Showcases artwork and covers from the twenty-year run of "Hellboy," featuring Mignola's first drawing of the character as well as sketches and studies that offer a glimpse into his creative process.

Mike Mignola returns with his first new Hellboy collection since Conqueror Worm.After leaving the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, Hellboy's travels take him briefly to Africa, then for a two-year stint at the bottom of the ocean. An ancient witch doctor, a giant fish woman, and the keeper of the secret history of the universe force Hellboy to either accept his role in the coming apocalypse, or have that role stolen from him. Weird undersea...

The Hellboy saga begins—with over 300 pages drawn by Mignola! For the first time, Hellboy's complete story is presented in chronological order for the ultimate reading experience. 
The story jumps from Hellboy's mysterious World War II origin to his 1994 confrontation with the man who summoned him to earth, and the earliest signs of the plague of frogs. Avoiding his supposed fate as the herald of the end of...

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Hellboy, when sent to investigate a supernatural mystery, discovers the details of his origins, including the link to Nazi occultists who sought to develop a demonic avatar, and later investigates a murder which leads to Romanian castles, a vampire, and more of Hellboy's past.