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The Hellboy series and its spinoff comics have been collected in over ninety trade paperbacks. They usually include extensive special features such as additional story material, forewords, afterwords, galleries, and sketchbooks. Starting in late 2021, several new series have been collected in hardcover collections of a similar length.

Hellboy[]

Hellboy trade paperbacks occasionally contain additional story material not previously published; sometimes this is the presence of a new short story, a new epilogue, or a few new pages in a story. Trades always contain additional art, either in the form of a gallery or a sketchbook. Usually, each story is collected with a short text introduction containing background information on its creation.

These stories have also been collected in omnibus editions in which the stories were re-ordered chronologically. For a full breakdown, please see the Omnibus Editions page.

# Title Date Published Material Collected Additional Material Cover Library Edition
1 Seed of Destruction October 1, 1994
  • Introduction by Robert Bloch
  • Early Hellboy sketches
  • Gallery featuring art by Simon Bisley, Mike Allred, Art Adams, Frank Miller, Fred Blanchard and Gary Gianni (7 pages)
HB Trade01
MIKE MIGNOLA
Volume 1
2 Wake the Devil June 11, 1997
  • Introduction by Alan Moore
  • Gallery featuring art by Bruce Timm, P. Craig Russell, Derek Thompson, Dave Cooper, Jay Stephens and Oliver Vatine (7 pages)
HB Trade02
MIKE MIGNOLA
3 The Chained Coffin
and Others
August 5, 1998
HB Trade03
MIKE MIGNOLA
Volume 2
4 The Right Hand of Doom April 26, 2000
  • Sketchbook (19 pages)
HB Trade04
MIKE MIGNOLA
5 Conqueror Worm February 27, 2002
HB Trade05
MIKE MIGNOLA
Volume 3
6 Strange Places April 26, 2006
  • Introduction by Gary Gianni
  • Unused opening for The Island (8 pages)
  • Unused alternative version of The Island pages 13–19
  • Sketchbook (4 pages)
HB Trade06
MIKE MIGNOLA
7 The Troll Witch
and Others
October 3, 2007
  • Introduction by Walter Simonson
  • Sketchbook (13 pages)
HB Trade07
MIKE MIGNOLA
Volume 4
8 Darkness Calls May 16, 2008
  • Introduction by Jane Yolen
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
HB Trade08
MIKE MIGNOLA
Volume 5
9 The Wild Hunt March 10, 2010
  • Introduction by Mark Chadbourn
  • Sketchbook (13 pages)
HB Trade09
MIKE MIGNOLA
10 The Crooked Man
and Others
June 9, 2010
  • Introduction by Gahan Wilson
  • Sketchbook (13 pages)
  • "Manly Wade Wellman: American Mythmaker" by John Pelan, a four-page text article
HB Trade10
MIKE MIGNOLA
Volume 4
(except The Mole, collected in Volume 5)
11 The Bride of Hell
and Others
October 5, 2011
  • Sketchbook (21 pages)
HB Trade11
MIKE MIGNOLA
Volume 6
12 The Storm and the Fury March 7, 2012
  • Introduction by Glen David Gold
  • Sketchbook (7 pages)
  • Two pages from The Fury #1, which recapped The Storm, were removed for the trade collection. They did not contain any new art.
HB Trade12
MIKE MIGNOLA
NA Hellboy in Mexico April 13, 2016
  • Sketchbook (17 pages)
HBinMexico Trade
MIKE MIGNOLA
NA
NA The Silver Lantern Club
(Hardcover)
September 7, 2022
  • Sketchbook (20 pages)
SilverLanternClub HC
CHRISTOPHER MITTEN
NA
NA The Bones of Giants
(Hardcover)
September 7, 2022
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
BonesOfGiants HC
MATT SMITH
NA
NA The Crooked Man & The Return of Effie Kolb June 18, 2024
  • TBD
CrookedMan EffieKolb
MIKE MIGNOLA
Volume 4
NA

Hellboy Original Graphic Novels[]

These original stories are released in hardcover trades. These trades contain none of the special features usually associated with Hellboy trades (no author's notes, no sketchbook/gallery).

