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In addition to Trade Paperback Collections, the line of Hellboy comics is also collected in large over-sized Library Editions. Each volume contains the equivalent of two trade paperbacks as well as additional sketch book material. The books are published as Hardcovers and measure in at 9" by 12" (as compared to the trade paperback's 7" by 10"). Seven volumes have been published to date.

Hellboy[]

# Cover Date Published Contents
1
Hellboy Library 1
May 7, 2008 Collect
Additional Material
  • LE Introduction by Scott Allie1
  • Seed of Destruction Introduction by Robert Bloch
  • Wake the Devil Introduction by Alan Moore
  • LE Afterword by Mike Mignola
  • Expanded Sketchbook (33 pages)
2
Hellboy Library 2
October 8, 2008 Collects
Additional Material
  • LE Introduction by Scott Allie1
  • LE Afterword by Mike Mignola
  • Story Notes
  • Expanded Sketchbook (39 pages)
Additional Notes
The stories were re-ordered for this volume into chronological order:
  1. Pancakes
  2. The Nature of the Beast
  3. King Vold
  4. The Corpse
  5. The Iron Shoes
  6. The Baba Yaga
  7. Heads
  8. Goodbye Mister Tod
  9. The Vârcolac
  10. A Christmas Underground
  11. The Wolves of Saint August
  12. The Chained Coffin
  13. Almost Colossus
  14. The Right Hand of Doom
  15. Box Full of Evil
3
Hellboy Library 3
September 23, 2009 Collects
Additional Material
  • LE Introduction by Scott Allie1
  • Conqueror Worm Introduction by Guillermo del Toro
  • Strange Places Introduction by Gary Gianni
  • LE Afterword by Mike Mignola
  • Unused Pages
  • Expanded Sketchbook (38 pages)
4
Hellboy Library 4
June 15, 2011 Collects
Additional Material
  • LE Introduction by Scott Allie1
  • The Crooked Man and Others Introduction by Gahan Wilson
  • LE Afterword by Mike Mignola
  • Story Notes
  • Expanded Sketchbook (47 pages)
Additional Notes
The stories were re-ordered for this volume into chronological order:
  1. The Crooked Man
  2. The Penanggalan
  3. The Hydra and the Lion
  4. The Troll Witch
  5. The Vampire of Prague
  6. They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships
  7. Dr. Carp's Experiment
  8. The Ghoul
  9. In the Chapel of Moloch
  10. Makoma

Note: The Mole is not included in this volume.

5
Hellboy Library 5
July 11, 2012 Collects
Additional Material
  • LE Introduction by Scott Allie1
  • Darkness Calls Introduction by Jane Yolen
  • The Wild Hunt Introduction by Mark Chadbourn
  • LE Afterword by Mike Mignola
  • Expanded Sketchbook (66 pages)
Additional Notes
The Mole was included in this volume as a prologue for Darkness Calls.
6
Hellboy Library 6
June 5, 2013 Collects
Additional Material
  • LE Introduction by Scott Allie1
  • The Storm and the Fury Introduction by Glen David Gold
  • The Bride of Hell and Others Story Notes
  • LE Afterword by Mike Mignola
  • Expanded Sketchbook (73 pages)

1 Editions published after 2020 have Scott Aliie's introductions removed.

Hellboy in Hell[]

Cover Date Published Contents
Hellboy in Hell Library 1
October 11, 2017 Collects
Additional Material
  • LE Introduction by Scott Allie3
  • LE Afterword by Mike Mignola
  • Expanded Sketchbook (84 pages)

2 Including the prologue from the trade paperback collection, which was left out of the Omnibus Edition, it's included at the back of the collection instead of as a prologue.
3 Editions published after 2020 have Scott Aliie's introduction removed.

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