Hellboy: Weird Tales

The fantastic world of Mike Mignola is brought to new life by the best artists in comics. John Cassaday (Captain America) provides the stunning cover, as well as two stories in this stunning kickoff. TyRuben Ellingson, who worked side by side with Mignola as conceptual designer on the upcoming Hellboy film, lends a pinup, and Andi Watson (Skeleton Key) brings an infernal duke of Hell to a birthday party.

Jason Pearson makes his grand return to Dark Horse with a story about firestarter Liz Sherman. Pearson writes and draws half this issue, plus provides the cover. John Cassaday continues his classic Lobster Johnson serial, while Mark Ricketts (Nowheresville) and Eric Wight (Art Director for Buffy Animated) reduce special agent Kate Corrigan to tears and temper tantrums at the hands of her dead mother. Finally, Randy Stradley and Seung Kim, artist from the Jackie Chan animated show, place Hellboy himself in a demonic hot spring. This eclectic mix of stories about the World's Greatest Paranormal Detective and his friends and foes continues, driven by some of the most interesting mainstream and up-and-coming artists in comics.

Dark Horse continues its run of some of the wildest and most harrowing Hellboy stories ever told in this all-star tribute to comics' greatest demonic hero. Alex Maleev and Matt Hollingsworth (from Marvel Knight's monthly Daredevil) tell the scariest devil-child story since Rosemary's Baby. Sara Ryan and Steve Lieber (Oni's Whiteout, Batman) follow suit with a terrific tale of a family with the worst kind of unwanted guest. Featuring a pin-up from William Stout, the most star-studded series in comics spins out the most bizarre stories yet.

Another star-studded issue of stories which Entertainment Weekly called, "A must for fans of Mike Mignola's retro-cool creation." In Jason Pearson's twelve-page story of a blighted house, the flame-throwing Liz Sherman is forced to deal with her family, who she killed when she was a little girl. In more light-hearted fare, Arcudi and Langridge (who worked together on Legends of the Dark Knight: Auterism) deliver a bizarre take on Abe Sapien as Bureau second fiddle to the popstar Hellboy, while Tom Sniegoski (BPRD: Hollow Earth) and animator Ovi Nedelcu show The World's Most Amateur Paranormal Investigator, Hellboy, on his first fumbling mission. And Cassaday's Lobster Johnson strip gets more bizarre with each passing panel...

While investigating reports of a goatman stalking a small town's Lover's Lane, Hellboy is teamed with a female Bureau agent whose obsession with monsters makes the World's Greatest Paranormal Investigator a little uneasy. J.H. Williams (Promethea) and Haden Blackman (Star Wars: Republic, The Field Guide to North American Monsters) put their knowledge of mysticism and folklore together for this truly unique Hellboy adventure. Ron Marz teams with legendary creator Jim Starlin for a psychedelic South American adventure, and Scott Morse (Volcanic Revolver, Ancient Joe) presents a more contemplative look at Hellboy, while the retro Lobster Johnson serial by John Cassaday (Captain America) just gets more and more strange.

The best-selling anthology continues with an all-star lineup featuring Hellboy in a homicidal theatre production, the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense investigating a monstrous aquarium, and the ever-popular Lobster Johnson serial by John Cassaday.

Celebrated independent cartoonist Craig Thompson, author of Top Shelf's bestselling Blankets, and Kev Walker, who Wizard Magazine picked as one of the budding new geniuses of the mainstream, join the Weird Tales lineup with their own unique takes on Mignola's acclaimed characters. Also this issue, Hellboy movie storyboard artist Simeon Wilkins teams with Buffy writers Tom Fassbender and Jim Pascoe for an old fashioned gangster story, and John Cassaday delivers the penultimate chapter to his oddball Lobster Johnson serial.

This award-winning lineup of creators present their takes on our favorite paranormal investigator’s entanglements with a monstrous toy company, WWII fighter pilots, and a skeleton casting call. Featuring a pin-up by Gary Fields. On the heels of the Hellboy film premiere, Hellboy: Weird Tales #8 is the conclusion to the hugely successful series.

Mike Mignola's award-winning series Hellboy has been lauded as much by other artists as it has by award ceremonies and fans. Over the years, many of the best artists in the industry have asked if they could do a backup story, just to get a chance to play with the characters and worlds Mignola has created. As Dark Horse gears up for the release of the 2004 Hellboy motion picture, we present this lavish collection of these stories. One of the most popular features in recent Hellboy books has been the sketchbook section, so we've asked these stellar artists to let us present some of their behind-the-scenes work in this collection. Collecting issues #1 through #4 of the bimontly series.

The second volume in the celebrated anthology series features more big names, and sixteen more pages than Volume One, including John Cassaday's complete Lobster Johnson serial. Mike Mignola's character has never been more popular, especially in the wake of the long-awaited feature film. The award-winning Hellboy series has been lauded as much by other artists as it has by award ceremonies and fans. Over the years, many of the best artists in the industry have offered to contribute, to get a chance to play with the characters and worlds Mignola has created. In celebration of the 2004 Hellboy motion picture, Dark Horse presents this lavish collection, complete with a behind-the-scenes look at the sketchbooks of the various artists. Collecting issues #5-#8 of the Weird Tales series.

Some of the best writers and artists in comics team up to present stories of giant bats, demon children, jetpacks, haunted circuses, and rusted-out spaceships. Old-fashioned pulp fun featuring one of the greatest heroes of modern comics. Collects Hellboy: Weird Tales Volumes 1 and 2. * Some of the top creators in comics provide their takes on Hellboy.