Dark Horse Presents #88

Mike Mignola's cover art dominates this 1994 anthology issue, featuring Hellboy front and center — red-skinned, sawed-off horns, trench coat, and oversized stone right hand — gripping a pistol as a shadowy horde of figures looms ominously in the background. The cover also spotlights medallion portraits for the issue's other strips: a determined young woman for Gary Davis's "Paleolove" and an elderly man for "Sir Richard's Passing" by Lang and Lieber. With Mignola pulling triple duty as writer, artist, and inker on "The Wolves of Saint August Part One," Dark Horse Presents #88 is a satisfying showcase of the anthology format at its moody best.