Hellboy
Dark Horse Comics. All written and drawn by Mike Mignola unless otherwise noted.
1
Seed Of Destruction (4-issue mini; script John Byrne). [From
Dark Horse Comics: When strangeness threatens
to engulf the world, a strange man will come to save it. Hellboy, the world's
greatest paranormal investigator, is the only thing standing between sanity
and insanity as he battles the mystical forces of the netherworld and a
truly bizarre plague of frogs. And if he fails, we all fail with him! From
Hellboy.com: "Collects "Hellboy:
Seed of Destruction" from Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1-#4.
Collects "Mike Mignola's Hellboy" (the "Anubis" story)
from San Diego Comic Con Comics #2. Collects "Mike Mignola's
Hellboy: World's Greatest Paranormal Investigator" (the "Brutus
the Gorilla and the head of Herman Von Klempt" story) from The Comics
Buyer's Guide #1070 insert. Includes assorted story comments by Mike
Mignola; Illustrative designs by Mike Mignola; Previous illustrations by
Mike Mignola. Features pin-ups by Simon Bisley, Mike Allred, Art Adams,
Frank Miller, Fred Blanchard, and Gary Gianni. Introduction by Robert Bloch."]
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Wake The Devil (5-issue mini). [From Dark Horse
Comics: A murder in a New York wax museum and a missing corpse lead
Hellboy and the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense into ancient
Romanian castles on the trail of a sleeping legend: the nobleman vampire,
Vladimir Guirescu. Nazi scientists, revived in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction,
prepare for the return of Rasputin and the end of the world, and Hellboy
confronts his purpose on earth. This 144-page book includes the complete,
sell-out Wake the Devil miniseries, plus a new five-page epilogue and pinups
by Bruce Timm, P. Craig Russell, Dave Cooper, Jay Stephens, Olivier Vatine,
and Derek Thompson. From Hellboy.com:
"Collects "Hellboy: Wake the Devil" from Hellboy:
Wake the Devil #1-#5. The trade paperback version of "Hellboy:
Wake the Devil" contains new story panels when compared to the original
comicbook series. Includes story comments by Mignola; Illustrative designs
by Mike Mignola. Features pin-ups by Bruce Timm, P. Craig Russell, Derek
Thompson, Dave Cooper, Jay Stephens, and Olivier Vatine. Introduction by
Alan Moore."] ArtBomb
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The Chained Coffin & Others (DHP 88-91, 100-102; Almost Colossus
1-2; The Corpse and the Iron Shoes). [From Dark Horse
Comics: This third and thickest Hellboy collection compiles all material
not included in Seed of Destruction or Wake the Devil. Mike Mignola's story
notes accompany the long out-of-print one-shots "Wolves of Saint August"
and "The Corpse and the Iron Shoes," as well as "A Christmas
Underground," "The Chained Coffin," in color for the first
time, and "Almost Colossus," with new story pages. This 176-page
collection includes a pinup gallery featuring Kevin Nowlan, Duncan Fegredo,
and others, as well as an all-new tale. From
Hellboy.com: "Collects "Hellboy:
The Corpse" from Hellboy: The Corpse and The Iron Shoes. Collects
"Hellboy: The Iron Shoes" from Hellboy: The Corpse and The
Iron Shoes. Premiers a new story, "Hellboy: The Baba Yaga."
Collects "Hellboy: A Christmas Underground" from Hellboy Christmas
Special. Collects "Hellboy: The Chained Coffin" from Dark
Horse Presents #100-2. Collects "Hellboy: The Wolves of Saint August"
from Dark Horse Presents #88-#91. The trade paperback version of
"Hellboy: The Wolves of Saint August" contains new story panels
when compared to the original comicbook series. Collects "Hellboy:
Almost Colossus" from Hellboy: Almost Colossus #1-#2. Includes
assorted story comments by Mike Mignola; Illustrative designs by Mike Mignola.
