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 52 trades and 2 OGNs in the series.

Hellboy Universe Titles

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.

Hellboy Collections

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
	House of the Living Dead				November 2011
	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

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.^[2] 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 currently in the middle of its second, much larger, cycle, "Hell on Earth." Additionally, there are several flashback stories to early periods in the B.P.R.D.'s history.

B.P.R.D. Collections

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

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,^[3] but it was cut short because Mike Mignola felt he had too many books going on.^[4] 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.

B.P.R.D. 1946 – 1948 Collections

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.^[5]

B.P.R.D. Vampire Collections

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

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).

B.P.R.D. Plague of Frogs Collections

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

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.

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Collections

Title	Story	Art	Colors	Published
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 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 14: THE EXORCIST
Exorcism	Mike Mignola and Cameron Stewart	Cameron Stewart	Dave Stewart	Part 1: June 2012 Part 2: July 2012
The Exorcist				Part 1: April 2016 Part 2: May 2016 Part 3: June 2016
B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH ― VOLUME 15
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

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.

Lobster Johnson Collections

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

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.^[6]

Abe Sapien Collections

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 ― 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 ― 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
		Sebastián Fiumara		August 2016

Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder

This Hellboy spin-off primarily features stories about the witchfinder Sir Edward Grey, although on one occasion it includes The Burial of Katharine Baker, which is about another witchfinder, Henry Hood. Beginning with The Mysteries of Unland in June 2014, Kim Newman and Maura McHugh will become the writers for the series.

Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder Collections

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

Hellboy in Hell

Unlike previous Hellboy stories, Hellboy in Hell is an ongoing series. It is not a monthly series, but rather a new issue will come out when it is finished, whenever that may be. However, when there is an arc spanning multiple issues, each of those issues will come out monthly.^[7]

Hellboy in Hell Collections

Title	Story	Art	Colors	Published
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	Mike Mignola		Dave Stewart	May 2014
The Hounds of Pluto				Part 1: August 2015 Part 2: September 2015
The Exorcist of Vorsk	Mike Mignola and Todd Mignola	Mike Mignola		November 2015
The Spanish Bride	Mike Mignola			May 2016
For Whom the Bell Tolls				June 2016

Sledgehammer 44

First published in March 2013, Sledgehammer 44 is about the Vril Energy Suit "Epimetheus," more commonly known as "Sledgehammer" in 1944.

Sledgehammer 44 Collections

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

Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.

On July 8, 2014, just prior to SDCC 2014, Entertainment Weekly^[8] and Nerdist^[9] announced the new title, kicking off with a five-issue miniseries. It will be 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 will debut in December.

Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. Collections

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
The Kelpie
The Witch Tree				November 2015
Rawhead and Bloody Bones
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

Frankenstein Underground

In 2015 a new title will be released, Frankenstein Underground, following the story of Frankenstein's Monster. This character has previously appeared in Hellboy: House of the Living Dead. This series will only be a single book long.^[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

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.

During an interview in 2015, Mike Mignola announced he was working on a Koshchei the Deathless miniseries.^[11]

Any Hellboy cross-overs, guest appearances, novels (excepting Christopher Golden's three novels) and role-playing games are not considered within continuity.^[12]

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

• List of Hellboy comics
• Hellboy publishing history

Notes

1. Christopher Golden, "Post on the CBR Hellboy forum", Comic Book Resources, 7 January 2011
2. Mike Mignola, Afterward from B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs trade paperback, 23 February 2005
3. Shaun Manning, "Mignola on Hellboy's Extended Universe", Comic Book Resources, 3 March 2008
4. Alex Dueben, "Mike Mignola’s Amazing Screw-On Head", Suicide Girls, 6 October 2010
5. Casey, Dan. "Comic Book Day: To Hell and Back with Mike Mignola". Interview. Nerdist.com. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
6. Salvatore, Brian. "Talkin’ Abe Sapien with Scott Allie". Retrieved 15 March 2013.
7. http://comicsbeat.com/eccc-13-liveblogging-from-the-pages-of-hellboy/. Retrieved 21 August 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
8. Christenson, Kurt. ""Hellboy and the B.P.R.D." delves into Hellboy's -- and his creator's -- past". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
9. Casey, Dan. "SDCC Exclusive: Alex Maleev Talks Dark Horse's New "Hellboy and the BPRD" Series". Nerdist. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
10. Zalben, Alex. ""Hellboy" Creator Reveals His Next Book: "Frankenstein Underground"". MTV. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
11. "On Russia with Mike Mignola". Hellboymedia. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
12. 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