Title Date Published Author Artist Cover Collected in
House of the Living Dead November 2, 2011 Mike Mignola Richard Corben
House of the Living Dead
MIKE MIGNOLA
Hellboy in Mexico

Hellboy: The Complete Short Stories – Volume 1 (omnibus edition)
The Midnight Circus October 23, 2013 Mike Mignola Duncan Fegredo
The Midnight Circus
MIKE MIGNOLA
Hellboy: The Complete Short Stories – Volume 1 (omnibus edition)
Into the Silent Sea April 19, 2017 Mike Mignola
Gary Gianni
Gary Gianni
Into the Silent Sea
MIKE MIGNOLA
Hellboy – Volume 2: Strange Places (omnibus edition)

Hellboy in Hell[]

# Title Date Published Material collected Additional Material Cover Library Edition Omnibus
1 The Descent May 21, 2014
  • Sketchbook (24 pages)
HiH Trade1
MIKE MIGNOLA
Hellboy in Hell Hellboy – Volume 4: Hellboy in Hell
2 The Death Card October 5, 2016
HiH Trade2
MIKE MIGNOLA

B.P.R.D.[]

# Title Date Published Material collected Additional Material Cover Omnibus
1 Hollow Earth
& Other Stories
January 29, 2003
  • Sketchbook (9 pages)
BPRD Trade01
MIKE MIGNOLA
B.P.R.D.:
Plague of Frogs

Volume 1
2 The Soul of Venice
& Other Stories
August 25, 2004
  • Sketchbook (13 pages)
BPRD Trade02
MIKE MIGNOLA
3 Plague of Frogs February 23, 2005
BPRD Trade03
MIKE MIGNOLA
4 The Dead September 28, 2005
BPRD Trade04
MIKE MIGNOLA
B.P.R.D.:
Plague of Frogs

Volume 2
5 The Black Flame July 12, 2006
BPRD Trade05
MIKE MIGNOLA
6 The Universal Machine January 17, 2007
BPRD Trade06
MIKE MIGNOLA
B.P.R.D.:
Plague of Frogs

Volume 3
7 Garden of Souls January 30, 2008
BPRD Trade07
MIKE MIGNOLA
8 Killing Ground May 21, 2008
BPRD Trade08
MIKE MIGNOLA
9 1946 November 5, 2008
BPRD Trade09
MIKE MIGNOLA
B.P.R.D.:
1946 – 1948
10 The Warning April 15, 2009
BPRD Trade10
MIKE MIGNOLA
B.P.R.D.:
Plague of Frogs

Volume 4
11 The Black Goddess October 21, 2009
  • Sketchbook (13 pages)
  • "Latchkey Memories from Crab Point" by Guy Davis
BPRD Trade11
MIKE MIGNOLA
12 War on Frogs April 28, 2010
  • Sketchbook (8 pages)
BPRD Trade12
MIKE MIGNOLA
B.P.R.D.:
Plague of Frogs

Volume 2
13 1947 July 7, 2010
BPRD Trade13
MIKE MIGNOLA
B.P.R.D.:
1946 – 1948
14 King of Fear November 3, 2010
BPRD Trade14
MIKE MIGNOLA
B.P.R.D.:
Plague of Frogs

Volume 4
NA Being Human November 30, 2011
  • Sketchbook (12 pages)
BPRD Trade - Being Human
MIKE MIGNOLA
NA
Abe Sapien: The Drowning and Other Stories
Hellboy – Volume 2: Strange Places
NA
NA 1948 September 11, 2013
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
BPRD Trade - 1948
MIKE MIGNOLA
B.P.R.D.:
1946 – 1948

B.P.R.D.: Vampire[]

# Title Date Published Material collected Additional Material Cover
1 Vampire 1st EDITION
BPRD Trade - Vampire
MIKE MIGNOLA
November 27, 2013
  • Sketchbook (17 pages)
2nd EDITION
February 27, 2019
  • Introduction by Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon
  • Sketchbook (19 pages)

