The Hellboy Universe Publishing Order

[Middenway]

Yeah, Twitter is the source of all human knowledge.

[mushroom2703]

Yeah, Twitter is the source of all human knowledge.

Certainly feels like it sometimes dude, at least in terms of the comic world. Plenty of interesting news from creators every day that never make it to the news sites, or only show up months later via official press releases. I love how open and friendly people in the comic industry are on twitter to talk to about their work and what they've got coming up.

[Middenway]

I thought the seventh Hellboy library edition would be a long way off, and maybe it still is, but I suddenly realised Hellboy in Hell #1-5 will fill a whole trade, and House of the Living Dead, Hellboy versus the Aztec Mummy, and The Midnight Circus will easily fill another. If we get Hellboy in Hell #5 before or during October, it's possible we may actually get the next library edition as soon as January 2015 (the absolute earliest we could expect such a thing). Of course, they may not be collected this way. The Hellboy in Hell stories may be collected in their own volume and the OGNs and any other short stories may be collected in another, in which case the wait for the next volume will be considerably longer.

And if House of the Living Dead, Hellboy versus the Aztec Mummy, and The Midnight Circus are collected as a trade paperback first, then the wait will be even longer again.

[Middenway]

Some general news from C2E2. Rafael Alburquerque is joining the crew as a cover artist on B.P.R.D. One of the covers displayed (I don't know if it was Alburquerque's, there were no pictures) featured Liz prominently.

[Middenway]

If anyone's interested in a peek at the B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth: The Pickens County Horror and Others trade's sketchbook, you can check it out here.

[Middenway]

ABE SAPIEN #5: THE NEW RACE OF MAN — PART 2 (of 2)
Written by: Mike Mignola and John Arcudi
Art by: Max Fiumara
Colours by: Dave Stewart
Cover by: Max Fiumara

On sale August 7, 2013

After a half-eaten body washes ashore, a small cult suspects the hungry killer may be Abe, who flees to the Salton Sea only to confront a dangerous Ogdru Hem larva.
• Max Fiumara (B.P.R.D.: 1948) takes on Abe!


B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH #110: LAKE OF FIRE — PART 1 (of 5)
Written by: Mike Mignola and John Arcudi
Art by: Tyler Crook
Colours by: Dave Stewart
Cover by: Rafael Albuquerque

On sale August 21, 2013

As Liz Sherman fights for her life in a Utah hospital, the B.P.R.D. sends a recon team into the no-man’s land that used to be New York City, and the young psychic Fenix encounters a monster-worshiping cult at the Salton Sea.
• Art by Eisner winner Tyler Crook (The Sixth Gun).

“It’s a good a time as any to check in with a series that started as a Hellboy spin-off but has become a force in its own right.” —Comic Book Resources


LOBSTER JOHNSON: A SCENT OF LOTUS #2 (of 2)
Written by: Mike Mignola and John Arcudi
Art by: Sebastian Fiumara
Colours by: Dave Stewart
Cover by: Tonči Zonjić

On sale August 21, 2013

After a brutal attack by an army of gun-blazing monkeys in a burning brothel, Lobster Johnson confronts the supernatural Japanese spy known as the Crimson Lotus!
• Tie-in to B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs!
• The Crimson Lotus, first introduced in B.P.R.D.: The Dead in 2005, comes after the Lobster!


ITTY BITTY HELLBOY #1
Written by: Franco, Art Baltazar
Art by: Art Baltazar
Cover by: Art Baltazar

On sale August 28, 2013

A ghost named Rasputin has been spotted! And Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. are going to find out what he’s up to.

Who is Hellboy anyway? Why does he have such a big hand and what is it used for? Who's weirder, him or his friends? What is the B.P.R.D.? And what does chicken soup have to do with all of it? This and more answered in the debut issue, where BIG things happen to itty bitty Hellboy!
• The creators of Tiny Titans, Superman Family Adventures, and Aw Yeah Comics comes to Dark Horse!
• A new kids’ comic with Mike Mignola’s characters reimagined by Art Baltazar and Franco!


HELLBOY: THE MIDNIGHT CIRCUS
Written by: Mike Mignola
Art by: Duncan Fegredo
Colours by: Dave Stewart
Cover by: Mike Mignola

On sale October 23, 2013

Young Hellboy runs away from the B.P.R.D. only to stumble upon a weird and fantastical circus and the few demons from Hell who inhabit it.
• Cover and story by Mike Mignola!
• Duncan Fegredo returns!
• An original graphic novel in hardcover!

"In the world of Hellboy, the stony hand that Hellboy uses to clobber opponents is called the Right Hand of Doom. For cartoonist and creator Mike Mignola, his right-hand man for doing Hellboy these days could be considered Duncan Fegredo." —Newsarama

[new_onslaught]

Will HELLBOY: THE MIDNIGHT CIRCUS HC be recollected in a Library edition or something? Have there been any other OGNs? Were they recollected?

[UnravThreads]

Will HELLBOY: THE MIDNIGHT CIRCUS HC be recollected in a Library edition or something? Have there been any other OGNs? Were they recollected?

There's only House of the Living Dead (I think), and from what I know there's been no statement saying they'll get a library edition. Maybe if there's a third, perhaps.

I'll be picking up:
Itty Bitty Hellboy
Hellboy: The Midnight Circus

[new_onslaught]

There's only House of the Living Dead (I think), and from what I know there's been no statement saying they'll get a library edition. Maybe if there's a third, perhaps.

I'll be picking up:
Itty Bitty Hellboy
Hellboy: The Midnight Circus

Thanks! I'll be getting Itty Bitty Hellboy too and maybe Hellboy: The Midnight Circus.

[Middenway]

I have no doubt that the Hellboy OGNs will be collected in a library edition volume eventually, especially since the OGNs are devoid of any sketchbook material. There's no way they aren't going to be recollected. The Midnight Circus, House of the Living Dead and the eight-page short Hellboy versus the Aztec Mummy together meet the page requirements for a trade, and it was mentioned (in a Hellmail) that Hellboy in Hell #1-5 would be collected together in a trade, so Hellboy Library Edition Volume 7 may be full of all this material. But the absolute earliest we could reasonably expect to see such a thing would be January 2015, and even that's a rather optimistic estimate.