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The Omnibus Editions are collections of material previously released in trade paperbacks. It was kicked off when most of the B.P.R.D. trades were collected as part of their rebranding of the series, calling that cycle of books "Plague of Frogs".

Initially the volumes were only available in hardcover, but beginning late 2014 paperback versions of the omnibuses were released. In 2014, an omnibus collecting Hellboy: Weird Tales was released, followed by a release of B.P.R.D. 1946–1948 in 2015, followed by B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth and Abe Sapien in 2017, and a line of Hellboy omnibuses with a new reading order in 2018.

B.P.R.D.[]

Plague of Frogs[]

In January 2011, two months after the final trade paperback in the Plague of Frogs cycle had been released, Dark Horse began releasing the B.P.R.D. Plague of Frogs omnibuses, a total of four volumes, one coming out every eight to nine months. Each volume contains the material from three B.P.R.D. trade paperbacks with additional sketchbook material.

The omnibuses collect the B.P.R.D. trade paperback volumes 1–8, 10–12, and 14.[1] Dark Horse Comics began releasing paperback versions of the omnibuses in 2014.

Cover Date Published Contents
Volume 1 Collects
Omnibus BPRD PoF 1
MIKE MIGNOLA
January 19, 2011 (HC)

October 22, 2014 (TPB)

Additional Material
  • Introduction by Scott Allie
  • Afterword by Mike Mignola (originally published in B.P.R.D. – Volume 3: Plague of Frogs. It appears here with minor modifications.)
  • Expanded Sketchbook
    • 9 pages for The Hollow Earth and Other Stories
    • 15 pages for The Soul of Venice and Other Stories
    • 13 pages for Plague of Frogs
Volume 2 Collects
Omnibus BPRD PoF 2
MIKE MIGNOLA
August 17, 2011 (HC)

January 21, 2015 (TPB)

Additional Material
  • Introduction by Scott Allie
  • Afterword by Mike Mignola (cobbled together from the afterwords in B.P.R.D. – Volume 4: The Dead and B.P.R.D. – Volume 5: The Black Flame with minor modifications.)
  • Expanded Sketchbook
    • 16 pages for The Dead
    • 8 pages for The Black Flame
    • 6 pages for War on Frogs
Additional Notes
The stories were re-ordered for this volume for a better reading order, as explained by Scott Allie in the introduction:
  1. The Dead #1-5
  2. The Black Flame #1 (retitled War on Frogs: Chapter 1)
  3. War on Frogs #1 (retitled War on Frogs: Chapter 2)
  4. Revival (retitled War on Frogs: Chapter 3)
  5. War on Frogs #2 (retitled War on Frogs: Chapter 4)
  6. War on Frogs #4 (retitled War on Frogs: Chapter 5)
  7. The Black Flame #2–6 (retitled The Black Flame: Chapters 1–5)
  8. War on Frogs #3 (retitled The Black Flame: Epilogue)
Volume 3 Collects
Omnibus BPRD PoF 3
MIKE MIGNOLA
March 21, 2012 (HC)

March 25, 2015 (TPB)

Additional Material
  • Introduction by Scott Allie
  • Afterword by John Arcudi (originally published in B.P.R.D. – Volume 8: Killing Ground. It appears here with minor modifications.)
  • Expanded Sketchbook
    • 12 pages for The Universal Machine
    • 14 pages for Garden of Souls
    • 6 pages for Killing Ground
Volume 4 Collects
Omnibus BPRD PoF 4
MIKE MIGNOLA
November 7, 2012 (HC)

May 20, 2015 (TPB)

Additional Material
  • Introduction by Scott Allie
  • Afterword by John Arcudi
  • Expanded Sketchbook
    • 6 pages for The Warning
    • 13 pages for The Black Goddess
    • 29 pages for King of Fear
  • “Latchkey Memories From Crab Point” by Guy Davis

1946–1948[]

A cover for a new omnibus was revealed at the San Diego Comic Convention 2014. The hardcover version came out June 2015.

Cover Date Published Contents
Omnibus BPRD 1946-1947-1948
MIKE MIGNOLA
June 10, 2015 (HC)

February 26, 2020 (TPB)

Collects
Additional Material
  • Introduction by Scott Allie
  • Afterword by Chris Roberson
  • Expanded Sketchbook
    • 9 pages for 1946
    • 31 pages for 1947
    • 20 pages for 1948
Additional Notes
The stories were re-ordered for this volume in chronological order:
  1. And What Shall I Find There?
  2. Bishop Olek's Devil
  3. 1946
  4. 1947
  5. 1948

Hell on Earth[]

The first of five omnibuses was announced on Crave Online, March 15, 2017.

