Hellboy
Hellboy | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
First appearance |
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Created by | Mike Mignola |
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Alter ego | Anung un Rama |
Species | Cambion (half-human, half-demon) |
Team affiliations | B.P.R.D. |
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Notable aliases | World Destroyer, Great Beast, Beast of the Apocalypse, Right Hand of Doom, Son of the Fallen One, Brother Red, Big Red, Red Monkey, Big Red Man, Red, Man-Beast, Mane, One Hell of a Superhero, The Guy That's Going to Bring About the End of the World, Lonely Hero, Agent Hellboy, H.B. |
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Hellboy is a
A well-meaning half-
Hellboy works for the B.P.R.D., an international non-governmental agency, and for himself, against dark forces including Nazis and witches, in a series of tales that have their roots in folklore, pulp magazines, vintage adventure, Lovecraftian horror and horror fiction. In earlier stories, he is identified as the "World's Greatest Paranormal Investigator".
Fictional character biography
Hellboy, or "Anung Un Rama" as he was called, was conceived on October 5,
The child is eventually summoned to Earth in the final months of
Taken by the United States Armed Forces to an Air Force base in New Mexico, Hellboy is raised by Professor Bruttenholm in a normal Catholic home environment, and the United States Army where he is introduced to the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (BPRD), a private organization dedicated to combating occult threats. Due to the success of his first mission in 1952, Hellboy is granted "honorary human" status by the United Nations and becomes a member of the BPRD as the "world's greatest paranormal investigator".[3] As such, Hellboy interacts regularly with humans, primarily law enforcement officials, the military, Catholic clergy, and various "scholars of the weird", most of whom are not presented as overtly reacting to his strange appearance. During one of his early missions he rescued a young girl named Alice Monaghan, who had been replaced by fairies with a changeling named Gruagach. He also went to Russia and shot out the eye of the witch Baba Yaga. Gruagach and Baba Yaga both held lifelong grudges against Hellboy over these incidents.
As an adult, having matured physically within the years yet aging slowly mentally with a teenage mind, Hellboy becomes the primary agent for the BPRD, alongside other human and quasi-human agents that include Kate Corrigan, a professor of folklore at New York University; Abe Sapien, an amphibian humanoid (Ichthyo sapiens); and Liz Sherman, a young pyrokinetic. Things change dramatically for Hellboy during the events of Seed of Destruction when he searches for Professor Bruttenholm after he disappears during an expedition in the Arctic. He finds his adopted father only to witness his death at the hands of a Lovecraftian frog monster. The search takes Hellboy, Abe, and Liz to the Cavendish Hall mansion, which is a trap established by Rasputin to lure Hellboy into an embrace of his own "destiny", with the assistance of Sadu-Hem; one of the 369 spawn of the Ogdru Jahad. Controlled by the spirit of one of the ancestral Cavendish men, Abe impales Rasputin. Liz's firestorm then incinerates Rasputin's body alongside Sadu-Hem's and destroys Cavendish Hall. Soon after, during a visit to Bromwich Church, Hellboy gets a glimpse of his conception 300+ years ago and learns he has two human half-siblings; a nun and a priest whose spirits haunt the church after their deaths, attempting to stop Azzael from claiming Sarah.
During the events of Hellboy: Wake the Devil, Hellboy, ostensibly content to return to his life of ignorance, is set back on his journey of self-discovery when a mission for the B.P.R.D leads him to Romania to investigate the theft of an ancient box containing the corpse of Vladimir Giurescu, a Napoleonic officer who was, in fact, a vampire before he was "killed" on the order of a fearful Adolf Hitler. The culprit of the theft is revealed to be Ilsa Haupstein, one of the surviving members of Project Ragna Rok, who was revived from suspended animation and then aided in Giurescu's resurrection. Finding Castle Giurescu after splitting up with the other search groups, Hellboy learns that the source of Giurescu's rebirth is the ancient goddess Hecate. Though Hellboy destroys Hecate's original body by forcing her into the sunlight, he faces her again after Rasputin unintentionally provides her with Ilsa's iron-maiden encased body. Hecate swallows Hellboy and reveals to him his ultimate purpose as destroyer of worlds, but he returns to his own reality after he denounces his supposed destiny.
Hellboy later learns that Liz is dying after losing her powers when she accidentally revived a homunculus while searching another location for Giurescu, finding
In the events of Hellboy: Conqueror Worm, Hellboy is assisted by the ghost of Lobster Johnson, and Roger the Homunculus in preventing an alien entity called the Conqueror Worm from arriving on Earth through the continued machinations of the surviving members of Ragna Rok. Over the course of the story, Hellboy learns that the B.P.R.D has implanted a bomb in Roger as a failsafe in case he should turn on them. Disillusioned by this knowledge and finally ready to look deeper into his origins, Hellboy quits the BPRD.
After some time with a witch doctor in Africa, Hellboy is captured by a trio of mermaid sisters and brought underwater to a witch known as the Bog Roosh. In exchange for Hellboy, the Bog Roosh grants each sister a wish. The first two sisters are tricked by the Bog Roosh and killed by their wishes, but the third sister is clever and gets her wish, a missing piece of her father's grave. While the third sister returns to her father's grave, the Bog Roosh explains her plan to completely destroy Hellboy, thereby preventing the apocalypse. At the grave, the third sister is told by her father's ghost that the only way to honor him is to save Hellboy. She does, and when the Bog Roosh realizes she cannot prevent the apocalypse, she allows herself to be killed by Hellboy in the ensuing battle. The third sister becomes the new Bog Roosh, releasing the souls of drowned sailors from which the previous Bog Roosh drew her power. She then releases Hellboy, leaving him lost at sea.
