The end is near.
Mignola had told us (the collective us, i.e. the internet) that the current set of arcs in BPRD and Hellboy are both epic trilogies. For Hellboy, this started with Darkness Calls back in 2007 and continued with The Wild Hunt. Now, Mignola has revealed to CBR that the final part will come out in July, and it is titled the Storm. Not only that, but a fourth wrap-up part will come out following the Storm called the Fury, which will change fan perception of the adventurer and “end” the “second part of (his) life.”
…the “Wild Hunt” story originally ended with Hellboy deciding to get Excalibur, but not actually getting it. It was only four-fifths of the way through that series that I went, “You know, we can’t wait this long and have Hellboy not get that sword.” That was one of those things where that miniseries changed quite a bit in that last issue. So there was an entire miniseries that got cut out which was going to be the quest for the sword. We kind of shoehorned that into the end of “Wild Hunt,” which I think made the whole thing better because the pacing was really slow.
Also, with “Wild Hunt” we did an eight-issue miniseries, and we had to take a big break in the middle of it. I wanted to not run into that situation again, so “The Storm” is actually part one of the third book. The third book will be called “The Storm And The Fury.” “The Storm” is a three-issue miniseries which will be followed after a break by another three-issue miniseries called “The Fury.” Those together will be collected as the third book: “The Storm And The Fury.” It is a three-book epic, and when that ends, Hellboy is in a very, very different place. By the end of “The Storm,” he’s in a pretty different place. “The Storm” gets us someplace, and then “The Fury” is a three-issue climax to this whole Hellboy epic. “The Fury” is going to be crazy! [Laughs]
This thing has gone off in so many directions, and it’s been about so many different things. “The Storm” continues it, and “The Fury” is kind of this giant, apocalyptic wrap up to this middle chapter of Hellboy’s life.
For the full article, as well as an interview with Mignola, check out Comic Book Resources.