Introduction by P. Craig Russell."] ArtBomb
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Right Hand Of Doom (misc. shorts). [From Dark
Horse Comics: Eisner and Harvey Award-winning cartoonist Mike Mignola
releases his fourth Hellboy collection, including the 1999 hit series Box
Full of Evil, reprinted here with a new epilogue. Stories formerly available
only in black-and-white including Mignola's contributions to the 1998 and
1999 Dark Horse Presents Annuals, "The Right Hand of Doom" and
"Pancakes" are presented here in color for the first time. "The
Vårcolac," Mignola's contribution to Dark Horse Extra, is presented
in a redrawn and expanded twelve-page version, and a new story, "King
Volmer," is printed here for the first time. On top of all this, Mignola
shares his sketchbooks for the first time, showing readers the genesis of
his personal take on the lords of Hell and other creatures. From
Hellboy.com: "Collects "Hellboy:
Pancakes" from Dark Horse Presents Annual 1999: DHP Jr. Collects
"Hellboy: The Nature of the Beast" from Dark Horse Presents
#151. Premiers a new story, "Hellboy: King Vold." Collects
"Hellboy: Heads" from Abe Sapien: Drums of the Dead. Collects
"Hellboy: Goodbye, Mr. Tod" from Gary Gianni's The MonsterMen.
Collects "Hellboy: The Vârcolac" from Dark Horse Extra
#14-#19. The trade paperback version of "Hellboy: The Vârcolac"
is presented in a redrawn and expanded twelve-page version when compared
to the original series. Collects "Hellboy: The Right hand of Doom"
from Dark Horse Presents Annual 1998. Collects "Hellboy: Box
Full of Evil" from Hellboy: Box Full of Evil #1-#2. Includes
the cover art for the Hellboy: Le Diable dans la Boîte French
hardcover. Includes a sketchbook of the Lords of Hell and other creatures."]
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Conqueror Worm (4-issue mini). [From Dark Horse
Comics: The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense has sent Hellboy
out on what will be his final mission. At the end of World War II, American
costumed-adventurer Lobster Johnson led an Allied attack on Hitler's space
program, but not before the Nazis were able to launch the first man into
space. Now, after sixty years, Hellboy and Roger the Homunculus, who's been
implanted by Bureau scientists with a bomb, travel to the ruined castle
in Norway to intercept the returning capsule, and its single passenger ...
the conqueror worm! Multiple Harvey- and Eisner-Award winner Mike Mignola
presents his fifth trade paperback, collecting the hit Conqueror Worm series,
with brand new story pages and a sketchbook section. From
Hellboy.com: "The Bureau for Paranormal
Research and Defense has sent Hellboy out on what will be his final mission.
At the end of World War II, American costumed-adventurer Lobster Johnson
led an Allied attack on Hitler's space program, but not before the Nazis
were able to launch the first man into space. Now, after sixty years, Hellboy
and Roger the Homunculus, who's been implanted by Bureau scientists with
a bomb, travel to the ruined castle in Norway to intercept the returning
capsule, and its single passenger... the conqueror worm! Multiple Harvey
and Eisner Award winner Mike Mignola presents his fifth trade paperback,
collecting the hit Conqueror Worm series, with brand new story pages
and a sketchbook section. Introduction by Guillermo del Toro. Cover by Mike
Mignola."] ArtBomb
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6 Strange Places (The Third Wish 1-2; The Island 1-2). [From Dark Horse Comics: Mike Mignola returns with his first new Hellboy collection since 2002's Conqueror Worm. After leaving the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, Hellboy's travels take him briefly to Africa, then for a two-year stint at the bottom of the ocean. An ancient witch doctor, a giant fish woman, and the keeper of the secret history of the universe force Hellboy to either accept his role in the coming apocalypse, or have that role stolen from him. Weird undersea creatures and talking lions populate this turning-point adventure, which reveals secrets buried since Hellboy's very creation. This volume collects Harvey-and-Eisner-award winner Mike Mignola's Hellboy series The Third Wish and The Island with over a dozen unused pages, and a new epilogue.] 
