Hellboy

If there's one thing that superhero fans can agree upon, it's that we'd all likely disagree when it comes to our favorite superheroes and superpowers. There are just so many to choose from for so many different reasons that there's no way we'd all come to a mutual, all-encompassing understanding...

With this week's release of Marvel's "Black Knight" #1 -- not to be confused with DC's similarly named space zombie epic -- creators Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz are revisiting the age of Camelot to reveal the long-lost origin of the Black Knight and the the sword that's basically Excalibur in one of those Evil Mirror Universe Goatees from "Star Trek," Chaos the Doombringer... Rea

While a longstanding proponent of (often free) digital content, Dark Horse is really starting to mingle at the mobile comics party with the recent release of two of its flagship properties onto Apple's iPhone. Mike Mignola's "Hellboy: Seed of Destruction" storyline along with Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá's "Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite" are now available for download via iTu

There have been a lot of cool Hellboy toys over the years, but there's something fabulously disarming about Swedish artist Jakob Westman's Playmobil mods. Robot 6 has the scoop on the custom toys, pointing out Westman's Web site's wide variety of projects that include more Hellboy toys and other cartoon pieces...

Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" hits theaters this Friday and there's already a short comic preview of the film available. Tarantino's an admitted comics fan, often slipping both subtle and not so subtle references to classic comics characters into his work...

"Hellboy" creator Mike Mignola's story demonstrates the double-edged sword of success pretty well. Essentially, following the film adaptations of "Hellboy" and "Hellboy 2" the artist became so successful that he no longer had time to regularly illustrate his comic, leaving it to artists like Duncan Fegredo to help carry out the story...

A roundup of the top toys recently released in the world of comics: -- There's a 6" Metz-It Hellboy figure available now online (and in July at San Diego Comic-Con). The posable figure comes complete with Hellboy's trademark gun, "The Samaritan" (not shown)...

Press Release Hellboy creator Mike Mignola teams up with Eisner-nominated artist Jason Shawn Alexander (Damn Nation, The Secret, The Escapists) for a five-part miniseries featuring Abe Sapien, the second most popular character from Mignola's Hellboy books, on his first solo assignment ...

Day two of the Baltimore Comic-Con started for me (and for many others) with a Mike Mignola Q&A in which the writer/artist engaged in an hour-long exchange with his fans that was as thoughtful as it was personable. Not surprisingly, many of the questions centered around the Hellboy 2 movie, with Mignola explaining that the sequel was a tough sell until writer/director Guillermo del Toro's Q-r

I hate to admit this one, but I missed the first few minutes of the Dark Horse session. I was on the way to the room when I saw this pic that had to be taken. This meant that I had to wait for a few other people to take the same pic that I wanted, then when everyone finished I had to get contact info for the people in the photo ...