In Hellboy: Strange Places, after several years adrift at sea and then spent drinking with the ghosts of Sailors, Hellboy arrives on a mysterious island. He encounters Hecate, who once again insists that they are bound together and must unite in the destruction of the world, but Hellboy, true to his value and somewhat drunk, brushes her off. He travels deeper into the island, and is attacked by a long slumbering Sadu Hem. The fight with the creature takes him into a temple at the center of the island, where the creature stabs him through the chest, seemingly killing him. While dead, Hellboy has another conversation with the Witch Doctor, who somehow resurrects him. Hellboy awakens to find his spilled blood absorbed by the corpse of a long dead mystic who was killed in the temple. Hellboy's blood resurrects him and transforms him into a more demonic looking version of Hellboy himself. The Mystic reveals to Hellboy the true nature of his Right Hand of Doom, which is actually the severed hand of one of the Angels involved in the creation of the Ogdru Jahad, and is therefore the only power in the universe capable of fully returning the Ogdru Jahad to Earth. The Mystic threatens to force all of mankind to worship the Sadu Hem, and Hellboy fights to stop him. Hellboy is ultimately able to win the fight. Rattled, Hellboy sets sail for England, much to the chagrin of Gruagach and the council of fairies who have been watching over him.
Six years later, as Hellboy: Darkness Calls opens, Hellboy's search takes him to England where he finds himself in the middle of a power vacuum caused by Bromhead incapacitating Hecate in Italy. Refusing to serve the witches as their king, Hellboy ends up in the dimension of the witch Baba Yaga. Managing to defeat Baba Yaga's champion Koshchei the Deathless, Hellboy returns to his reality and is led to Bromhead after he became monstrous and in agony from his attempt to take Hecate's powers for his own. Hellboy gives Bromhead a merciful death before returning to England.
Hellboy: The Wild Hunt opens with Hellboy receiving an invitation by the Osiris Club to join them in hunting Giants. Hellboy joins, but is betrayed by the Club and left to die. He survives, and, despite being given a means to escape, decides to engage the Giants in battle. He grows more bloodthirsty and demonic over the course of the fight, only returning to his senses when all the Giants are dead. He is found by Alice Monaghan, who, since being rescued by Hellboy in her youth, has become a close consort to the faeries of england. She takes Hellboy to meet Mab, Queen of the Faeries, who hints that his mother's ancestry entitles him to a crown. After this, Alice and Hellboy are led into a trap where Alice in nearly fatally poisoned. The two are the taken to the castle of Morgana Le Fay to save Alice.
To enter the castle, Hellboy must fight
As Hellboy: the Storm and the Fury opens, Hellboy and Alice have begun travelling throughout England, amassing an army from the noble dead of england. Soon, they are attacked by one of Nimue's soldiers. Hellboy is able to defeat the soldier, but while dying the soldier warns Hellboy that Nimue is transforming into something else. The two stop at a pub, where Hellboy decides that he no longer wants the sword, suggesting to Alice that she leave it in a lake. They share a kiss, and Hellboy asks Alice to move to America with him after he's defeated Nimue. On the way to Nimue's fortress Hellboy has another confrontation with Astartoth, rebuking him again. He then runs into Baba Yaga, who tells him that he will only be able to reach the fortress with her magical help. In exchange, Hellboy finally sacrifices his eye to Baba Yaga. Reaching Nimue, Hellboy sees she has been completely possessed by the Ogdru Jahad and now seeks to destroy the world. The two engage in battle as storms rage across England, and Hellboy is able to defeat her using a sword given to him by the ghost of Vasilisa. As the Dragon collapses, Nimue's ghost emerges and plucks out Hellboy's heart, damning him to Hell.
Hellboy in Hell begins with Hellboy stuck in the Abyss, the outermost part of Hell, and being attacked by Eligos. He is saved by Edward Grey, a british paranormal investigator who wound up trapped in Hell and has been watching over Hellboy for many years. Soon after, Hellboy is visited by three spirits. The first takes him to see his birth in Hell and his father's imprisonment. Then he is shown Satan, who he murders as prophesied, but does not remember doing so. Finally, he is shown the sleeping army of Hell that his Right Hand has the power to awaken. After this, he is attacked by his fully demonic half brothers Lusk and Gammon who are being manipulated by Astaroth. All three are killed, and Hellboy falls again into the Abyss. He is saved again by Grey, who convinces him to commit to his new life in Hell. In between helping out lost souls, Hellboy learns gradually that the aristocracy of Hell have all gone into hiding or been killed by their slaves since his arrival, as they panicked over the thought that he might kill them all. He is poisoned by powerful spirits called the Furies, who were set on him by his half sister Gamori. The furies turn on her, dooming her to destroy the remains of Pandemonium, the capital city of Hell. Eventually, Hellboy, in fully demonic form, hunts down the last remaining rulers of Hell and destroys them all with the help of their slaves. After this, he returns to a home on the beach where he is met by three glowing shapes.
