Via CBR, Dark Horse Comics have announced “Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: Old Man Whittier,” a one-shot written by Mike Mignola, with art by Gabriel Hernández Walta (“The Vision,” “Barbalien: Red Planet”). The book, colored by Dave Stewart and lettered by Clem Robins, is a continuation of the 2010 story “Hellboy: The Whittier Legacy,” which saw Hellboy head to Boston in 1985, to investigate the disappearance of the Whittier family.
Here, Hellboy is asked to protect Catherine Whittier after she inherits the house she grew up in. “She knows better than to return home alone,” says the synopsis, “and who better to escort her than Hellboy? After all, with a house with a history like this, ‘plot’ can mean more than just a family graveyard.”
Mignola commented, “Sometimes my brain won’t let a story die. I first introduced the Whittier family back in 2010, but their story wasn’t over, especially when there was a chance to collaborate with the amazing artist Gabriel Hernández Walta.” Walta said, “Drawing this Hellboy one-shot has been a dream come true. I’ve been a fan of Mike’s work for more than thirty years, and having the chance to work with him and the Hellboy team was simply awesome. I also had the chance to draw an old house with cobwebs, ghosts, snakes, and a charismatic red demon wearing a trench coat… what more could I ask for?”
“Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: Old Man Whittier” will be published by Dark Horse on June 22, with a main cover by Walta, and a variant by Mignola and Stewart.