B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth[]

# Title Date Published Material collected Additional Material Cover Omnibus
1 New World August 17, 2011
BPRD Hell on Earth Trade01
MIKE MIGNOLA
B.P.R.D.:
Hell on Earth

Volume 1
2 Gods and Monsters January 11, 2012
  • Sketchbook (19 pages)
BPRD Hell on Earth Trade02
MIKE MIGNOLA
3 Russia August 15, 2012
  • Sketchbook (24 pages)
BPRD Hell on Earth Trade03
MIKE MIGNOLA
4 The Devil's Engine
& The Long Death
December 5, 2012
  • Sketchbook (27 pages)
BPRD Hell on Earth Trade04
MIKE MIGNOLA
B.P.R.D.:
Hell on Earth

Volume 2
5 The Pickens County Horror
and Others
July 17, 2013
  • Sketchbook (30 pages)
BPRD Hell on Earth Trade05
MIKE MIGNOLA
6 The Return of the Master August 7, 2013
  • Sketchbook (34 pages)
BPRD Hell on Earth Trade06
MIKE MIGNOLA
7 A Cold Day in Hell January 22, 2014
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
BPRD Hell on Earth Trade07
MIKE MIGNOLA
B.P.R.D.:
Hell on Earth

Volume 3
8 Lake of Fire April 9, 2014
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
BPRD Hell on Earth Trade08
MIKE MIGNOLA
9 The Reign of the
Black Flame
September 10, 2014
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
BPRD Hell on Earth Trade09
MIKE MIGNOLA
10 The Devil's Wings March 18, 2015
  • Sketchbook (22 pages)
BPRD Hell on Earth Trade10
RYAN SOOK
B.P.R.D.:
Hell on Earth

Volume 4
11 Flesh and Stone September 23, 2015
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
BPRD Hell on Earth Trade11
LAURENCE CAMPBELL
12 Metamorphosis December 23, 2015
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
BPRD Hell on Earth Trade12
LAURENCE CAMPBELL
B.P.R.D.:
Hell on Earth

Volume 5
13 End of Days May 18, 2016
  • Sketchbook (10 pages)
BPRD Hell on Earth Trade13
LAURENCE CAMPBELL
14 The Exorcist September 21, 2016
  • Sketchbook (8 pages)
BPRD Hell on Earth Trade14
LAURENCE CAMPBELL
B.P.R.D.:
Hell on Earth

Volume 4
15 Cometh the Hour March 29, 2017
  • Sketchbook (13 pages)
BPRD Hell on Earth Trade15
LAURENCE CAMPBELL
B.P.R.D.:
Hell on Earth

Volume 5

B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know[]

# Title Date Published Material collected Additional Material Cover Omnibus
1 Messiah April 11, 2018
  • Sketchbook (9 pages)
BPRD The Devil You Know Trade01
LAURENCE CAMPBELL
B.P.R.D.:
The Devil You Know
2 Pandemonium February 6, 2019
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
BPRD The Devil You Know Trade02
LAURENCE CAMPBELL
3 Ragna Rok July 17, 2019
BPRD The Devil You Know Trade03
LAURENCE CAMPBELL

Lobster Johnson[]

# Title Date Published Material collected Additional Material Cover Omnibus
1 The Iron Prometheus June 18, 2008
  • The True History of Lobster Johnson
  • Sketchbook (17 pages)
Lobster Johnson Trade 01
MIKE MIGNOLA
Lobster Johnson Volume 2
2 The Burning Hand November 14, 2012
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
LoJo Collection2
MIKE MIGNOLA
Lobster Johnson Volume 1
3 Satan Smells a Rat February 12, 2014
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
Lobster Johnson Trade 03
MIKE MIGNOLA
4 Get the Lobster! December 10, 2014
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
Lobster Johnson Trade 04
TONCI ZONJIC
5 The Pirate’s Ghost
and
Metal Monsters of Midtown
December 13, 2017
Lobster Johnson Trade 05
TONCI ZONJIC
Lobster Johnson Volume 2
6 A Chain Forged in Life March 7, 2018
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
Lobster Johnson Trade 06
TONCI ZONJIC