Hellboy returns, resurrected, in B.P.R.D: The Devil You Know, the final arc of the narrative. He fights alongside his original companions, Liz Sherman and Abe Sapien, against the rising Sadu Hem and a small group of demons seeking to conquer Earth. The team defeats the demon Yomyael, who is possessing a young girl named Varvara. Once free, however, Varvara reveals herself to be the daughter of their old foe Rasputin, and resurrects him. Hellboy and Rasputin do battle one last time, both dying. As a ghost, Hellboy is shown the remaining path to the end of the world by Edward Grey. Agents of the B.P.R.D. are able to save a small portion of humanity, guiding them to shelter underground. On the surface, the Sadu Hem reign for a short time before the Osiris Club use Hellboy's severed Right Hand of Doom to summon the Ogdru Jahad to Earth and kill it. Once this is done, Hellboy takes back the Hand, killing the Osiris Club in the process. Finally, he sees Liz Sherman, somehow still alive, and instructs her to unleash the full brunt of her pyrokinetic abilities, burning down the world. The world gone, Hecate appears before Hellboy, once again in her Iron Maiden form. She assures him that there is nothing he could have done to prevent any of this. He tries to fight her, but realizes how tired he is of violence. He steps inside her Iron Maiden form, and his blood revives the world.
Powers and abilities
Afforded by his demonic heritage as well as extensive physical training and bodybuilding, Hellboy possesses superhuman strength that exceeds the 1-ton base limit, endurance, a degree of resistance to injury, and a
Hellboy ages quite differently from human beings. In the story Pancakes he is now two-years old but appears to be somewhere between 6 and 10 in human years old. In Nature of the Beast, set in 1954, the ten-year-old Hellboy appears fully grown. His rapid physical maturation is in contrast to his actual rate of aging, however, which seems to be much slower than humans. Throughout the sixty-year span of time depicted in the comics, he does not age beyond the plateau of physical maturity. This mystical aging process is similar to the other demons and supernatural beings that populate Hellboy's world. The lifespan of a demon (or half-demon, as Hellboy's mother was human) is left undefined within the comics and seems to range from decades to many thousands of years. In the films, Hellboy's aging process is described by BRPD as "reverse dog years".
In addition to his natural physical abilities, Hellboy keeps a variety of items in his utility belt and jacket that can be used against various supernatural forces. He has been known to carry
Right Hand of Doom
As revealed in Strange Places, Hellboy's right hand was originally the right hand of Anum, one of the Watcher angels that watched over the burgeoning Earth and created the Ogdru Jahad. After sealing the Ogdru Jahad away, Anum was destroyed by his fellow spirits. Only his right hand remained intact as it was kept and preserved by the Hyperboreans, the first race of man. The Right Hand of Doom eventually ended up in the possession of Azzael before he grafted it onto the newborn Hellboy.
As the hand which created and bound the Ogdru Jahad, it is also the key that will "loose and command" them; in other words, it is a catalyst that will bring about
Concept and creation
Hellboy originated in 1991 with a drawing Mike Mignola did for a Great Salt Lake Comic-Con promotional pamphlet of a demon with the name "Hell Boy" written on his belt. Mignola had initially no intention of doing anything serious with the concept, but eventually decided he liked the name.[6]
Later, Mignola became interested in doing a creator-owned comic, as he felt it made more sense to create his own characters for the stories he wanted to tell, rather than trying to shoehorn existing characters into these stories. Mignola elaborated, "The kinds of stories I wanted to do I had in mind before I created Hellboy. It's not like I created Hellboy and said, 'Hey, now what does this guy do?' I knew the kinds of stories I wanted to do, but just needed a main guy." He initially created Hellboy as part of a team of five, but scrapped this idea when he realized he could not think of any team names that he liked.[6]
Much like other American comic book superheroes, such as Batman, Wolverine, Iron Man, Daredevil, and Spawn, Hellboy is constantly tormented by the knowledge of his past. One example being in Wake the Devil where he describes his mindset since the aftermath of Seed of Destruction by saying, "I like not knowing. I've gotten by for fifty-two years without knowing. I sleep good not knowing."
Publication history
Before Hellboy was published independently at Dark Horse Comics, the concept was initially pitched to a board of directors for DC Comics, who loved it, but did not like the idea of it involving "Hell".[7]
The early stories were conceived and drawn by Mignola with a script written by John Byrne and some later stories have been crafted by creators other than Mignola, including Christopher Golden, Guy Davis, Ryan Sook, and Duncan Fegredo. The increasing commitments from the Hellboy franchise meant that 2008 one-shot In the Chapel of Moloch was the first Hellboy comic Mignola had provided the script and art for since The Island in 2005.[8]
Issues
Hellboy has an internal numbering on the inside cover of its issues. Below are the stories listed by their internal numbering for the comics.
