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Hellboy (Ongoing Order)
Series · 18
books · 1994-2019

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#1

Hellboy

Seed of Destruction #1

2019

From his apocalyptic origin in World War II England to the modern-day case of the sole survivor of a doomed Arctic expedition, Hellboy must battle vampire frog creatures and worse in his debut miniseries. Created by Mike Mignola, with a script by John Byrne and colors by Mark Chiarello. Hellboy is the World's Greatest Paranormal Investigator.
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#4

Hellboy

Seed of Destruction #4

1994

In Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #4, Hellboy's first adventure reaches its chilling climax! Far beneath the tumbling walls of the Cavendish mansion, Hellboy battles the grasping fingers of a giant bony hand as the world lurches toward its horrific end through the unholy sacrifice of Hellboy's pal Liz Sherman. Hellboy's ichthyoid companion could save the day, but Abe Sapien is gone! Ghosts, tentacles, fire, brimstone, paralysis, massive destruction—it's all here!
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#5

Hellboy

The Wolves of Saint August

1995

No one remembers the last time the church bells rang in the small town of Saint August. Now, the Balkan village has been wiped out overnight—167 brutal killings. Hellboy, world-renowned occult investigator, aims to lift a 780-year-old curse, in a tale of ghosts, werewolves, and crumbling chapels. Horror lives in Mike Mignola's Hellboy: The Wolves of Saint August, a 48-page prestige format graphic novel. Originally presented in black and white in Dark Horse Presents issues 88–91, Mignola has added eight new story pages to this full-color package, which also includes all four of the original covers; a fifth unused cover, plus an all-new painted cover, topping it all off. If you're unfamiliar with Hellboy, this book will come upon you like a judgment.
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#6

Hellboy

The Corpse and the Iron Shoes

2011

In Hellboy: The Corpse and the Iron Shoes, the Monaghans have a problem faeries have stolen their baby. Tam O'Clannie's problem is he wants a Christian burial, and he's already getting pretty ripe. Hellboy has more than his share of problems with border goblins, dead men, and war monsters, as he tries to make everyone happy in one night, roaming the Irish landscape looking for a Christian graveyard and finding only pagan monstrosities. In the backup "The Iron Shoes," Hellboy enters a battered medieval tower to take on a footnote from Irish folklore.
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#7

Hellboy

Wake the Devil #1

1996

Mike Mignola's Hellboy is back in action in Hellboy: Wake the Devil #1! This time, he's working with the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense to hunt down the legendary nobleman vampire Vladimir Giurescu, who is woken by the same newly defrosted Nazis seen in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction. Unbeknownst to them all, the Bureau is walking into the biggest disaster in its fifty-year history! Hellboy fans will not want to miss this spectacular miniseries with direct tie-ins to the first Hellboy arc, Seed of Destruction!
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#12

Hellboy

Almost Colossus #1

2015

In Mike Mignola's Hellboy: Almost Colossus, Hellboy must save the life of his friend by tracking down a five-hundred-year-old artificial manthe Czege homunculus. The trail leads from desecrated cemeteries to a haunted ruin as Hellboy's search leads him deeper into horror. Don't miss this special, two-issue sequel to Hellboy: Wake the Devil!
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#13

Hellboy

Almost Colossus #2

2015

In the terrifying conclusion to Mike Mignola's Hellboy: Almost Colossus, the mystery of the plundered graves leads Hellboy to a million gallons of boiling human fat and the unnatural birth of the God of Science. Don't miss the last issue of this chilling miniseries from comics legend Mike Mignola!
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#14

Hellboy

A Christmas Underground

1999

Hellboy spends Christmas underground with dead guys in a full-length story full of weird yuletide cheer.
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#18

Hellboy

Conqueror Worm #2

2010

At Hunte Castle final preparations are made for the arrival of the Conqueror Worm. Roger the Homunculus teams with Lobster Johnson (who may or may not be alive) to battle a laboratory full of mechanical corpses, while Hellboy is tortured by a big Nazi gorilla.
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#25

Hellboy

Makoma #1

2006

Hellboy: Makoma; or, A Tale Told by a Mummy in the New York City Explorers' Club on August 16, 1993 #1 Award-winning Hellboy creator Mike Mignola teams with comics legend Richard Corben. Corben has been creating bizarre and beautiful comics since the 1970s, working on the most notable horror and sci-fi titles of the original small-press boom. His work was brought to the big screen in the film Heavy Metal, and he achieved mainstream stardom after collaborations with Brian Azzarello and Garth Ennis, bringing a fresh perspective to such characters as the Hulk and the Punisher, among others. Set long before the life-changing events of The Island, the two-part Makoma reveals Hellboy's earlier encounter with the powerful mythology of Africa. Mignola writes and provides the cover, as well as drawing part of the story, with the lion's share drawn by Corben, in a collaboration that proves to be a horror-comics event that must be seen.
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#31

Hellboy

Darkness Calls #5

2015

Hellboy's struggle with Koshchei continues, as Gruagach and the witches draw closer to their sinister quarry. The long-awaited follow-up to 2005's The Island, the six-issue Darkness Calls sees Mike Mignola pushing his greatest creation, Hellboy, toward the next major turning point in his life, with haunting art by Duncan Fegredo (Enigma, Ultimate Adventures). Hellboy vs. Koshchei the Deathless!
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#33