Cover Date Published Contents
Volume 1 Collects
Omnibus BPRD HoE 1
LAURENCE CAMPBELL
December 27, 2017 (HC)
March 24, 2021 (TPB)
Additional Material
  • Introduction by John Arcudi
  • Foreword by Mike Mignola (originally published in B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth – Volume 1: New World)
  • Expanded Sketchbook
    • 8 pages for New World
    • 22 pages for Gods and Monsters
    • 26 pages for Russia
Volume 2 Collects
Omnibus BPRD HoE 2
LAURENCE CAMPBELL
April 18, 2018 (HC)
August 1, 2018 (corrected HC)
August 4, 2021 (TPB)
Additional Material
  • Introduction by Scott Allie
  • Expanded Sketchbook
    • 24 pages for The Devil's Engine & The Long Death
    • 30 pages for The Pickens County Horror & Others
    • 33 pages for The Return of the Master
    • 3 pages for trade covers
Additional Notes

The original print run had an error: The Long Death was missing its last page. A corrected print run was released August 1, 2018.

Volume 3 Collects
Omnibus BPRD HoE 3
LAURENCE CAMPBELL
October 24, 2018 (HC)
December 1, 2021 (TPB)
Additional Material
  • Introduction by Scott Allie
  • Expanded Sketchbook
    • 16 pages for A Cold Day in Hell
    • 18 pages for Lake of Fire
    • 17 pages for The Reign of the Black Flame
    • 3 pages for trade covers
Volume 4 Collects
Omnibus BPRD HoE 4
LAURENCE CAMPBELL
January 2, 2019 (HC)
March 23, 2022 (TPB)
Additional Material
  • Introduction by Scott Allie
  • Expanded Sketchbook
    • 22 pages for The Devil's Wings
    • 17 pages for Flesh and Stone
    • 10 pages for The Exorcist
    • 3 pages for trade covers
Volume 5 Collects
Omnibus BPRD HoE 5
LAURENCE CAMPBELL
March 20, 2019 (HC)
September 7, 2022 (TPB)
Additional Material
  • Introduction by John Arcudi
  • Expanded Sketchbook
    • 13 pages for Metamorphosis1
    • 11 pages for End of Days
    • 14 pages for Cometh the Hour
    • 3 pages for trade covers

1 This sketchbook is five pages shorter than the original trade. Two pages have been condensed to one, five have been removed, and a new page has been added.

The Devil You Know[]

Horror DNA announced an omnibus collecting The Devil You Know on January 22, 2020.[2]

Cover Date Published Contents
Omnibus BPRD TDYK
MIKE MIGNOLA
March 10, 2021 (HC)
May 25, 2022 (TPB)
Collects
Additional Material
  • Introduction by Laurence Campbell
  • Afterword by Mike Mignola (from B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know #15)
  • Expanded Sketchbook
    • 10 pages for Messiah
    • 18 pages for Pandemonium
    • 13 pages for Ragna Rok1
    • 3 pages for trade covers

1 While this is one page less than the original trade paperback sketchbook, no material has been removed; it has simply been condensed.

Rebranding[]

In 2022, Dark Horse rebranded the omnibus editions of B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs, B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth and B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know, removing the cycle titles. These editions feature new covers.

Cover Date Published Originally Published as
B.P.R.D. Omnibus Volume 1
Omnibus BPRD 1
MIKE MIGNOLA
September 14, 2022 (TPB) B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs – Volume 1
(excluding The Killer in My Skull, which is recollected in the Lobster Johnson omnibuses)
B.P.R.D. Omnibus Volume 2
Omnibus BPRD 2
MIKE MIGNOLA
November 2, 2022 (TPB) B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs – Volume 2
B.P.R.D. Omnibus Volume 3
Omnibus BPRD 3
MIKE MIGNOLA
December 21, 2022 (TPB) B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs – Volume 3
B.P.R.D. Omnibus Volume 4
Omnibus BPRD 4
MIKE MIGNOLA
February 22, 2023 (TPB) B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs – Volume 4
B.P.R.D. Omnibus Volume 5
Omnibus BPRD 5
MIKE MIGNOLA
April 19, 2023 (TPB) B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth – Volume 1
B.P.R.D. Omnibus Volume 6
Omnibus BPRD 6
MIKE MIGNOLA
August 1, 2023 (TPB) B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth – Volume 2
B.P.R.D. Omnibus Volume 7
Omnibus BPRD 7
MIKE MIGNOLA
October 3, 2023 (TPB) B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth – Volume 3
B.P.R.D. Omnibus Volume 8
Omnibus BPRD 8
MIKE MIGNOLA
November 14, 2023 (TPB) B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth – Volume 4
B.P.R.D. Omnibus Volume 9
Omnibus BPRD 9
MIKE MIGNOLA
January 2, 2024 (TPB) B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth – Volume 5
B.P.R.D. Omnibus Volume 10
Omnibus BPRD 10
MIKE MIGNOLA
March 5, 2024 (TPB) B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know

Abe Sapien[]

A pair of Dark and Terrible omnibuses were announced on Freak Sugar, April 12, 2017. This was later followed by a third omnibus in 2018 collecting all the flashback material from Abe Sapien.

