Hellboy Library Edition #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis second volume of the Hellboy Library Edition collects the short story collections The Chained Coffin and The Right Hand of Doom, along with additional tales. It gathers early Hellboy adventures written and illustrated by Mike Mignola, featuring the character's encounters with folklore, occult threats, and the deepening mystery of his own destiny. The oversized hardcover format includes extensive sketchbook material and behind-the-scenes content, presenting these stories in a definitive archival edition.
In "Pancakes," Mike Mignola delivers a quiet, character-driven moment from Hellboy’s world, framed by reflective notes he wrote when compiling the earlier stories in The Chained Coffin and Others and The Right Hand of Doom. With Mignola’s signature style on full display, the tale unfolds as a personal, offbeat interlude that deepens the lore without fanfare. The cover, a striking original piece by Mignola himself, captures the story’s distinctive tone.
In "The Wolves of Saint August," Dr. Kate Corrigan joins Hellboy on his first field mission for the BPRD, tracking a brutal massacre in the remote Balkan village of Griart. As they uncover clues pointing to the cursed town of St. August, eerie ghost sightings and a terrifying confrontation with a monstrous werewolf test their resolve.
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↩ Reprints Hellboy: The Wolves of St. August #[nn] (1995), Hellboy, the Corpse and the Iron Shoes #[nn] (1996), Hellboy Christmas Special #[nn] (1997), Abe Sapien Drums of the Dead #[nn] (1998), Hellboy #[3] (1998), Dark Horse Presents Annual #1998 (1998), Dark Horse Presents Annual #1999 (1999), Gary Gianni's The MonsterMen #[nn] (1999), Dark Horse Presents #151 (2000), Hellboy #[4] (2000), Hellboy: The Corpse #[nn] (2004), Hellboy #5
Reprinted in Hellboy: Edición Integral #1 (2011), Hellboy Omnibus #1 (2018), Hellboy: The Complete Short Stories #1 (2018)
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