Hellboy

The Crooked Man #1

2008

In 1956, somewhere in the mountains of West Virginia, Hellboy encounters Tom, a man who in his youth sold his soul to a backwoods demon known as the Crooked Man. Together they travel back into the dark heart of the Appalachian mountains to confront that demon and see if Tom's soul can't be saved. This three-issue series reunites Mignola and legendary horror artist Richard Corben (Hellboy in Mexico, Hellboy: Makoma, Hellboy: Being Human) in a tale of witchcraft rooted in Appalachian folklore. Mignola and Corben team up for the first time since Makoma! Award-winning artist Richard Corben returns to Hellboy!
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#42

Hellboy

The Wild Hunt #6

2009

With the Queen of Blood's legion of followers growing ever larger, it's clear that Hellboy needs to find some powerful allies of his own if he's to have any hope of saving humankind. As luck would have it, it seems one has found him. But this mysterious benefactor—an ancient sorceress of legendary power and ambition—has an agenda of her own... on behalf of Hellboy's ancestors! Shocking secrets about Hellboy's bloodline revealed!
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#46

Hellboy In Mexico

2015

Hellboy in Mexico; or, A Drunken Blur During the 1950s, Hellboy caravans across Mexico with a trio of vampire- killing luchadores, finding the undead, evil turkeys, a terrible bat god, and a little too much tequila. This story reunites Mike Mignola and Richard Corben, the creative team behind the Eisner Award“winning miniseries Hellboy: The Crooked Man!
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#47

Hellboy

The Storm #1

2015

A terrible storm is brewing, bodies are missing from their tombs, and the forces of darkness gather against Hellboy for a final bloody showdown. Mignola and Fegredo reunite for the final arc of the best-selling saga that includes Hellboy: Darkness Calls and Hellboy: The Wild Hunt.
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#48

Hellboy

The Storm #2

2015

While Hellboy rages against a deadly soldier of the Queen of Blood, her army grows stronger in preparation for a war of vengeance, in which the end of the world is inevitable. Mignola and Fegredo reunite for the final arc of the best-selling saga that includes Hellboy: Darkness Calls and Hellboy: The Wild Hunt.
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#54

Hellboy

Being Human

2011

A horrible witch and her zombie servant host a dinner party for a family of corpses, and Hellboy and Roger turn up to blast them all back to hell in this team-up story from Roger's early days at the B.P.R.D. Art by Richard Corben (Hellboy: The Bride of Hell, Hellboy in Mexico, Hellboy: The Crooked Ma). Features an early team-up with fan favorite Roger! Twenty-eight story pages of blood-curdling horror!
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#55

Hellboy

The Fury #1

2011

War ensues between the forces of good and evil as Hellboy finally confronts the Queen of Blood one on one, setting the stage for a new chapter in Hellboy's life! Mike Mignola and Duncan Fegredo conclude an epic collaboration that began in 2007's Darkness Calls! Hellboy faces his demons!

Authors

John Byrne
John Byrne
Author · 202 books

Librarian note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name John Lindley Byrne is a British-born Canadian-American author and artist of comic books. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on nearly every major American superhero. Byrne's better-known work has been on Marvel Comics' X-Men and Fantastic Four and the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics’ Superman franchise. Coming into the comics profession exclusively as a penciler, Byrne began co-plotting the X-Men comics during his tenure on them, and launched his writing career in earnest with Fantastic Four (where he also started inking his own pencils). During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including Next Men and Danger Unlimited. He also wrote the first issues of Mike Mignola's Hellboy series and produced a number of Star Trek comics for IDW Publishing.

Richard Corben
Richard Corben
Author · 24 books
American illustrator and comic book artist best known for his comics featured in Heavy Metal magazine. He won the 2009 Spectrum Grand Master Award. In 2012 he was elected to the The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame.
Mike Mignola
Mike Mignola
Author · 291 books

Mike Mignola was born September 16, 1960 in Berkeley, California and grew up in nearby Oakland. His fascination with ghosts and monsters began at an early age (he doesn't remember why) and reading Dracula at age 13 introduced him to Victorian literature and folklore from which he has never recovered. In 1982, hoping to find a way to draw monsters for a living, he moved to New York City and began working for Marvel Comics, first as a (very terrible) inker and then as an artist on comics like Rocket Raccoon, Alpha Flight and The Hulk. By the late 80s he had begun to develop his signature style (thin lines, clunky shapes and lots of black) and moved onto higher profile commercial projects like Cosmic Odyssey (1988) and Gotham by Gaslight (1989) for DC Comics, and the not-so-commercial Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser (1990) for Marvel. In 1992, he drew the comic book adaptation of the film Bram Stoker's Dracula for Topps Comics. In 1993, Mike moved to Dark Horse comics and created Hellboy, a half-demon occult detective who may or may not be the Beast of the Apocalypse. While the first story line (Seed of Destruction, 1994) was co-written by John Byrne, Mike has continued writing the series himself. There are, at this moment, 13 Hellboy graphic novel collections (with more on the way), several spin-off titles (B.P.R.D., Lobster Johnson, Abe Sapien and Witchfinder), three anthologies of prose stories, several novels, two animated films and two live-action films staring Ron Perlman. Hellboy has earned numerous comic industry awards and is published in a great many countries. Mike also created the award-winning comic book The Amazing Screw-on Head and has co-written two novels (Baltimore, or, the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire and Joe Golem and the Drowning City) with best-selling author Christopher Golden. Mike worked (very briefly) with Francis Ford Coppola on his film Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), was a production designer on the Disney film Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) and was visual consultant to director Guillermo del Toro on Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008). He lives somewhere in Southern California with his wife, daughter, a lot of books and a cat.

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