Cover Date Published Contents
Dark and Terrible – Volume 1 Collects
Omnibus Abe DaT 1
SEBASTIÁN FIUMARA
November 8, 2017 (HC)
November 16, 2022 (TPB)
Additional Material
  • Introduction by Scott Allie
  • Expanded Sketchbook
    • 30 pages for Dark and Terrible and The New Race of Man
    • 17 pages for The Shape of Things to Come
    • 33 pages for Sacred Places
Dark and Terrible – Volume 2 Collects
Omnibus Abe DaT 2
SEBASTIÁN FIUMARA
March 21, 2018 (HC)
April 12, 2022 (TPB)
Additional Material
  • Introduction by Scott Allie
  • Afterword by Scott Allie (originally published in Abe Sapien – Volume 8: The Desolate Shore.)
  • Expanded Sketchbook
    • 17 pages for A Darkness so Great
    • 26 pages for The Secret Fire
    • 17 pages for The Desolate Shore
    • 9 pages for commissions
The Drowning and Other Stories Collects
Omnibus Abe Drowning
SEBASTIÁN FIUMARA
July 11, 2018 (HC)
August 1, 2023 (TPB)
Additional Material
  • Introduction by Scott Allie
  • Expanded Sketchbook
    • 8 pages for The Drowning
    • 20 pages for The Devil Does Not Jest and Other Stories
    • 12 pages for Lost Lives and Other Stories
    • 9 pages for covers
Additional Notes
The stories were re-ordered for this volume for a better reading order, as explained by Scott Allie in the introduction:
  1. The Drowning
  2. Casualties
  3. The Haunted Boy
  4. The Land of the Dead
  5. Witchcraft & Demonology
  6. The Abyssal Plain
  7. The Devil Does Not Jest
  8. The Ogopogo
  9. Subconscious
  10. Lost Lives
  11. Icthyo Sapien (extended for the omnibus)
  12. The Calm Before the Storm (in sketchbook)

Hellboy[]

Hellboy is collected across a series of omnibus editions, four following his story from 1994 onwards (the primary storyline), and two additional volumes collecting the short flashback stories from the 1940s through to 1993. These six omnibuses will be paperback editions.

The Hellboy omnibuses collect the trade paperbacks Hellboy: Volumes 1–12, Hellboy in Hell: Volumes 1–2, Hellboy in Mexico, the original graphic novels Hellboy: The Midnight Circus, Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea, and the one-shot story Being Human from B.P.R.D.: Being Human.

Cover Date Published Contents
Volume 1: Seed of Destruction Collects
Hellboy Omni Volume 1
MIKE MIGNOLA
May 9, 2018 (TPB)
Additional Material
  • Sketchbook (17 pages)
Volume 2: Strange Places Collects
Hellboy Omni Volume 2
MIKE MIGNOLA
June 20, 2018 (TPB)
Additional Material
  • Sketchbook (13 pages)
Volume 3: The Wild Hunt Collects
Hellboy Omni Volume 3
MIKE MIGNOLA
July 18, 2018 (TPB)
Additional Material
  • Sketchbook (9 pages)
Volume 4: Hellboy in Hell Collects
Hellboy Omni Volume 4
MIKE MIGNOLA
September 5, 2018 (TPB)
Additional Material
  • Sketchbook (24 pages)
Hellboy Omnibus Boxed Set
Hellboy Omni Boxset

Hellboy Omni Boxset art
MIKE MIGNOLA
Date Published Contents
October 13, 2021
  • Hellboy Omnibus – Volume 1: Seed of Destruction
  • Hellboy Omnibus – Volume 2: Strange Places
  • Hellboy Omnibus – Volume 3: The Wild Hunt
  • Hellboy Omnibus – Volume 4: Hellboy in Hell

1 The prologue from the trade paperback collection that recaps the previous issues isn't included.

The Complete Short Stories[]

Cover Date Published Contents
Volume 1 Collects
Hellboy Shorts Omni Volume 1
MIKE MIGNOLA
June 13, 2018 (TPB)
Additional Material
  • Sketchbook (23 pages)
Volume 2 Collects
Hellboy Shorts Omni Volume 2
MIKE MIGNOLA
August 15, 2018 (TPB)
Additional Material
  • Sketchbook (25 pages)

Weird Tales[]

An omnibus collecting the non-canonical Weird Tales stories, as well as two canonical short stories. Unlike most other omnibuses, Hellboy: Weird Tales received new cover art and trade dress when rereleased in paperback.

