Mike Mignola’s ‘Hellboy’ Extended Unvierse Continues To Expand In June Solicitations [Exclusive]
While Mike Mignola may have officially put an end to the adventures of Hellboy, the prolific creator has established a living, breathing universe over the past twenty-plus years and its one that shows no signs of slowing down. ComicsAlliance has the exclusive reveal of June's crop of Mignolaverse titles, including The Visitor: How and Why He Stayed and a huge prose collection featuring stories by Chelsea Cain, Delilah Dawson and Chris Roberson.
The big highlight in this month's Mignolaverse solicitations is Hellboy: An Assortment of Horrors which is described as "a must have prose Hellboy anthology" and features some of the best writers in the business all contributing stories with Mignola providing illustrations for each.
Check out the covers and solicitations below
The Visitor: How and Why He Stayed #5 (of 5)
Mike Mignola (W), Chris Roberson (W), Paul Grist (A/Cover), and Bill Crabtree (C)
On sale June 28
FC, 32 pages
$3.99
MiniseriesAfter decades of living as a man the Visitor has a chance to return to his people in space, but must deliver a message to Hellboy first.
A must have Hellboy prose Anthology!
Hellboy: An Assortment of Horrors TP
Christopher Golden (W), Jonathan Maberry (W), Michael Rowe (W), Seanan McGuire (W), Paul Tremblay (W), Laird Barron (W), Chris Priestley (W/A), Chelsea Cain (W), E. Lily Yu (W), Chris Roberson (W), Kealan Patrick Burke (W), Richard Kadrey (W), Weston Ochse (W), Delilah Dawson (W), Angela Slatter (W), Rio Youers (W), Nathan Ballingrud (W), Mike Mignola (A/Cover), and Dave Stewart (C)
On sale Aug 16
FC, 216 pages
$14.99
TP, 6" x 9"Sixteen of the biggest names in weird literature pay tribute to Hellboy and the characters of Mike Mignola’s award-winning books! Assembled by Joe Golem and Baltimore cowriter Christopher Golden and featuring illustrations by Mignola and Chris Priestley, the anthology boasts original stories by the best in horror, fantasy, and science fiction, including Seanan McGuire (October Daye series), Chelsea Cain (Heartsick), Jonathan Maberry (Joe Ledger series), and more! The new writer of Hellboy and the B.P.R.D., iZombie cocreator Chris Roberson, pitches in as well, and Chris Priestley (Tales of Terror) provides a story and an illustration!
• Each story illustrated by Mike Mignola!
Baltimore: The Red Kingdom #5 (of 5)
Mike Mignola (W), Christopher Golden (W), Peter Bergting (A), Michelle Madsen (C), and Ben Stenbeck (Cover)
On sale June 7
FC, 32 pages
$3.99
MiniseriesLives are lost as Baltimore leads the final push against the Red King’s armies.
Joe Golem: Occult Detective—The Outer Dark #2 (of 3)
Mike Mignola (W), Christopher Golden (W), Patric Reynolds (A), Dave Stewart (C), and Dave Palumbo (Cover)
On sale June 28
FC, 32 pages
$3.99
MiniseriesMen in the Drowning City are going mad because of supernatural voices in their heads, and occult detective Joe Golem’s search for an explanation puts him at odds with a powerful man who is after the same knowledge.