Uncollected Lobster Johnson[]

The following Lobster Johnson story is not currently collected in trade paperback:

Abe Sapien[]

# Title Date Published Material collected Additional Material Cover Omnibus
1 The Drowning September 17, 2008
  • Sketchbook (8 pages)
Abe Sapien Trade01
MIKE MIGNOLA
Abe Sapien:
The Drowning
and Other Stories
2 The Devil Does Not Jest
and Other Stories
May 9, 2012
  • Sketchbook (20 pages)
Abe Sapien Trade02
MIKE MIGNOLA
3 Dark and Terrible
and
The New Race of Man
December 11, 2013
  • Sketchbook (24 pages)
Abe Sapien Trade03
MIKE MIGNOLA
Abe Sapien:
Dark and Terrible

Volume 1
4 The Shape of
Things to Come
July 9, 2014
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
Abe Sapien Trade04
MIKE MIGNOLA
5 Sacred Places January 21, 2015
  • Sketchbook (20 pages)
Abe Sapien Trade05
MAX FIUMARA & SEBASTIÁN FIUMARA
6 A Darkness
So Great
July 15, 2015
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
Abe Sapien Trade06
MAX FIUMARA & SEBASTIÁN FIUMARA
Abe Sapien:
Dark and Terrible

Volume 2
7 The Secret Fire June 15, 2016
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
Abe Sapien Trade07
MAX FIUMARA & SEBASTIÁN FIUMARA
8 The Desolate Shore January 18, 2017
Abe Sapien Trade08
MAX FIUMARA & SEBASTIÁN FIUMARA
9 Lost Lives
and Other Stories
June 7, 2017
  • Sketchbook (14 pages)
Abe Sapien Trade09
SEBASTIÁN FIUMARA
Abe Sapien:
The Drowning
and Other Stories

Uncollected Abe Sapien[]

The following Abe Sapien story is not currently collected in a trade paperback:

Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder[]

# Title Date Published Material collected Additional Material Cover Omnibus
1 In the Service of Angels April 7, 2010
Witchfinder Trade01
MIKE MIGNOLA
Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder
Volume 1
2 Lost and Gone Forever January 11, 2012
Witchfinder Trade02
MIKE MIGNOLA
3 The Mysteries of Unland April 22, 2015
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
Witchfinder Trade03
MIKE MIGNOLA
4 City of the Dead April 19, 2017
  • Sketchbook (10 pages)
Witchfinder Trade04
JULIÁN TOTINO TEDESCO
Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder
Volume 2
5 The Gates of Heaven January 2, 2019
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
Witchfinder Trade05
JULIÁN TOTINO TEDESCO
6 The Reign of Darkness September 23, 2020
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
Witchfinder Trade06
JULIÁN TOTINO TEDESCO

Uncollected Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder[]

The following Witchfinder story is not currently collected in trade paperback:

Sledgehammer 44[]

Title Date Published Material collected Additional Material Cover Omnibus
Sledgehammer 44 May 28, 2014
SH Trade1
MIKE MIGNOLA
Hellboy Universe:
The Secret Histories

