Welcome to Mignolaversity, Multiversity Comics’ dedicated column for all things Mike Mignola. This month we have a new issue, a resolicited issue, a new collection, and a reprint, featuring cover art from Mike Mignola, Jesse Lonergan, Christine Larsen, and Laurence Campbell. Thanks, as always, to Dark Horse for sending these our way.
MISS TRUESDALE AND THE FALL OF HYPERBOREA #2 (of 4)
Written by Mike Mignola
Illustrated by Jesse Lonergan
Lettered by Clem RobinsOn sale June 14, 2023
Full color, 32 pages
$3.99
MiniseriesAfter discovering a shocking truth connecting her to a gladiator from Ancient Hyperborea, the timid Victorian Miss Truesdale is forced to confront the horrifying evils and mysteries that lurk in what once felt like ancient history. . .
Hellboy creator Mike Mignola teams up with artist Jesse Lonergan to bring you the second installment of a new tale of Hyperborea!
Mark Tweedale: The mere existence of this story makes me grin like an idiot.
HELLBOY AND THE B.P.R.D.: 1957
FEARFUL SYMMETRY
with colors by Dave Stewart
Written by Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson
Illustrated by Alison Sampson
Colored by Dave Stewart
Lettered by Clem RobinsOn sale June 14, 2023
Full color, 32 pages
$3.99
MiniseriesWhen Hellboy is called to India to investigate a rash of mysterious animal attacks, he is reunited with a familiar face. Together they search for the strange beast terrorizing a small village, but the mystery—and the myth behind it—runs deeper than they thought.
Join the dynamic team of Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson for an all-new B.P.R.D. mystery, featuring art by the talented Alison Sampson (GENESIS) and colors by the amazing Dave Stewart (Hellboy, The Umbrella Academy)!
Mark: This was first solicited for March 2022, but due to unavoidable circumstances, has been delayed for a year. It’s got a new date locked in now, though. I’m very much looking forward to this issue, which will be artist Allison Sampson’s debut in the Hellboy Universe. It’ll be worth the wait.
Right, let’s dive into the collections coming in August. . .
BALTIMORE – VOLUME 1
—PAPERBACK OMNIBUS EDITION—
with colors by Dave Stewart
Written by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden
Illustrated by Ben Stenbeck
Colored by Dave Stewart
Lettered by Clem RobinsOn sale August 2, 2023
Full color, 568 pages
$29.99
Paperback, 7″ x 10″Lord Baltimore’s story returns in this paperback omnibus edition!
After a devastating plague ends World War I, Europe is suddenly flooded with vampires. Lord Henry Baltimore, a soldier determined to wipe out the monsters, fights his way through bloody battlefields, ruined plague ships, exploding zeppelins, submarine graveyards, and much more on the hunt for the creature who’s become his obsession.
Collects the first four Baltimore hardcover volumes, collected with supplemental sketchbook material.
Includes:
• Vol. 1: The Plague Ships
• Vol. 2: The Curse Bells
• Vol. 3: A Passing Stranger and Other Stories
• Vol. 4: Chapel of BonesInspired by acclaimed 2007 novel Baltimore: Or, the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden.
Mark: The Outverse is coming to paperback at last. I know some of you have been waiting a very long time for this.
KOSHCHEI IN HELL
—HARDCOVER COLLECTION—
with colors by Dave Stewart
Written by Mike Mignola
Illustrated by Ben Stenbeck
Colored by Dave Stewart
Lettered by Clem RobinsOn sale August 2, 2023
Full color, 144 pages
$24.99
Hardcover, 7″ x 10″The world above may be over, and Hellboy gone with it, but Koshchei is still in Hell content with his wine and his books—until an old face arrives and brings Koshchei a critical task. An old and powerful foe is returning, and Koshchei must take up his sword and defend the city from destruction.
Mignola returns to Hell to reunite with one of his favorite collaborators, Ben Stenbeck (Frankenstein Underground, Witchfinder: In the Service of Angels, Baltimore, Koshchei the Deathless). Collects Koshchei in Hell #1–4, Sir Edward Grey: Acheron one-shot, and bonus material.
Mark: If you’ve been reading our reviews, then you already know this book is fantastic, and I’m very much looking forward to rereading it when I have my copy. But there’s something extra special here that may not be immediately obvious: we’re going to be getting a sketchbook section full of not just Ben Stenbeck’s work, but Mike Mignola himself. I am absolutely delighted by this prospect.
