The Hellboy Universe Publishing Order

[Middenway]

I've changed the format of the Upcoming Issues section slightly. B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth stories will now include the ongoing series issue number from the 100th issue onwards.

[UnravThreads]

I wonder. Is it worth compiling a list of what's available digitally and what isn't? A number of B.P.R.D. stories (and Hellboy, I assume) aren't available via the Dark Horse store.

[Middenway]

DARK HORSE DIGITAL STORE AVAILABILITY
1993―2010

For those of you that like reading digitally. Where available, all links go to bundles. Not all stories are available through the Dark Horse Digital Store. This is a new section to this thread, and my heart wasn't really in it, but hopefully it'll still be useful. Let me know if there's mistakes or new additions and I'll fix it up.

Hellboy Promo #1 - UNAVAILABLE
Hellboy Promo #2 - UNAVAILABLE
Seed of Destruction
The Wolves of Saint August
The Corpse
The Chained Coffin
The Iron Shoes
Wake the Devil
Almost Colossus
A Christmas Underground
Drums of the Dead - UNAVAILABLE
Heads
The Baba Yaga
The Right Hand of Doom
The Vârcolac
Goodbye Mr. Tod
Pancakes
Box Full of Evil
The Killer in My Skull
Abe Sapien versus Science
The Nature of the Beast
King Vold
Conqueror Worm
BPRD Promo - UNAVAILABLE
Hollow Earth
The Third Wish
The Soul of Venice
Dark Waters
Dr. Carp's Experiment
Night Train
There's Something Under My Bed
Plague of Frogs
The Penanggalan
Born Again - UNAVAILABLE
The Troll-Witch
Another Day at the Office - UNAVAILABLE
The Dead
The Ghoul - UNAVAILABLE
The Island
The Black Flame
Makoma
The Universal Machine
The Hydra and the Lion
They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships - UNAVAILABLE
Garden of Souls
Darkness Calls
Killing Ground
The Iron Prometheus
The Vampire of Prague
1946
The Drowning
Revival
The Mole - UNAVAILABLE
Bishop Olek’s Devil - UNAVAILABLE
Out of Reach - UNAVAILABLE
War on Frogs
The Ectoplasmic Man
The Crooked Man
The Warning
In the Chapel of Moloch
Murderous Intent - UNAVAILABLE
The Wild Hunt
How Koshchei Became Deathless
The Black Goddess
Baba Yaga's Feast
And What Shall I Find There? - UNAVAILABLE
In the Service of Angels
1947
The Burial of Katharine Baker
The Haunted Boy
The Bride of Hell
King of Fear
Hellboy in Mexico
The Abyssal Plain
The Storm
New World
The Whittier Legacy - UNAVAILABLE
Double Feature of Evil
The Sleeping and the Dead

[Middenway]

DARK HORSE DIGITAL STORE AVAILABILITY
2011―Present

Gods
Lost and Gone Forever
Seattle - UNAVAILABLE
The Dead Remembered
Buster Oakley Gets His Wish
Being Human
The Fury
Casualties
Monsters (Part 1/Part 2)
Russia
The Devil Does Not Jest (Part 1/Part2)
House of the Living Dead
Hellboy versus the Aztec Mummy (Dark Horse Presents #7)
The Burning Hand
An Unmarked Grave (Dark Horse Presents #8)
The Long Death
Tony Masso’s Finest Hour (Dark Horse Presents #9)
The Pickens County Horror (Part 1/Part 2)
The Devil’s Engine (Part 1/Part 2/Part 3)
The Transformation of J.H. O'Donnell
Exorcism (Part 1/Part 2)
The Prayer of Neferu
The Return of the Master
Caput Mortuum
1948
Hellboy in Hell (Part 1/Part 2/Part 3/Part 4)
The Abyss of Time (Part 1/Part 2)
Sledgehammer 44 (Part 1/Part 2)
A Cold Day in Hell (Part 1/Part 2)
Vampire (Part 1/Part 2/Part 3/Part 4/Part 5)
Dark and Terrible (Part 1/Part 2/Part 3)
Wasteland (Part 1/Part 2/Part 3)

[Middenway]

OUT-OF-CONTINUITY STORIES
Ghost/Hellboy Special
Weird Tales (#1-4/#5-8)
Hellboy/Beasts of Burden: Sacrifice
The Goon #7

[UnravThreads]

Possibly. I think one or two stories got shifted around, but from what I can tell, you've got it about right.

[Middenway]

One of the upcoming BPRD Hell on Earth trades will collect The Pickens County Horror, The Transformation of J.H. O'Donnell and a untitled and unreleased two-issue story by Scott Allie and Mike Mignola.