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

Title Date Published Material collected Additional Material Cover Omnibus
1952 August 12, 2015
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
Hellboy and the BPRD Trade01
MIKE MIGNOLA
Hellboy
and the
B.P.R.D.:
1952–1954
1953 August 10, 2016
  • Sketchbook (24 pages)
Hellboy and the BPRD 1953 Trade
MIKE MIGNOLA
1954 January 10, 2018
  • Sketchbook (14 pages)
Hellboy and the BPRD 1954 Trade
MIKE MIGNOLA
1955 June 6, 2018
  • Sketchbook (22 pages)
Hellboy and the BPRD 1955 Trade
PAOLO RIVERA
Hellboy
and the
B.P.R.D.:
1955–1957
1956 September 4, 2019
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
Hellboy and the BPRD 1956 Trade
ADAM HUGHES
The Beast of Vargu
and Others
June 24, 2020
  • Sketchbook (30 pages)
Hellboy and the BPRD Vargu Trade
ADAM HUGHES
The Return of Effie Kolb
and Others
November 9, 2022
  • Sketchbook (20 pages)
Hellboy and the BPRD Kolb Trade
MIKE MIGNOLA
The Secret of
Chesbro House
& Others
October 17, 2023
  • Sketchbook (26 pages)
Hellboy and the BPRD Chesbro Trade
MIKE MIGNOLA
1957 December 19, 2023
  • TBA
Hellboy and the BPRD 1957 Trade
MIKE MIGNOLA
Hellboy
and the
B.P.R.D.:
1955–1957

Frankenstein[]

# Title Date Published Material Collected Additional Material Cover
NA Frankenstein Underground November 25, 2015
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
Frankenstein Underground Trade
MIKE MIGNOLA
1 Frankenstein: New World
(Hardcover)
May 10, 2023
  • Sketchbook (16 pages)
Frankenstein New World Trade
MIKE MIGNOLA

Uncollected Frankenstein[]

The five-issue miniseries Frankenstein Undone will not be collected. It was canceled after issue #2 and retroactively deemed non-canonical .

Rise of the Black Flame[]

Title Date Published Material Collected Additional Material Cover
Rise of the Black Flame May 3, 2017
  • Sketchbook (10 pages)
Rise of the Black Flame Trade
LAURENCE CAMPBELL

The Visitor: How & Why He Stayed[]

Title Date Published Material Collected Additional Material Cover Omnibus
The Visitor:
How & Why He Stayed
October 17, 2017
  • Afterword by Chris Roberson
  • Sketchbook (7 pages)
The Visitor Trade
PAUL GRIST
Hellboy Universe:
The Secret Histories

Rasputin: The Voice of the Dragon[]

Title Date Published Material Collected Additional Material Cover Omnibus
Rasputin:
The Voice of the Dragon
July 25, 2018
  • Sketchbook (10 pages)
Rasputin Trade
MIKE MIGNOLA
Hellboy Universe:
The Secret Histories

Koshchei[]

Title Date Published Material Collected Additional Material Cover
Koshchei the Deathless September 12, 2018
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
Koshchei Trade
MIKE MIGNOLA
Koshchei in Hell
(Hardcover)
September 5, 2023
  • Sketchbook (12 pages)
Koshchei in Hell Trade
MIKE MIGNOLA

Crimson Lotus[]

Title Date Published Material Collected Additional Material Cover
Crimson Lotus July 3, 2019
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
Crimson Lotus Trade01
TONCI ZONJIC

Young Hellboy[]

Title Date Published Material Collected Additional Material Cover
The Hidden Land
(Hardcover)
October 13, 2021
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
Young Hellboy Trade01
MATT SMITH
Assault on Castle Death
(Hardcover)
July 4, 2023
  • Sketchbook (10 pages)
Young Hellboy Trade02
MATT SMITH

The Sarah Jewell Mysteries[]

Title Date Published Material Collected Additional Material Cover
The House of Lost Horizons:
A Sarah Jewell Mystery

(Hardcover)
February 9, 2022
  • Sketchbook (12 pages)
Sarah Jewell Trade01
CHRISTOPHER MITTEN

The Sword of Hyperborea[]

Title Date Published Material Collected Additional Material Cover
The Sword of Hyperborea
(Hardcover)
September 14, 2022
Sword Hyperborea HC
LAURENCE CAMPBELL

The British Paranormal Society[]

Title Date Published Material Collected Additional Material Cover
Time Out of Mind
(Hardcover)
March 22, 2023
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
British Paranormal Trade01
SEBASTIÁN FIUMARA

Castle Full of Blackbirds[]