Issue | Title | Date | Story | Art | Colors | Cover | Collection | Notes |
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#1 | Seed of Destruction | March, 1994 | Mike Mignola (story) John Byrne (script) |
Mike Mignola | Mark Chiarello | Mike Mignola |
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#2 | April, 1994 | |||||||
#3 | May, 1994 | |||||||
#4 | June, 1994 | |||||||
#5 | The Wolves of Saint August | November, 1995 | Mike Mignola | James Sinclair | Mike Mignola |
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#6 | The Corpse and the Iron Shoes | January, 1996 | Mike Mignola | Matthew Hollingsworth and James Sinclair |
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#7 | Wake the Devil | June, 1996 | Mike Mignola | James Sinclair | Mike Mignola |
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#8 | July, 1996 | |||||||
#9 | August, 1996 | |||||||
#10 | September, 1996 | |||||||
#11 | October, 1996 | |||||||
#12 | Almost Colossus | July 30, 1997 | Mike Mignola | James Sinclair | Mike Mignola |
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#13 | June 25, 1997 | |||||||
#14 | A Christmas Underground (in the Hellboy Christmas Special) |
December 3, 1997 | Mike Mignola | Dave Stewart | Gary Gianni | One-shot anthology. | ||
#15 | Box Full of Evil | August 11, 1999 | Mike Mignola | Dave Stewart | Mike Mignola |
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#16 | September 8, 1999 | |||||||
#17 | Conqueror Worm | May 9, 2001 | Mike Mignola | Dave Stewart | Mike Mignola |
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#18 | June 13, 2001 | |||||||
#19 | July 11, 2001 | |||||||
#20 | August 8, 2001 | |||||||
#21 | The Third Wish | July 24, 2002 | Mike Mignola | Dave Stewart | Mike Mignola |
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#22 | August 21, 2002 | |||||||
#23 | The Island | June 22, 2005 | Mike Mignola | Dave Stewart | Mike Mignola | |||
#24 | July 27, 2005 | |||||||
#25 | Makoma | February 1, 2006 | Mike Mignola | Richard Corben with Mike Mignola |
Dave Stewart | Mike Mignola |
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#26 | March 1, 2006 | Richard Corben | ||||||
#27 | Darkness Calls | May 2, 2007 | Mike Mignola | Duncan Fegredo | Dave Stewart | Mike Mignola |
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#28 | May 30, 2007 | |||||||
#29 | June 27, 2007 | |||||||
#30 | July 25, 2007 | |||||||
#31 | August 29, 2007 | |||||||
#32 | November 7, 2007 | |||||||
— | They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships | August, 2007 | Mike Mignola and Joshua Dysart |
Jason Shawn Alexander | Dave Stewart | Mike Mignola |
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#33 | The Crooked Man | July 2, 2008 | Mike Mignola | Richard Corben | Dave Stewart | Richard Corben |
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#34 | August 13, 2008 | |||||||
#35 | September 24, 2008 | |||||||
#36 | In the Chapel of Moloch | October 29, 2008 | Mike Mignola | Dave Stewart | Mike Mignola | |||
#37 | The Wild Hunt | December 3, 2008 | Mike Mignola | Duncan Fegredo | Dave Stewart | Mike Mignola |
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#38 | January 7, 2009 | How Koshchei Became Deathless STORY Mike Mignola ART Guy Davis | ||||||
#39 | February 11, 2009 | |||||||
#40 | March 4, 2009 | Baba Yaga's Feast STORY Mike Mignola ART Guy Davis | ||||||
#41 | August 12, 2009 | MonsterMen by Gary Gianni, not in Hellboy Universe. | ||||||
#42 | September 9, 2009 | |||||||
#43 | October 14, 2009 | The Burial of Katharine Baker STORY Scott Allie ART Patric Reynolds | ||||||
#44 | November 11, 2009 | |||||||
#45 | The Bride of Hell | December 23, 2009 | Mike Mignola | Richard Corben | Dave Stewart | Mike Mignola |
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#46 | Hellboy in Mexico | May 5, 2010 | Mike Mignola | Richard Corben | Dave Stewart | Richard Corben Mike Mignola (variant) |
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#47 | The Storm | July 7, 2010 | Mike Mignola | Duncan Fegredo | Dave Stewart | Mike Mignola |
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#48 | August 4, 2010 | |||||||
#49 | September 1, 2010 | |||||||
#50 | Double Feature of Evil | November 17, 2010 | Mike Mignola | Richard Corben | Dave Stewart | Mike Mignola Richard Corben (variant) |
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#51 | The Sleeping and the Dead | December 29, 2010 | Mike Mignola | Scott Hampton | Dave Stewart | Mike Mignola Scott Hampton (variant) |
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#52 | February 2, 2011 | Mike Mignola | ||||||
#53 | Buster Oakley Gets His Wish | April 13, 2011 | Mike Mignola | Kevin Nowlan | Kevin Nowlan Dave Stewart (variant cover) |
Kevin Nowlan Mike Mignola (variant) |
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#54 | Being Human | May 11, 2011 | Mike Mignola | Richard Corben | Dave Stewart | Richard Corben |
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#55 | The Fury | June 1, 2011 | Mike Mignola | Duncan Fegredo | Dave Stewart | Mike Mignola Francesco Francavilla (variant) |
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#56 | July 13, 2011 | Mike Mignola | ||||||
#57 | August 10, 2011 | |||||||
— | Hellboy Winter Special (2016) |
January 27, 2016 | "Broken Vessels" | Dave Stewart | Tim Sale Mike Mignola (variant) Ben Stenbeck (variant) Michael Avon Oeming (variant) |
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Mike Mignola and Scott Allie |
Tim Sale | |||||||
"Wandering Souls" |
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Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson |
Michael Walsh | |||||||
"Mood Swings" | ||||||||
Chelsea Cain | Michael Avon Oeming | |||||||
"Kung Pao Lobster" | Out-of-continuity story | |||||||
Dean Rankine | ||||||||
— | Hellboy Winter Special (2017) |
January 25, 2017 | "The Great Blizzard" | Sebastián Fiumara Geof Darrow (variant) |
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Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson |
Christopher Mitten | Dave Stewart | ||||||
"God Rest Ye Merry" |
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Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson |
Paul Grist | Bill Crabtree | ||||||
"The Last Witch of Fairfield" | ||||||||
Mike Mignola and Scott Allie |
Sebastián Fiumara | Dave Stewart | ||||||
— | Krampusnacht | December 20, 2017 | Mike Mignola | Adam Hughes | Dave Stewart | Adam Hughes Mike Mignola (variant) |
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— | Hellboy Winter Special (2018) |
December 12, 2018 | "Happy New Year, Ava Galluci" | Mike Mignola Gabriel Bá (variant) Fábio Moon (variant) |
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Mike Mignola | Ben Stenbeck | Dave Stewart | ||||||
"Lost Ones" |
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Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá | Dave Stewart | |||||||
"The Empty Chair" | ||||||||
Tonci Zonjic | ||||||||
— | Hellboy vs. Lobster Johnson: The Ring of Death |
May 29, 2019 | Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson |
Mike Norton | Dave Stewart | Paolo Rivera |
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BACKUP STORY "Down Mexico Way" STORY Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson ART Paul Grist COLORS Bill Crabtree |
Issues: Hellboy in Hell
Hellboy in Hell is a finished series with its own numbering.
