Hellboy: They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships

In this 2007 one-shot from Dark Horse, Mike Mignola and Joshua Dysart send Hellboy to a remote coastal town where a strange, watery menace has resurfaced. With Jason Shawn Alexander's moody, textured art, the story draws on nautical folklore and Lovecraftian dread, offering a compact, atmospheric detour from the main saga. It's a memorable, self-contained tale that showcases how Hellboy’s world can thrive in a single, tightly focused issue.