow Over Suwanee | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie |
Sebastián Fiumara with Max Fiumara and Tyler Crook |
Dave Stewart | PART 1: July 2015 PART 2: August 2015 PART 3: September 2015 | |
| The Garden (II) | Max Fiumara | PART 1: November 2015 PART 2: December 2015 | |||
| The Black School | Sebastián Fiumara | February 2016 | |||
| ABE SAPIEN ― VOLUME 8: THE DESOLATE SHORE | |||||
| Regressions | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie |
Max Fiumara | Dave Stewart | PART 1: April 2016 PART 2: May 2016 | |
| Dark and Terrible Deep | Sebastián Fiumara | June 2016 | |||
| The Garden (III) | Max Fiumara | July 2016 | |||
| The Desolate Shore | Sebastián Fiumara | August 2016 | |||
| ― | ABE SAPIEN ― VOLUME 9: LOST LIVES AND OTHER STORIES | ||||
| The Land of the Dead | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie |
Michael Avon Oeming | Dave Stewart | December 2013 | |
| Witchcraft & Demonology | Santiago Caruso | January 2016 | |||
| The Ogopogo | Kevin Nowlan | May 2015 | |||
| Subconscious | John Arcudi | Mark Nelson | June 2015 | ||
| Lost Lives | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie |
Juan Ferreyra | Juan Ferreyra Eduardo Ferreyra |
August 2014 | |
| Icthyo Sapien | Alise Gluškova | October 2015 | |||
Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder
This Hellboy spin-off primarily features stories about the witchfinder Sir Edward Grey, although on one occasion it included The Burial of Katharine Baker, which is about another witchfinder, Henry Hood. The Mysteries of Unland was one of the few stories in which Mike Mignola was not involved in the writing. In August 2016, Chris Roberson came on board the series in a more long-term capacity.
| Title | Story | Art | Colors | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIR EDWARD GREY, WITCHFINDER ― VOLUME 1: IN THE SERVICE OF ANGELS | ||||
| In the Service of Angels | Mike Mignola | Ben Stenbeck | Dave Stewart | PART 1: July 2009 PART 2: August 2009 PART 3: September 2009 PART 4: October 2009 PART 5: November 2009 |
| Murderous Intent | November 2008 | |||
| The Burial of Katharine Baker | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie |
Patric Reynolds | October 2009 | |
| SIR EDWARD GREY, WITCHFINDER ― VOLUME 2: LOST AND GONE FOREVER | ||||
| Lost and Gone Forever | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
John Severin | Dave Stewart | PART 1: February 2011 PART 2: March 2011 PART 3: April 2011 PART 4: May 2011 PART 5: June 2011 |
| SIR EDWARD GREY, WITCHFINDER ― VOLUME 3: THE MYSTERIES OF UNLAND | ||||
| The Mysteries of Unland | Kim Newman and Maura McHugh |
Tyler Crook | Dave Stewart | PART 1: June 2014 PART 2: July 2014 PART 3: August 2014 PART 4: September 2014 PART 5: October 2014 |
| Beware the Ape | Mike Mignola | Ben Stenbeck | May 2014 | |
| SIR EDWARD GREY, WITCHFINDER ― VOLUME 4: CITY OF THE DEAD | ||||
| City of the Dead | Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson |
Ben Stenbeck | Michelle Madsen | PART 1: August 2016 PART 2: September 2016 PART 3: October 2016 PART 4: November 2016 PART 5: December 2016 |
Sledgehammer 44
First published in March 2013, Sledgehammer 44 is about the Vril Energy Suit "Epimetheus," more commonly known as "Sledgehammer" in 1944.