Cover Date Published Contents
Hellboy Weird Tales (Hardcover)
MIKE MIGNOLA
(Hardcover)

Hellboy Weird Tales TPB
MIKE MIGNOLA
(Paperback)
November 26, 2014 (HC)
November 9, 2022 (TPB)
Collects
Additional Material
  • Gallery (16 pages)

Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder[]

On March 18th, 2019, Multiversity Comics exclusively announced the details for the first Witchfinder omnibus.[3]

Cover Date Published Contents
Volume 1 Collects
Omnibus Witchfinder 1
MIKE MIGNOLA
November 27, 2019 (HC)
April 2, 2024 (TPB)
Additional Material
  • Introduction by Mike Mignola
  • Expanded Sketchbook
    • 10 pages for In the Service of Angels
    • 9 pages for Lost and Gone Forever
    • 17 pages for The Mysteries of Unland1
    • 7 pages for covers and pin-ups
Additional Notes
The stories were re-ordered for this volume:
  1. Murderous Intent
  2. In the Service of Angels
  3. Lost and Gone Forever
  4. Beware the Ape
  5. The Mysteries of Unland
  6. The Burial of Katharine Baker
Volume 2 Collects
Omnibus Witchfinder 2
BEN STENBECK
November 17, 2021 (HC)
August 6, 2024 (TPB)
Additional Material
  • Introduction by Chris Roberson
  • Expanded Sketchbook
    • 10 pages for City of the Dead
    • 18 pages for The Gates of Heaven
    • 16 pages for The Reign of Darkness2
    • 2 pages for covers

1 While this is one page less than the original trade paperback sketchbook, no material has been removed; it has simply been condensed.
2 While this is two pages less than the original trade paperback sketchbook, no material has been removed; it has simply been condensed.

Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.[]

On June 6, 2018, editor Katii O’Brien confirmed Dark Horse had begun early planning for the Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. omnibus editions, and that the first volume would collect 1952 to 1954.[4] Unlike previous series, which didn't go to omnibuses until they were finished, Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. will be going to omnibuses as the series progresses.

Cover Date Published Contents
1952–1954 Collects
Omnibus HBBPRD 1952-1954
MIKE MIGNOLA
June 9, 2021 (HC)
October 1, 2024 (TPB)
Additional Material
  • Introduction by Mike Mignola
  • Afterword by Chris Roberson
  • Expanded Sketchbook
    • 24 pages for 1952
    • 25 pages for 1953
    • 13 pages for 19541
    • 4 pages for covers
1955–1957 Collects
Omnibus HBBPRD 1955-1957
MIKE MIGNOLA
2024 (HC)
Additional Material
  • TBD

1 While this is one page less than the original trade paperback sketchbook, no material has been removed; it has simply been condensed.

Hellboy Universe[]

Hellboy editor Katii O’Brien had mentioned in January 2019 that she had plans to collect some of the one-shot series in omnibuses.[5] The Hellboy Universe line was announced November 2020.

Cover Date Published Contents
The Secret Histories Collects
Omnibus HU SecretHistories
MIKE MIGNOLA
June 2, 2021 (HC)
Additional Material
  • Introduction by Chris Roberson
  • Afterword by Chris Roberson (from The Visitor: How & Why He Stayed)
    • Extract from Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #4
    • Extract from Hellboy: Conqueror Worm #2
  • Expanded Sketchbook
    • 11 pages for Rasputin: The Voice of the Dragon
    • 16 pages for Sledgehammer 441
    • 8 pages for The Visitor: How & Why He Stayed
    • 2 pages for trade covers
    • Mignola's black and white cover

1 Scott Allie's dedication to John Severin and Severin's pages from the original trade paperback were not included in this collection.

Lobster Johnson[]

Cover Date Published Contents
Volume 1 Collects
Omnibus LoJo1
TONCI ZONJIC
February 16, 2022 (HC)
Additional Material
  • TBD
Volume 2 Collects
Omnibus LoJo2
TONCI ZONJIC
August 22, 2023 (HC)
Additional Material
  • TBD

External Links[]

Dark Horse entries:

Notes[]

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