Issue | Title | Date | Story & Art | Colors | Cover | Collection |
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#1 | The Descent | December 5, 2012 | Mike Mignola | Dave Stewart | Mike Mignola |
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#2 | Pandemonium | January 2, 2013 | ||||
#3 | Family Ties | February 6, 2013 | ||||
#4 | Death Riding an Elephant | March 6, 2013 | ||||
#5 | The Three Gold Whips | December 4, 2013 | ||||
#6 | The Death Card | May 14, 2014 |
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#7 | The Hounds of Pluto | August 26, 2015 | ||||
#8 | September 23, 2015 | |||||
#9 | The Spanish Bride | May 4, 2016 | ||||
#10 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | June 1, 2016 |
Issues: Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.
Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. is an ongoing series of miniseries.
Issue | Title | Date | Story | Art | Colors | Cover | Collection |
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#1 | 1952 | December 3, 2014 | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi |
Alex Maleev | Dave Stewart | Alex Maleev Mike Mignola (variant) |
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#2 | January 7, 2015 | Alex Maleev | |||||
#3 | February 4, 2015 | ||||||
#4 | March 4, 2015 | ||||||
#5 | April 1, 2015 | ||||||
#6 | The Phantom Hand & The Kelpie |
October 28, 2015 | Mike Mignola | Ben Stenbeck | Dave Stewart | Mike Mignola |
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#7 | The Witch Tree & Rawhead and Bloody Bones |
November 25, 2015 | |||||
#8 | Beyond the Fences | February 24, 2016 | Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson |
Paolo Rivera (pencils) Joe Rivera (inks) |
Paolo Rivera | ||
#9 | March 23, 2016 | ||||||
#10 | April 27, 2016 | ||||||
#11 | The Black Sun | September 21, 2016 | Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson |
Stephen Green | Dave Stewart | Mike Huddleston |
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#12 | October 19, 2016 | ||||||
#13 | The Unreasoning Beast | November 23, 2016 | Patric Reynolds | ||||
#14 | Ghost Moon | March 8, 2017 | Brian Churilla | ||||
#15 | April 12, 2017 | ||||||
#16 | Secret Nature | August 9, 2017 | Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson |
Shawn Martinbrough | Dave Stewart | Shawn Martinbrough |
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#17 | Occult Intelligence | September 13, 2017 | Brian Churilla | Paolo Rivera | |||
#18 | October 11, 2017 | ||||||
#19 | November 8, 2017 | ||||||
#20 | Burning Season | February 21, 2018 | Paolo Rivera (pencils) Joe Rivera (inks) | ||||
#21 | 1956 | November 28, 2018 | Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson |
Yishan Li Mike Norton and Michael Avon Oeming |
Dave Stewart | Dave Johnson |
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#22 | December 26, 2019 | ||||||
#23 | January 23, 2019 | ||||||
#24 | February 27, 2019 | ||||||
#25 | March 27, 2019 | ||||||
— | The Beast of Vargu | June 19, 2019 | Mike Mignola | Duncan Fegredo | Dave Stewart | Duncan Fegredo Mike Mignola (variant) |
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— | Saturn Returns | August 21, 2019 | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie |
Christopher Mitten | Brennan Wagner | Christopher Mitten | |
September 18, 2019 | |||||||
October 23, 2019 | |||||||
— | Long Night at Goloski Station | October 30, 2019 | Mike Mignola | Matt Smith | Dave Stewart | Mike Mignola |
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— | The Return of Effie Kolb | February 19, 2020 | Mike Mignola | Zach Howard | Dave Stewart | Zach Howard | |
October 28, 2020 | |||||||
— | The Seven Wives Club | November 11, 2020 | Mike Mignola | Adam Hughes | Dave Stewart | Mike Mignola | |
— | Her Fatal Hour & The Sending | December 2, 2020 | Mike Mignola | Tiernen Trevallion | Dave Stewart | Tiernen Trevallion | |
— | The Secret of Chesbro House | July xx, 2021 | Mike Mignola, Chris Robinson | Shawn McManus | Dave Stewart | Shawn McManus |
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August 11, 2021 | |||||||
— | 1957- Family Ties | September 15, 2021 | Mike Mignola, Chris Robinson | Laurence Campbell | Dave Stewart | Laurence Campbell |
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— | 1957- Forgotten Lives | November 24, 2021 | Mike Mignola, Chris Robinson | Steven Green | Dave Stewart | Laurence Campbell | |
— | 1957- Falling Sky | May 04, 2022 | Mike Mignola, Chris Robinson | Shawn Martinbrough | Dave Stewart | Laurence Campbell | |
— | Night of the Cyclops | May 25, 2022 | Mike Mignola, Olivier Vitane | Olivier Vitane | Olivier Vitane | Olivier Vitane |
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— | Old Man Whittier | June 22, 2022 | Mike Mignola | Gabriel Hernández Walta | Dave Stewart | Gabriel Hernández Walta | |
— | Time is a River | July 20, 2022 | Mike Mignola | Márk László | Dave Stewart | Márk László | |
— | 1957- Fearful Symmetry | February 8, 2023 | Mike Mignola, Chris Robinson | Alison Sampson | Dave Stewart | Laurence Campbell | *Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1957 |
— | 1957- From Below | March 8, 2023 | Mike Mignola, Chris Robertson | Mike Norton | Dave Stewart | Laurence Campbell | *Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1957 |
Original Graphic Novels: Hellboy
Special stories were created for hardcover original graphic novels.