Title Date Published Material Collected Additional Material Cover
Castle Full of Blackbirds
(Hardcover)
July 25, 2023
  • Sketchbook (18 pages)
Castle Full of Blackbirds
WYLIE BECKERT

Hellboy in Love[]

# Title Date Published Material Collected Additional Material Cover
1 Hellboy in Love
(Hardcover)
Scheduled for
December 5, 2023
  • TBA
HellboyInLove Trade01
MATT SMITH

Miss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea[]

Title Date Published Material Collected Additional Material Cover
Miss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea
(Hardcover)
January 30, 2024
  • TBA
Truesdale Trade01
JESSE LONERGAN

Panya[]

Title Date Published Material Collected Additional Material Cover
Panya: The Mummy's Curse
(Hardcover)
April 2, 2024
  • TBA
Panya HC01
CHRISTOPHER MITTEN

Hellboy Universe Essentials[]

In October of 2020 Dark Horse Comics announced[1], a new line of trade paperbacks dubbed Hellboy Universe Essentials. Each volume will center around an existing publishing line. The first four will focus on Hellboy, B.P.R.D., Lobster Johnson, and Witchfinder. These books are designed for casual readers that wish to read the comics without having to worry about the broader continuity and ongoing plot lines, similar to Dark Horse's Essential line for Aliens and Predators.

Title Date Published Material Collected Additional Material Cover
Hellboy July 7, 2021
  • Foreword by Mike Mignola
Hellboy Universe Essentials - Hellboy
MIKE MIGNOLA
B.P.R.D. November 10, 2021
  • Introduction by Mike Mignola
Hellboy Universe Essentials - BPRD
MIKE MIGNOLA
Lobster Johnson March 9, 2022
  • Introduction by Katii O'Brien
Hellboy Universe Essentials - Lobster Johnson
MIKE MIGNOLA
Witchfinder August 10, 2022
  • Introduction by Ben Stenbeck
Hellboy Universe Essentials - Witchfinder
MIKE MIGNOLA

Out of Continuity Collections[]

In addition to the main, canonical Hellboy trade paperbacks a number of non-canonical books have also been published.

Hellboy: Weird Tales[]

Hellboy: Weird Tales was collected first as a series of two trade paperbacks. Later, it was collected in a hardback omnibus along with two canonical stories, How Koshchei Became Deathless and Baba Yaga's Feast.

Title Date Published Material Collected Cover
Hellboy: Weird Tales – Volume 1 December 17, 2003
  • Hellboy: Weird Tales #1–4
Weird Tales Volume 1
MIKE MIGNOLA
Hellboy: Weird Tales – Volume 2 October 27, 2004
  • Hellboy: Weird Tales #5–8
Weird Tales Volume 2
MIKE MIGNOLA

Crossovers[]

Title Date Published Material Collected Cover
Masks and Monsters October 13, 2010
Masks and Monsters
MIKE MIGNOLA

Humor Publications[]

Title Date Published Material Collected Cover
Hellboy Junior January 21, 2004
  • Hellboy Junior: Halloween Special
  • Hellboy Junior #1–2
Hellboy Junior
BILL WRAY
Itty Bitty Hellboy April 16, 2014
  • Itty Bitty Hellboy #1–5
Itty Bitty Hellboy
ART BALTAZAR
Itty Bitty Hellboy: The Search for the Were-Jaguar! May 18, 2016
  • Itty Bitty Hellboy: The Search for the Were-Jaguar #1–4
Itty Bitty Hellboy 2 TPB
ART BALTAZAR

Uncollected Humor Stories[]

  • Itty Bitty Hellboy: The Chained Coughin

Orphaned Stories[]

The following stories have not yet been collected, nor are they specifically tied to any pre-existing series.

Omnibus and Library Editions[]

As enough material accumulates, Hellboy and its spinoffs have been recollected in omnibus editions, first available in hardcover and later paperback. Hellboy is also available in oversized hardcover volumes called library editions. Both formats frequently offer different/expanded additional materials; namely, sketchbook sections.

References[]

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