| Title | Story | Art | Colors | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLEDGEHAMMER 44 ― VOLUME 1 | ||||
| Sledgehammer 44 | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Jason Latour | Dave Stewart | PART 1: March 2013 PART 2: April 2013 |
| Lightning War | Laurence Campbell | PART 1: November 2013 PART 2: December 2013 PART 3: January 2014 | ||
Frankenstein Underground
In 2015 a new title was released, Frankenstein Underground, following the story of Frankenstein's Monster. This character has previously appeared in Hellboy: House of the Living Dead. This series is meant to be only be a single book.[10]
| Title | Story | Art | Colors | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRANKENSTEIN UNDERGROUND | ||||
| Frankenstein Underground | Mike Mignola | Ben Stenbeck | Dave Stewart | PART 1: March 2015 PART 2: April 2015 PART 3: May 2015 PART 4: June 2015 PART 5: July 2015 |
Rise of the Black Flame
In June 2016, Rise of the Black Flame was announced, a five-issue miniseries exploring the history of the Black Flame and the cult around him.[11]
| Title | Story | Art | Colors | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RISE OF THE BLACK FLAME | ||||
| Rise of the Black Flame | Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson |
Christopher Mitten | Dave Stewart | PART 1: September 2016 PART 2: October 2016 PART 3: November 2016 PART 4: December 2016 PART 5: January 2017 |
The Visitor: How and Why He Stayed
In October 2016, The Visitor: How and Why He Stayed was announced, a five-issue miniseries about the alien Hellboy met in Conqueror Worm.[12]
| Title | Story | Art | Colors | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE VISITOR: HOW AND WHY HE STAYED | ||||
| The Visitor: How and Why He Stayed | Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson |
Paul Grist | Bill Crabtree | PART 1: February 2017 PART 2: March 2017 PART 3: April 2017 PART 4: May 2017 PART 5: June 2017 |
| God Rest Ye Merry | January 2017 | |||
Rasputin: The Voice of the Dragon
In July 2017, a five-issue miniseries, Rasputin: The Voice of the Dragon, was announced for November that year.[13]
Koshchei the Deathless
During an interview in 2015, Mike Mignola announced he was working on a Koshchei the Deathless miniseries.[14] This was confirmed in July 2017 with the announcement of a six-issue miniseries drawn by Ben Stenbeck.[15]
Other
While Hellboy: Weird Tales is out of continuity, a pair of canon stories, How Koshchei Became Deathless and Baba Yaga's Feast, were collected in the Hellboy: Weird Tales hardcover omnibus in November, 2014.
Any Hellboy cross-overs, guest appearances, novels (excepting Christopher Golden's three novels) and role-playing games are not considered within continuity.[16]
In other media
Hellboy Cinematic Universe
This includes the Hellboy film, its sequel and the comic The Golden Army.
Hellboy Animated Universe
This includes the Hellboy Animated films Sword of Storms and Blood and Iron and the Hellboy Animated comics line.
See also
Notes
- ^ Christopher Golden, "Post on the CBR Hellboy forum", Comic Book Resources, 7 January 2011
- ^ http://comicsbeat.com/eccc-13-liveblogging-from-the-pages-of-hellboy/. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Christenson, Kurt. ""Hellboy and the B.P.R.D." delves into Hellboy's -- and his creator's -- past". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ^ Casey, Dan. "SDCC Exclusive: Alex Maleev Talks Dark Horse's New "Hellboy and the BPRD" Series". Nerdist. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ^ Mike Mignola, Afterward from B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs trade paperback, 23 February 2005
- ^ Shaun Manning, "Mignola on Hellboy's Extended Universe", Comic Book Resources, 3 March 2008
- ^ Alex Dueben, "Mike Mignola’s Amazing Screw-On Head", Suicide Girls, 6 October 2010
- ^ Casey, Dan. "Comic Book Day: To Hell and Back with Mike Mignola". Interview. Nerdist.com. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ^ Salvatore, Brian. "Talkin' Abe Sapien with Scott Allie". Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ^ Zalben, Alex. ""Hellboy" Creator Reveals His Next Book: "Frankenstein Underground"". MTV. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ "Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson Unleash a Terrifying Meditation on the Nature of Evil". Dark Horse. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ^ "Announcing "The Visitor: How And Why He Stayed", One of the Strangest Mysteries of the Hellboy World". Dark Horse. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ Tweedale, Mark. "Mignolaversity News Update – July 2017". Multiversity Comics. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ "On Russia with Mike Mignola". Hellboymedia. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ^ Knight, Rosie. "Mike Mignola Talks Killing Hellboy and Resurrecting His World (Exclusive)". Nerdist. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ Christopher Golden, "Post on the CBR Hellboy forum", Comic Book Resources, 7 January 2011
References
- Stephen Weiner & Jason Hall, Hellboy: The Companion, 21 May 2008 ISBN 978-1-59307-655-9
- Dark Horse's Hellboy website
- Shaun Manning, "Hell(boy) on Earth" - PART 1, PART 2, PART 3, PART 4, PART 5, Comic Book Resources, 7–17 December 2010
- Kiel Phegley, CCI: Hellboy, The B.P.R.D. and Beyond, Comic Book Resources, 5 August 2010
- Kiel Phegley, "To Hellboy and Back" - PART 1, PART 2, PART 3, PART 4, PART 5, PART 6, PART 7, Comic Book Resources, 22 March - 18 June 2010
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