Title | Story | Art | Colors | Cover | Published | ISBN |
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House of the Living Dead | Mike Mignola | Richard Corben | Dave Stewart | Mike Mignola | November 2, 2011 | 9781595827579 |
The Midnight Circus | Duncan Fegredo | October 23, 2013 | 9781616552381 | |||
Into the Silent Sea | Mike Mignola and Gary Gianni |
Gary Gianni | April 19, 2017 | 9781506701431 |
One-shots
- Hellboy Winter Special (2016) [9]
- Hellboy Winter Special 2017 [10]
- Hellboy Winter Special 2018 [11]
- Hellboy Winter Special (2019) [12]
- Hellboy – Krampusnacht [13]
- Hellboy vs. Lobster Johnson – The Ring of Death [14]
Trade paperbacks: Hellboy
All in-continuity Hellboy comics are collected in trade paperbacks.
Number | Title | Collects | Published | ISBN |
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1 | Seed of Destruction |
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Original Cover: October 1, 1994 |
9781569713167 |
Hardcover Limited Edition: March 1, 1995 |
9781569710517 | |||
Standardized cover: February 4, 2004 |
9781593070946 | |||
2 | Wake the Devil |
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Original Cover: June 11, 1997 |
9781569712269 |
Standardized cover: February 4, 2004 |
9781593070953 | |||
3 | The Chained Coffin and Others |
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Original Cover: August 5, 1998 |
9781569713495 |
Standardized cover: February 4, 2004 |
9781593070915 | |||
4 | The Right Hand of Doom |
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Original Cover: April 26, 2000 |
9781569714898 |
Standardized cover: February 4, 2004 |
9781593070939 | |||
5 | Conqueror Worm |
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Original Cover: February 27, 2002 |
9781569716991 |
Standardized cover: February 4, 2004 |
9781593070922 | |||
6 | Strange Places |
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April 26, 2006 | 9781593074753 |
7 | The Troll Witch and Others |
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October 3, 2007 | 9781593078607 |
8 | Darkness Calls |
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May 16, 2008 | 9781593078966 |
9 | The Wild Hunt |
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March 10, 2010 | 9781595824318 |
10 | The Crooked Man and Others |
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June 9, 2010 | 9781595824776 |
11 | The Bride of Hell and Others |
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October 5, 2011 | 9781595827401 |
12 | The Storm and the Fury |
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March 7, 2012 | 9781595828279 |
— | Hellboy in Mexico |
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April 13, 2016 | 9781616558970 |
Trade paperbacks: Hellboy in Hell
All Hellboy in Hell comics are collected in trade paperbacks.
Number | Title | Collects | Published | ISBN |
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1 | The Descent[15] |
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May 14, 2014 | 9781616554446 |
2 | The Death Card |
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October 5, 2016 | 9781506701134 |
Trade paperbacks: Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.
All Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. comics are collected in trade paperbacks.
Title | Collects | Published | ISBN |
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1952 |
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August 12, 2015 | 9781616556600 |
1953 |
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August 10, 2016 | 9781616559670 |
1954 |
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January 10, 2018 | 9781506702070 |
1955 |
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June 6, 2018 | 9781506705316 |
1956 |
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September 17, 2019[16] | 9781506711058 |
The Beast of Vargu and Others |
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June 24, 2020[17] | 9781506711300 |
The Return of Effie Kolb and Others |
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November 9, 2022[18] | 9781506731360 |
1957 |
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July 26, 2023[19] | 9781506728452 |
Library editions
These editions collect the stories in the size they were originally drawn.
Volume | Collects | Published | ISBN |
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1 |
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May 7, 2008 | 9781593079109 |
2 |
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October 8, 2008 | 9781593079895 |
3 |
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September 23, 2009 | 9781595823526 |
4 |
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June 15, 2011 | 9781595826589 |
5 |
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July 11, 2012 | 9781595828866 |
6 |
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June 12, 2013 | 9781616551339 |
Hellboy in Hell |
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October 4, 2017 | 9781506703633 |
Omnibus editions
These editions collect the complete Hellboy series in chronological order.
Volume | Collects | Published | ISBN |
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Hellboy Omnibus Volume 1: Seed of Destruction |
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May 9, 2018 | 9781506706665 |
Hellboy Omnibus Volume 2: Strange Places |
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June 20, 2018 | 9781506706672 |
Hellboy Omnibus Volume 3: The Wild Hunt |
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July 18, 2018 | 9781506706689 |
Hellboy Omnibus Volume 4: Hellboy in Hell |
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September 5, 2018 | 9781506707495 |
Volume | Collects | Published | ISBN |
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Complete Short Stories, Volume 1 |
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June 5, 2018 | 9781506706641 |
Complete Short Stories, Volume 2 |
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August 28, 2018 | 9781506706658 |
Other trade paperbacks
- ISBN 978-1-56971-622-9.
- ISBN 978-1-56971-953-4.
- ISBN 978-1-56971-862-9.
- ISBN 978-1-56971-273-3.
