Hellboy: The Midnight Circus #[nn]

Hellboy stands center stage on this hauntingly beautiful cover by Mike Mignola, his glowing orange head cutting through a swirl of shadowy circus figures — clowns, a looming elephant, eerie performers, and a banner reading "The Wooden Boy" — all rendered in Duncan Fegredo's richly atmospheric art with Dave Stewart's deep, moody colors. This 2013 original graphic novel from Dark Horse brings together Mignola as writer and Fegredo as artist for a tale steeped in carnival strangeness. If you love Hellboy at his most atmospheric and unsettling, The Midnight Circus belongs on your shelf.