7 The Troll Witch and Others (Makoma 1-2, misc. shorts; a Mike Mignola, P. Craig Russell, Rich Corben). [From Dark Horse Comics: With a new Hellboy series on the stands, fans of the world’s greatest paranormal detective can find older favorites collected for the first time in the seventh volume of the Hellboy Saga. Hellboy: The Troll Witch and Others collects short stories from The Dark Horse Book of the Dead, Witchcraft, Hauntings, and Monsters, the 2004 Hellboy: Wizard 1/2, as well as the critically acclaimed 2006 miniseries, Hellboy: Makoma by Mignola and comics legend Richard Corben, and a previously unpublished Hellboy story by P. Craig Russell and Mike Mignola, along with sketches and story notes.] 
8 Darkness Calls 6-issue mini; a Duncan Fegredo). [From Dark Horse Comics: Hellboy has finally returned from his adventures at sea, but no sooner has he settled on land than a conclave of witches drags him from his respite and into the heart of Russian folklore, where he becomes the quarry of the powerful and bloodthirsty witch Baba Yaga. Bent on revenge for the eye she had lost to Hellboy, Baba Yaga has enlisted the aid of a deathless warrior who will stop at nothing to destroy Hellboy.
Since his creation in 1993, Mike Mignola's Hellboy has accumulated dozens of industry awards and become a favorite of fans and critics alike. Now, Mignola turns over drawing duties to Duncan Fegredo for a new chapter in the life of the World's Greatest Paranormal Investigator.] 
Hellboy
Junior (2-issue mini + Hellboy Junior Halloween Special; w Bill
Wray, Mike Mignola; a Bill Wray, Mike Mignola, Stephen DeStafano, Dave Cooper,
Pat McEown, Hilary Barta). [From Dark Horse Comics:
Finally, the most bizarre Hellboy spinoff is collected in one volume, after
four years out of print. Ren and Stimpy artist and Big Blown Baby
creator Bill Wray joins with Mignola and a great lineup of humor cartoonists
to reimagine a young, diaper-clad Hellboy and a host of other twisted children’s
characters. Includes the outrageous Mignola-drawn tale Squid of Man and
many others.] 
1 Seed of Destruction and Wake the Devil (Trades 1 & 2 + extras; w Mike Mignola & John Byrne). [From Dark Horse Comics: Since Mike Mignola's Hellboy first hit the stands in 1993, it has become a cultural sensation, racking up a dozen Eisner Awards and inspiring numerous spinoffs, from a novel line, to video games, to feature films. Now, Dark Horse is pleased to present the comics that started it all, collected in deluxe hardcover editions. Sized at a generous 9" x 12", and handsomely bound to match The Art of Hellboy, each volume contains two complete story-arcs -- the equivalent of two full trade-paperbacks. Each volume of the Hellboy Library Edition also includes extensive supplemental materials, including previously unreleased sketches and designs.] 
1 The Black Wedding (OGN; w Jim Pascoe, Tad Stones; a Rick Lacey, Fabio Laguna). [From Dark Horse Comics: Coinciding with the DVD release of the first Hellboy animated film, Hellboy Animated Volume 1: The Black Wedding brings the animated version of the character full circle, to the comics pages, in these two original tales. In the lead feature, "The Black Wedding," written by Jim Pascoe (Kim Possible, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and drawn by Rick Lacy (Venture Brothers), Liz Sherman is kidnapped by an ancient cult, dragging the entire Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense into a horrifying tale of witchcraft and possession. Hellboy Animated co-creator Tad Stones and Fabio Laguna (X-Men Unlimited) team up in "Pyramid of Death," in which radio hero Lobster Johnson inspires a young Hellboy to inflict some imaginary justice of his own. With a cover by Jeff Matsuda (producer/art director of Batman) and a pinup by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, this book is the perfect bridge between the comics and cartoon worlds of the World's Greatest Paranormal Detective.] 
2 Judgment Bell (OGN; w Jim Pascoe, Tad Stones; a Tad Stones, Rick Lacey). [From Dark Horse Comics: In "The Judgment Bell," written by Jim Pascoe (Kim Possible, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and drawn by Rick Lacy (Venture Brothers), a figure from Dr. Broom's past wreaks havoc on the children of a small Polish village. And in a backup story written and drawn by Hellboy Animated creator Tad Stones, a young Hellboy is once again stirred to heroism by the radio adventures of Lobster Johnson.