- Savage Dragon/Hellboy (2002) – Cover by Mike Mignola. Collects Savage Dragon #34–35.
- The Art of Hellboy (March 2003) – Written by Mike Mignola. Dark Horse Books. ISBN 1-56971-910-1.
- Hellboy: The Companion (May 2008) – Written by ISBN 978-1-59307-655-9.
- Hellboy: Masks and Monsters (October 2010) – Written by Mike Mignola, ISBN 1-59582-567-3.
Other appearances
Beyond the Hellboy comic and its associated spinoffs, Hellboy has made appearances in other publications:
Great Salt Lake Comic-Con pamphlet
The character name "Hell Boy" was included in a drawing by Mike Mignola of a demon character in a black and white illustration, with the later recognized name appearing on the demon's belt buckle. This image, accompanied by a short biography of Mike Mignola and his latest creation, appeared in the pamphlet in 1991. It is the first published mention of the later recognized name. This image was reprinted in The Art of Hellboy. This image was also used to create the “First Hellboy” statue by Mondo Tees, in both black and white and full color.
Dime Press
A prototype incarnation of Hellboy appeared on the cover of Dime Press #4 (Glamour International Production, 1993), an obscure Italian fanzine, with "Hellboy©Mignola 93" written at the bottom of the cover. The cover, illustrated by Mignola and by the Italian artist Nicola Mari, shows Hellboy in the act of attacking a "diabolic" version of the Italian SF comic book character Nathan Never (with bat wings and pointed tail). Mari at the time was one of the artists that worked on Nathan Never, and the first two years of the life of this comic were the main topic of the fanzine. With the exception of the cover, there is no other mention of Hellboy within the fanzine. The character shown was still in a draft stage, and although close to the final design of Hellboy, it had gray skin and an outfit not common to the character.
San Diego Comic-Con Comics
Mike Mignola's Hellboy by Mike Mignola and John Byrne featured the character's first full appearance, and was a four-page black-and-white story that had an approximately 1,500 book print run. It was published by
Hellboy travels to an American ghost town, where he encounters a mangy mutt that transforms into Anubis, the Ancient Egyptian god of mummification.[21]
The story was collected in the trade paperback Hellboy: Seed of Destruction.[22]
Next Men
Hellboy makes a guest appearance in John Byrne's Next Men #21 (Dark Horse Comics, December 1993); this is the first American appearance in a full-color cameo.
Comics Buyer's Guide
Mike Mignola's Hellboy: World's Greatest Paranormal Investigator by Mike Mignola and John Byrne featured the character's next solo appearance. It was published by Dark Horse Comics in a special four-page mini-comic for distribution in Comics Buyer's Guide #1,070 (May 20, 1994).[23]
In the story Hellboy battles with the disembodied head of Nazi scientist
The story was collected in the trade paperback Hellboy: Seed of Destruction.[22]
Celebrate Diversity
Hi, My Name is Hellboy by Mike Mignola was a one-page panel ad that related the character's fictional origins. It was published by Diamond Comic Distributors in catalog supplement Celebrate Diversity collector's edition (October 1994).[24] The ad was collected in the trade paperback The Art of Hellboy.
The Dark Horse Book of...
The Dark Horse Book of... was the banner title given to a series of four one-shot hardcover comic book horror anthologies produced annually by Dark Horse Comics between 2004 and 2007. Each issue contained a Hellboy story — “Dr. Carp’s Experiment” (2004), “The Troll Witch” (2005), “The Ghoul” (2006), and “The Hydra and The Lion” (2007). All four stories were collected into the trade paperback Hellboy: The Troll Witch and Others in 2007. The Dark Horse Book of... series itself was collected into The Dark Horse Book of Horror in 2017.
Hellboy: The First 20 Years was published on 1 April 2014.
In other media
Live-action films
Hellboy (2004)
The film was directed and co-written by
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
A sequel,
Cancelled third film
A sequel for Hellboy II: The Golden Army was in development in 2009, entitled Hellboy III: Dark Worlds. Guillermo del Toro was slated to return as the film's director and writer. Ron Perlman, Doug Jones, Seth MacFarlane, Selma Blair and Jeffrey Tambor were set to reprise their roles. In the sequel, Hellboy would live his normal life as a father for his two newborn twins with Liz Sherman, but also has to face an extremely powerful enemy who wishes to rule and bring the darkness upon Earth. In 2017, it was announced that the sequel was canceled due to the difficulty of funding the film, and a reboot would happen instead.
However, in July 2019, Perlman said that he would still love to finish the trilogy with del Toro, ignoring the reboot and that he thought it could happen if financing could be found.[27]
Hellboy (2019)
In May 2017, Mignola announced
Hellboy: The Crooked Man (TBA)
In February 2023, Millennium Media announced plans for another reboot titled Hellboy: The Crooked Man, the first in a potential series of films. Brian Taylor is to direct from a script by Mignola and Golden, based on the 2008 comic of the same name, with Jack Kesy as Hellboy.[38][39]
Animated films
On November 9, 2005,
The first two 75-minute animated films, Sword of Storms and Blood and Iron, were aired on Cartoon Network before being released on DVD. The first one aired on October 28, 2006, and the second aired on March 17, 2007.
Both stories have much more in common with the comic book Hellboy rather than the film — Abe Sapien is not psychic, for example, and the artwork and color palette is derived more from Mignola's original artwork. The DVD of Sword of Storms was released on February 6, 2007; it contains documentary material, commentary, and a Hellboy comic, "Phantom Limbs". Blood and Iron similarly contains a comic called "The Yearning".