I guess this means we'll have to wait a while before Exorcism is collected, although this does lend credibility to the theory that there may be a trade down the road full of Ashley Strode stuff.

[Skinkie]

Hmmmm, I haven't read Pickens County but I read that it feels like its only the start of a larger story, so maybe Allie is following it up with another 2 issue series in a semi sequel

[Middenway]

No, afraid not. At least, not yet. Agent Vaughn will still be the main character, but Scott Allie isn't returning to the vampire plotline just yet. That's for later. It was mentioned in the Twitter chat yesterday. Hopefully well see this trade soon. Mike Mignola is drawing a BPRD trade cover with "creepy mushrooms" at the moment. I don't think it's much of a stretch to say it's for "The Pickens County Horror and Other Stories" (I don't know of this is the title, but I think it's a pretty likely candidate).

[imrandy85]

Updated Useful Links. Added the Hellboy Wiki, but sadly had to remove Upcoming "Mignolaverse" single issues and trades and The Mignolaverse Calendar since they are no longer updated. That sucks.

On a more positive note, the thread just passed 20,000 views. Cool.

Hey Middenway, just popped in to see what's going on in the forum. I haven't been around in a while. I'm planning on updating the Mignolaverse Calendar later tonight and I'll let you know when I do so you can repost the link if you want. Didn't realize anyone was checking it Anyways, thanks for all the hard work you do around here, it makes getting a lot of information quick and easy for everyone else.

[Middenway]

Hey, I haven't seen you on here in ages! Good to see you again. I'm re-posting the link now.

[Middenway]

This may not be the complete solicitations, but this is what we have so far...

B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH #102: THE RETURN OF THE MASTER — PART 5 (of 5)
Written by: Mike Mignola and John Arcudi
Art by: Tyler Crook
Colours by: Dave Stewart
Cover by: Ryan Sook

On sale December 19, 2012 (32 pages, $3.50)

Hell on Earth reaches its apex as massive devastation covers the globe and horrific monsters spew forth from the ground.
• Hell on Earth is here!


B.P.R.D.: 1948 #3 (of 5)
Written by: Mike Mignola and John Arcudi
Art by: Max Fiumara
Colours by: Dave Stewart
Cover by: Dave Johnson

On sale December 19, 2012 (32 pages, $3.50)

Monsters are killing civilians in the Utah desert, leading Professor Bruttenholm to recall the last time a government operation cracked open reality to unleash something from another world: Project Ragna Rok.
• From Hellboy creator Mike Mignola!


HELLBOY IN HELL #1
By: Mike Mignola
Colours by: Dave Stewart
Cover by: Mike Mignola
Variant Cover by: Mike Mignola
Preview Page

On sale December 5, 2012, (32 pages, $3.50)

After saving the world in The Storm and The Fury, but sacrificing himself and Great Britain, Hellboy is dead, cast into Hell, where he finds many familiar faces, and a throne that awaits him.
Mike Mignola returns to draw Hellboy's ongoing story for the first time since Conqueror Worm [Middenway: Actually, it was The Island]. It's a story only Mignola could tell, as more of Hellboy's secrets are at last revealed, in the most bizarre depiction of Hell you've ever seen.
• Mike Mignola writes and draws the next phase of Hellboy’s story.
• Dark Horse horror gets under your skin!

[Middenway]

Here's a glimpse at what Jason Latour is working on:

[Middenway]

A few bits of information about the future:

Aside from Hellboy in Hell, all Hellboy stories are going to be original graphic novels from now on. However, this is not a strict plan, rather it is simply what works for now.

Aside from the Hellboy OGNs, Lobster Johnson and B.P.R.D.: 1948, there will be no more flashback stories. So much is happening now, it's important to focus on the modern-day stories. Characters active during the world's end, will have their stories set mostly during the end of the world.

After this current run of Lobster Johnson short stories, Tonči Zonjić has confirmed he'll be back for another miniseries.

[Middenway]

Solicitations for Hellboy in Hell #2 have arrived a little early...

HELLBOY IN HELL #2
by Mike Mignola
with colours by Dave Stewart

On sale 2nd January, 2013. 32 pages, $2.99

In Pandemonium, the dead wait for Hellboy to claim his throne, but is he interested . . .?

Mike Mignola returns to draw Hellboy’s ongoing story for the first time since Conqueror Worm (Note: Should say The Island). It’s a story only Mignola could tell, as more of Hellboy’s secrets are revealed.

• Mike Mignola writes and draws Hellboy!
• Death was only the beginning.

On another note, this thread will not be updated for a little while as I'll be on holiday.