Welcome to Mignolaversity, Multiversity Comics’ dedicated column for all things Mike Mignola. We’re taking a look at all titles headed our way in the April 2022 solicitations for Mike Mignola’s books. Thanks to the folks at Dark Horse comics for sending these our way. Let’s get to it!
RADIO SPACEMAN: MISSION TO NUMA 4 #2 (of 2)
Written by Mike Mignola
Illustrated by Greg Hinkle
Colored by Dave Stewart
Lettered by Clem RobinsOn sale April 6, 2022
Full color, 32 pages
$3.99
MiniseriesThe horrors at the mysterious temple escalate as Gargooom makes his presence known! Radio Spaceman and the formerly captured doctor attempt to make their escape, but an unexpected third party has emerged from the wreckage of the crash that began their adventure.
Mark Tweedale: We don’t have a finished cover for this yet, but it’s kind of cooler this way. I like seeing the process, and this way we get a look at Hinkle’s inks on their own.
THE SWORD OF HYPERBOREA #4 (of 4)
with colors by Dave Stewart
Written by Mike Mignola and Rob Williams
Illustrated by Laurence Campbell
Colored by Quinton Winter
Lettered by Clem RobinsOn sale April 13, 2022
Full color, 32 pages
$3.99
MiniseriesThe Sword of Hyperborea appears in the unlikely possession of an up-and-coming blues musician in Chicago, 1952. Even for a talented musician, Elijah Bone is a little different, and the strange voice that whispers to him has its own plans for him to fulfill. Delta blues, supernatural creatures, and secret societies collide in the conclusion of this Mignolaverse saga!
New Mignolaverse lore, written by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola with collaborator Rob Williams, and featuring the art of Laurence Campbell with colors by Quinton Winter.
Mark: It all comes back to Chicago… I hope Rob Williams will stick around on the Hellboy Universe for a while, because his work on this series is fantastic.
THE BRITISH PARANORMAL SOCIETY: TIME OUT OF MIND #1 (of 4)
Written by Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson
Illustrated by Andrea Mutti
Colored by Lee Loughridge
Lettered by Clem RobinsOn sale April 27, 2022
Full color, 32 pages
$3.99
MiniseriesBritish Paranormal Society members Simon Bruttenholm and Honora Grant arrive at Noxton together, but with separate goals: Honora hopes to uncover information on the town’s strange traditions, while Simon is searching for his missing assistant. But their separate investigations lead down the same twisted path that hides a dark secret behind Noxton’s innocent façade! Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson expand the Hellboy universe with a spooky new tale featuring art by Andrea Mutti with colors by Lee Loughridge.
• Honora and Simon from Witchfinder in their own new series!
Mark: This isn’t just a new miniseries, but a new series of miniseries. ‘Time Out of Mind’ is just the beginning. The potential here is rather exciting as the British Paranormal Society was active for quite a while, so it can jump around quite a few eras. This is the group Professor Bruttenholm was a part of back when he found Hellboy near the end of World War II. But it also goes back far enough to include members from the Silver Lantern Club in the 1890s. And, of course, it can also cover any era in between, and even perhaps run parallel to the events of the “Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.” 1950s stories, given the close ties of the Special Intelligence Directorate to the British Paranormal Society.
After “The Last Knight of Saint Hagan” was canceled, I thought we might’ve missed our chance to see Andrea Mutti doing a Hellboy Universe story, so having him on art duties here is really great to see. I’m looking forward to seeing what he does with it.
Continued belowTHE AMAZING SCREW-ON HEAD AND OTHER CURIOUS OBJECTS
20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION
with colors by Dave Stewart
Written and illustrated by Mike Mignola
Colored by Dave Stewart
Lettered by Pat Brosseau and Clem RobinsOn sale June 22, 2022
Full color, 144 pages
$39.99
Harcover, 8″ x 12″Emperor Zombie is trying to take over the world once again! The Amazing Screw-On Head has been enlisted by President Lincoln to stop the evil emperor, with the help of his faithful partner Mr. Groin and his trusty canine companion Mr. Dog. Screw-On Head will have to brave ancient tombs and defeat demons from a dimension inside a turnip—just one of the strange and mischievous tales in this beloved collection.
This special hardcover edition of The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the Eisner Award-winning collections original publication, and includes an additional forty pages of new material by Mike Mignola! Featuring colors by the great Dave Stewart.
“The stories that make up the Screw-On Head collection are actually my favorite things I’ve done” —Mike Mignola
Mark: I have the original hardcover of this story. I also have it digitally. And the Artist’s Edition. And I’ll happily pick up this story a fourth time. Having it in a library edition-sized volume (by far my favourite format to read Mignola’s comics) with new sketchbook material and an unfinished story in it is simply too good to pass up.