With a cover by Eisner award-winning Goon creator Eric Powell and an original pinup by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, this book is the perfect bridge between the comics and cartoon worlds of the World's Greatest Paranormal Detective.] 
3 The Menagerie (OGN; w Jason Hall, Nate Piekos; a Rick Lacey, Fabio Laguna). [From Dark Horse Comics: In "The Menagerie," written by Jason Hall (Beware the Creeper, Pistolwhip) and drawn by Rick Lacy (Venture Brothers), a dull trip to a conference turns into a deadly adventure when a mythical menagerie from ancient Europe appears in the Amazon rainforest.
Writer Nate Piekos (Atland) and artist Fabio Laguna (X-Men Unlimited) teach Abe Sapien a valuable lesson about silver lining in "Small Victories."] 
1
Hollow Earth & Other Stories (Hollow Earth 1-3; Abe Sapien:
Drums of the Dead; misc. shorts; w Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, Tom
Sniegoski, Brian McDonald; a Ryan Sook, Matt Smith, Derek Thompson).
[From Dark Horse Comics: Last spring's sensational miniseries Hollow
Earth, by Mike Mignola, Chris Golden, Tom Sniegoski, and Ryan Sook, revealed
the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense's struggle to save agent
Liz Sherman, and their struggle to deal with life without Hellboy. That
story is collected here with rare Hellboy related stories, long sought after
by fans of the Mignola's hit comic, which is soon to be a major motion picture!
Reprinted here for the first time are the first solo Abe Sapien comic, Drums
of the Dead, by Brian McDonald and Derek Thompson, as well as the short
stories "Abe Sapien versus Science" and "Lobster Johnson:
Killer Inside My Skull." If these names mean nothing to you, you've
been missing out on the greatest adventure saga comics has to offer. If
you do know these names, then this is the collection you've been asking
for. From Hellboy.com:
"Collects "BPRD: Hollow Earth" from BPRD: Hollow
Earth #1-#3. Collects "BPRD"-- the strip from Dark Horse
Extra #42-#44. Collects "Abe Sapien: Drums of the Dead" from
Abe Sapien: Drums of the Dead. Collects "Lobster Johnson: Killer
Inside My Skull" from Hellboy: Box Full of Evil #1. Collects
"Abe Sapien vs. Science" from Hellboy: Box Full of Evil #2.
Includes a Mike Mignola and Ryan Sook sketchbook."] 
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The Soul of Venice & Other Stories (BPRD one-shots; w Miles
Gunter, Bryan Augustyn, Geoff Johns, Joe Harris, Mike Mignola; a Michael
Avon Oeming, Guy Davis, Scott Kolins, Adam Pollina, Cameron Stewart.
[From Dark Horse Comics: This collection of 2003's Bureau for Paranormal
Research and Defense one-shots kicks of with a goddess imprisoned in a story
by Bastard Samurai creative team Miles Gunter and Michael Avon Oeming (Bastard
Samurai), joined by series creator Mike Mignola. Guy Davis, artist of the
new B.P.R.D. series teams, with Brian Augustyn (Gotham by Gaslight). The
Flash creative team Geoff Johns & Scott Kolins team for their first
Dark Horse work, and Joe Harris, screenwriter of Darkness Falls, and his
X-Men collaborator Adam Pollina reunite for Abe Sapien's weirdest adventure
yet. Also includes a brand new short story by Mignola and Cameron Stewart.]
3 Plague of Frogs (5-issue mini; w Mike Mignola; a Guy Davis).
[From Dark Horse Comics: After holding it a secret for ten years,
Hellboy creator Mike Mignola finally reveals Abe Sapien's bizarre history.
Introduced in the first Hellboy book and featured prominently in the film,
Abe Sapien has remained one of the most intriguing mysteries of Mignola's
celebrated work. The recent Hellboy film steered clear of any origin story
for Abe so that the tale could be told in Plague of Frogs. The story of
Abe's origins unfolds as the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense
try to stop the monstrous frog men from the first Hellboy graphic novel,
Seed of Destruction. The plague begins its spread across America, lending
an apocalyptic new direction to Mignola's stories. Collecting the five-issue
miniseries.]