After the initial release, some stores included exclusive giveaways with copies of the Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron DVD:
- Best Buy: A 7" Hellboy figure
- Walmart: An 80-page digest titled The Judgment Bell
- Transworld: A 64-page Hellboy Digest
- Infinity: A Lobster Johnson magnet
- Circuit City– A Hellboy "Bust-Up"
A "Hellboy 2 Pak" limited edition DVD set was released July 1, 2008, that contained both films and a 7" figure.
A third animated Hellboy film, The Phantom Claw, has been put on hold. Tad Stones, director and writer of the direct-to-video films, says the film will star Lobster Johnson and will have some familiar characters, but Abe and Liz will not be in the film (at least not as main characters).
Novels and anthologies
Christopher Golden has written several novels about the character, the first two of which, The Lost Army and The Bones of Giants, are part of the official Hellboy story canon. The events of both these novels are listed in the comic's official timeline featured in Hellboy: The Companion. In particular, the Golden-penned character of Anastasia Bransfield was also described in the companion, despite having never actually appeared in a comic.
- Hellboy: The Lost Army (written by Christopher Golden, cover and other illustrations by Mike Mignola, 1997)
- Hellboy: Odd Jobs (by editor ISBN 1-56971-440-1, December 1999)
- Hellboy: The Bones of Giants (written by Christopher Golden, cover and other illustrations by Mike Mignola, 2001)
- Hellboy: Odder Jobs (by editor Christopher Golden, writers include Frank Darabont, Guillermo del Toro, Charles de Lint, Graham Joyce, Sharyn McCrumb, James Cambias, and Richard Dean Starr, October 2004)
- Hellboy: On Earth As It Is In Hell (written by Brian Hodge, cover by Mike Mignola, September 2005)
- Hellboy: Unnatural Selection (written by Tim Lebbon, cover by Mike Mignola, March 2006)
- Hellboy: The God Machine (written by Thomas E. Sniegoski, cover by Mike Mignola, July 2006)
- Hellboy: The Dragon Pool (written by Christopher Golden, cover by Mike Mignola, March 2007)
- Hellboy: Emerald Hell (written by Tom Piccirilli, cover by Mike Mignola, February 2008)
- Hellboy: The All-Seeing Eye (written by Mark Morris, cover by Mike Mignola, October 2008)
- Hellboy: Oddest Jobs (by editor Christopher Golden, writers include Joe R. Lansdale, China Miéville, Barbara Hambly, Ken Bruen, Amber Benson, and Tad Williams, July 2008)
- Hellboy: The Fire Wolves (written by Tim Lebbon, cover by Mike Mignola, April 2009)
- Hellboy: The Ice Wolves (written by Mark Chadbourn, cover by Duncan Fegredo, September 2009)
- Hellboy: An Assortment of Horrors (2017)[41]
Video games
A Hellboy video game called Hellboy: Dogs of the Night, developed by Cryo Interactive, was released in 2000 for Microsoft Windows. It was ported to PlayStation as Hellboy: Asylum Seeker with David Gasman voicing Hellboy.[citation needed]
On April 6, 2005, Hellboy director
A Hellboy video game called Hellboy II: The Golden Army – Tooth Fairy Terror was released for the iPhone by Tuesday Creative on January 14, 2009.
Hellboy is a playable DLC character in Injustice 2, voiced by Bruce Barker,[44] as part of the "Fighter Pack 2". The character was released for download on Tuesday, November 14, 2017. He is brought to the Injustice universe by Brainiac who decides to add him to his collection as he is fascinated by Hellboy's human-like mind and personality despite being a demon. In his ending, Hellboy escapes from Brainiac's collection and defeats him. As a result, he is asked to assist in rounding up local supervillains before eventually returning to the B.P.R.D. but finds his work there unfulfilling and ends up retiring to Africa.
Hellboy appeared as a playable character in Brawlhalla.[45]
A Hellboy
Tabletop games
In 2002, Hellboy Sourcebook and Roleplaying Game was published by Steve Jackson Games using their GURPS role-playing system, in both softcover and hardback.
Mantic Games released a Hellboy: The Board Game in 2019, after a successful crowdfunding campaign.[47]
In 2020, Mantic Games followed up the boardgame with another Hellboy
Awards
The miniseries Hellboy: Conqueror Worm won a 2002
The character Hellboy was nominated for "Favourite Comics Character" at the 2004 and 2005 Eagle Awards. Other Eagle Award nominations include "Favourite Comics Story published during 2007" for Hellboy: Darkness Calls, and "Favourite Comics Hero".
The comics writer Alan Moore listed Hellboy on his recommendations page, particularly Wake the Devil (Vol. 2), calling it "the skillful cutting and the setting of the stone that we can see Mignola's sharp contemporary sensibilities at work".[50]
In March 2009, Hellboy won two categories in the fan voted Project Fanboy Awards for 2008: "Best Indy Hero" and "Best Indy Character".[51]
In 2011, Hellboy was ranked 25th of the Top 100 Comic Book Heroes by IGN.[52]
Merchandise
On May 22, 2017, Dark Horse Comics, XXX Distillery LLC, and Prestige Imports LLC officially released Hellboy Hell Water Cinnamon Whiskey, a small batch, naturally-flavored whiskey.[53]
See also
- The Amazing Screw-On Head, another comic book from Dark Horse written and drawn by Mike Mignola.
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- NYCC: Hellboy Dominates 2008
External links
- Official website
- Hellboy Zone. Dark Horse Comics.
- Hellboy at Don Markstein's Toonopedia.
- Hellboy at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Hellboy videogame at the Konami website