4 The Dead (5-issue mini; w Mike Mignola, John Arcudi;
a Guy Davis). [From Dark Horse Comics: The Bureau
for Paranormal Research and Defense and their new team leader, a former
corpse himself, moves into their new headquarters only to unearth a gigantic
long-buried secret involving United States government covert experiments
and Nazi scientists. Hellboy creator Mike Mignola teams with artist Guy
Davis and co-writer John Arcudi to carve out a bold new direction for the
B.P.R.D., while Abe Sapien, still reeling from the revelation of his former
life as a Victorian scientist, meets his long dead wife in their crumbling
home by the sea. This collection includes an extended sketchbook section
featuring the otherworldly designs Guy Davis for the roster of new characters
introduced in The Dead. Collecting the five-issue miniseries. The strangest
team book in comics gets weirder with this tale of the walking dead, madness,
the Spear of Destiny, and a monstrous gateway to heaven.] 
5 The Black Flame (6-issue mini; w Mike Mignola, John Arcudi; a Guy Davis). [From Dark Horse Comics: The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense faces its worst tragedy ever as the war against the plague of frogs reaches a devastating new level. Heralded by a bizarre villain from the B.P.R.D.'s past, an ancient monster-god marches across the American heartland portending an end to the reign of men, and leaving a permanent mark on the Bureau. Hellboy-creator Mike Mignola continues his collaboration with artist Guy Davis and co-writer John Arcudi to unravel a tale that will leave the earth shaken and the B.P.R.D. shattered. This collection includes a sketchbook section chronicling Guy Davis's creation of the abominations unleashed in The Black Flame. The B.P.R.D. is changed forever in this story revealing secret names, visions and dreams, a Nazi madman, and the death of a beloved agent.] 
6 The Universal Machine (5-issue mini; w Mike Mignola, John Arcudi; a Guy Davis). [From Dark Horse Comics: After the catastrophic encounter with the monster-god Katha-Hem, Dr. Kate Corrigan travels to rural France in search of an ancient text that might undo the death of Roger. Back at the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, Captain Daimio tells the story of his own death, Johann Kraus confesses a bizarre love triangle arising from one of his séances, Abe recalls a mission with Hellboy during his early days at the B.P.R.D., and Liz reveals a weird tale of the family members she killed while discovering her firestarter powers. Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, with artist Guy Davis and co-writer John Arcudi, unravel a story that will determine the future of the B.P.R.D., while revealing key secrets about their past. This collection includes a sketchbook section that captures Guy Davis's development of the terrors unveiled in The Universal Machine.] 
7 Garden of Souls (5-issue mini; w Mike Mignola, John Arcudi; a Guy Davis). [From Dark Horse Comics: Abe Sapien follows a strange clue to the jungles of Indonesia and a secret society with connections to his past life during the American Civil War. Meanwhile, Liz's apocalyptic visions have begun to escalate, and Johann makes a startling discovery about a member of the Bureau. Garden of Souls offers a window into the bizarre backstory of Abe Sapien and his colleagues in the mysterious Oannes Society -- complete with Victorian cyborgs, doomsday devices, and a very well preserved mummy.] 
8 Killing Ground (5-issue mini; w Mike Mignola, John Arcudi; a Guy Davis). [From Dark Horse Comics: Something deadly is loose in the halls of the B.P.R.D.! The B.P.R.D. will need all of its new resources -- from Johann's new body to Panya, the team's newest (or maybe oldest) member -- to handle the deadly forces that have wormed their way into the heart of the headquarters, as the line blurs between the hunters of the supernatural and their prey.] 
Weird
Tales 1 (1-4; w Tom Sniegoski, Eric Powell, Sara Ryan, Randy Stradley,
Fabian Nicieza, John Cassaday, Joe Casey, Bob Fingerman, John Arcudi, Mark
Ricketts, Jason Pearson, Matt Hollingsowrth, Alex Maleev, Andi Watson; a
Eric Powell, Ovi Nedulcu, Steve Lieber, Seung Kim, Stefano Raffaele, John
Cassaday, Steve Parkhouse, Bob Fingerman, Roger Langridge, Eric Wight, Jason
Pearson, Alex Maleev, Andi Watson). [From Dark Horse
Comics: Mike Mignola's award-winning series Hellboy has been lauded
as much by other artists as it has by award ceremonies and fans. Over the
years, many of the best artists in the industry have asked if they could
do a backup story, just to get a chance to play with the characters and
worlds Mignola has created. As Dark Horse gears up for the release of the
2004 Hellboy motion picture, we present this lavish collection of these
stories. One of the most popular features in recent Hellboy books has been
the sketchbook section, so Dark Horse asked these stellar artists to let
us present some of their behind-the-scenes work in this collection.]
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Weird
Tales 2 (5-8; John Cassaday, P. Craig Russell, J. H. Williams, Scott
Morse, Evan Dorkin, Jill Thompson, Gene Colan, Jim Starlin, Kia Asamiya,
Craig Thompson). [From Dark Horse Comics: The second
volume in the celebrated anthology series features more big names, and sixteen
more pages than Volume One, including John Cassaday's complete Lobster Johnson
serial. Mike Mignola's character has never been more popular, especially
in the wake of the long-awaited feature film. The award-winning Hellboy
series has been lauded as much by other artists as it has by award ceremonies
and fans. Over the years, many of the best artists in the industry have
offered to contribute, to get a chance to play with the characters and worlds
Mignola has created. In celebration of the 2004 Hellboy motion picture,
Dark Horse presents this lavish collection, complete with a behind-the-scenes
look at the sketchbooks of the various artists.] 
Art
of Hellboy (Mignola sketchbook). [From Dark Horse
Comics: This stunning two-hundred-page tome looks at the evolution of
Mike Mignola's art over ten years on his award-winning comics series. Featuring
previously unpublished art, unused and unfinished covers, and drawing upon
ten years of sketchbooks,The Art of Hellboy provides the ultimate inside
look at Mignola's design, storytelling, and color work, and rare and never-before-seen
art reveals the labor involved in creating one of comics' most acclaimed
books.] 
Ghost/Hellboy
(2-issue mini; w Mike Mignola; a Mike Mignola, Scott Benefiel, Jasen Rodriguez).
[From Dark Horse Comics: The world's greatest paranormal investigator
meets the world's greatest paranormal! Word at the Bureau for Paranormal
Research and Defense says there's a ghost in Arcadia. A ghost that hunts.
A ghost that kills people. Not the kind that pushes you down a flight of
stairs or grabs the wheel when you're driving -- the kind that cuts you
in half with a pair of .45 automatics. If she's a ghost -- a "real"
ghost -- then she's one of a kind, and the Bureau wants her. And if anyone
can get her, you can bet it's Hellboy...] 
The Hellboy Companion (w Stephen Weiner, Jason Hall; a Mike Mignola). [From Dark Horse Comics: Densely illustrated with classic images from the comics as well as a handful of new drawings from Mignola, this volume offers thorough documentation of the Hellboy universe, compiling the many complex pieces that make up the life of the World's Greatest Paranormal Investigator into an easily understandable format. From Abe Sapien to the secret origin of the world, this complete compendium is every hardcore Hellboy fan's key to the mind of Mignola, and the ultimate introduction for anyone looking to begin their journey in the weird and wondrous world he has created.] 
Hellboy:
The Art of the Movie (Art book).[From Dark Horse
Comics: Since its debut in 1994, Mike Mignola's Hellboy has been
one of the most celebrated comics on the shelves. Mignola has won every
major industry award for his work, and attracted the attention of Hollywood
for a series of jobs on high-profile films, including Disney's Atlantis
and Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula. Now the director he teamed with
on Blade II, Guillermo del Toro, brings Mignola's creation to the
big screen, and Dark Horse provides a unique look into this moment in comics-to-film
history. This 200-page book features del Toro's complete screenplay, based
on Mignola's Hellboy: Seed of Destruction, production art by Mignola, Wayne
Barlowe (Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials, Harry Potter and the Prisoner
of Azkaban (Book 3), and Ty Ellingson (Jurassic Park, Star Wars:
A New Hope, The Special Edition), as well as commentary by Mignola and
excerpts from del Toro's on-set diary.] 
Savage Dragon/Hellboy (Image; Savage Dragon 34-35; w & a Erik
Larsen).
Christopher
Golden, The Lost Army (novel; illustrations by Mike Mignola).
[From Dark Horse Comics: In 525 B.C., the Persian king Cambyses sent
fifty thousand soldiers across the conquered Egyptian desert to take an
oasis city not far from where the Libyan border stands today. According
to Greek history, a hurricane-force sandstorm struck near the end of their
six-hundred-mile trek. The army -- all fifty thousand men -- vanished without
a single trace. Fast forward to 1986. A British archaeological team, sent
to the edge of the Great Sand Sea to exhume evidence of the incident, has
also gone missing. So the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense is
sending the world's greatest paranormal investigator, Hellboy, to find the
missing Brits and to discover what became of The Lost Army. Dark Horse is
proud to present a milestone in the history of Hellboy. This illustrated
novel is written by Christopher Golden, best-selling author of the book
Of Saints and Shadows. Hellboy creator Mike Mignola has done sixty-eight
black-and-white illustrations for the story, and those illustrations alone
are worth the price of admission.] 
Christopher
Golden, The Bones of Giants (novel; illustrations by Mike
Mignola). [From Dark Horse Comics: On the frozen
shores of Sweden, lightning strikes from a clear sky. The skeleton of a
huge man is revealed, its fingers clutched around the handle of an iron
hammer. No one who comes to see this marvel from Norse mythology can lift
it -- no one but Hellboy, who lifts the hammer just in time for lightning
to strike again, welding it to his hand and leading him towards a bizarre
series of visions and encounters. Chris Golden, author of the popular Hellboy:
The Lost Army novel, makes his return to the character in a novel illustrated
by Mike Mignola, award-winning creator of Hellboy and production designer
of Disney's summer blockbuster, Atlantis.] 
Odd
Jobs (short stories; edited by Christopher Golden; illustrated
by Mike Mignola. “Cartoon” by Gahan Wilson; “Medusa's Revenge”
by Yvonne Navarro; “Jigsaw” by Stephen R. Bissette; “A Mother
Cries at Midnight” by Philip Nutman; “Delivered” by Craig
Rucka; “Folie à Deux” by Nancy Holder; “Demon Politics”
by Craig Shaw Gardner; “A Grim Fairy Tale” by Nancy A. Collins;
“Scared Crows” by Rick Hautala and Jim Connolly; “Where Their
Fire Is Not Quenched” by Chet Williamson; “I Had Bigfoot's Baby!”
by Max Allen Collins; “The Nuckelavee” by Christopher Golden and
Mike Mignola; “A Night at the Beach” by Matthew J. Costello; “Burn,
Baby, Burn” by Poppy Z. Brite; “Far Flew the Boast of Him”
by Brian Hodge.). [From Dark Horse Comics: Following
the success of the 1996 illustrated novel Hellboy: The Lost Army, Dark Horse
commissioned writer Christopher Golden to gather some of the brightest creative
lights in horror and mystery fiction--Brian Hodge, Poppy Z. Brite, Nancy
A. Collins, Greg Rucka, Chet Williamson, legendary horror/humor cartoonist
Gahan Wilson, and many more--to produce a prose anthology of Hellboy short
stories, presenting original tales of the world's--and Hell's--greatest
paranormal investigator. Illustrated by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola.]
Odder Jobs (short stories; edited by Christopher Golden; illustrated
by Mike Mignola.). [From Dark Horse Comics: Mike Mignola's award-winning series Hellboy has earned fans all over the world, among them some of the most respected horror, fantasy, and mystery novelists in the field, and some of Hollywood's most talented writers and directors. Now a who's who list of these writers are drawn together to tell their own tales of Hellboy, to play with the characters and worlds Mignola has created. As part of Dark Horse's celebration of Hellboy in 2004, Christopher Golden (author of the Hellboy novels The Lost Army and The Bones of Giants) has brought together a stellar array of talents including filmmakers Frank Darabont and Hellboy movie director Guillermo del Toro, and novelists Charles de Lint, Graham Joyce, and Sharyn McCrumb, as well as many others. ] 