The Hellboy Universe Publishing Order

**middenway** · 04-30-2014, 06:16 PM

This is an old list that used to be posted on the Dark Horse forums. The list consists of the core Hellboy Universe comics with an additional section for the Hellboy Universe novels, and just for the hell of it, there's a section for the Baltimore stories as well.

CONTENTS:

1. Core Comics of the Hellboy Universe by Publishing Order
Due to post limitations, this list will be divided up into sections.

I. 1993–2010
II. 2011–2015
III. 2016–Present
IV. Future Projects

2. Library Editions and Omnibuses
This section lists which trades are in which book.

3. Novels of the Hellboy Universe by Publishing Order
Please note, I don't collect the novels myself. I rely on other people for this information.

4. The Outerverse by Publishing Order
This section lists the novel and the later comics of the Outerverse (Baltimore, Joe Golem, et al.).

5. Upcoming Issues
This section lists the upcoming issues according to the solicitations.

6. Upcoming Trade Paperbacks
This just lists various collections that are in the making.

7. Digital Availability

7A. Part 1: Hellboy, B.P.R.D., and Abe Sapien
7B. Part 2: Hellboy Spinoffs
7C. Part 3: Beyond the Hellboy Universe
7C. Part 4: Work for Hire
7E. Part 5: Crossovers

8. Useful Links
At the suggestion of Kees_L, this section links to other useful lists out there.

**middenway** · 04-30-2014, 06:17 PM

This list includes core stories that are or will be collected in the primary Hellboy Universe trade paperbacks. It will not include crossovers, guest appearances, Hellboy Junior comics or RPG comics.

Publishing order is based on the first appearance of the first issue or part of that comic, thus The Corpse goes before The Chained Coffin as it ran as a multi-part series before it was collected with The Iron Shoes.

The colours correlate to the spines of the trade paperbacks the stories are collected in.

Red = Hellboy, Hellboy in Hell, and Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.
Olive = B.P.R.D. and B.P.R.D. Vampire
Yellow = B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth
Grey = B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know and Koshchei the Deathless
Blue = Lobster Johnson
Green = Abe Sapien
Brown = Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder and Frankenstein
Orange = Sledgehammer 44
Purple = Rise of the Black Flame
Turquoise = The Visitor: How & Why He Stayed
Crimson = The Crimson Lotus

1993
AUGUST 19 ― Hellboy Promo #1 Hellboy 1

1994
MARCH ― Seed of Destruction Hellboy 1
MAY 20 ― Hellboy Promo #2 Hellboy 1
AUGUST ― The Wolves of Saint August Hellboy 3

1995
MARCH ― The Corpse Hellboy 3
AUGUST 2 ― The Chained Coffin Hellboy 3

1996
JANUARY ― The Iron Shoes Hellboy 3
JUNE ― Wake the Devil Hellboy 2

1997
JUNE 25 ― Almost Colossus Hellboy 3
DECEMBER 3 ― A Christmas Underground Hellboy 3

1998
MARCH 4 ― Drums of the Dead B.P.R.D. 1
MARCH 4 ― Heads Hellboy 4
AUGUST 5 ― The Baba Yaga Hellboy 3
AUGUST 26 ― The Right Hand of Doom Hellboy 4

1999
AUGUST 1 ― The Vârcolac Hellboy 4
AUGUST 4 ― Goodbye Mr. Tod Hellboy 4
AUGUST 11 ― Pancakes Hellboy 4
AUGUST 11 ― Box Full of Evil Hellboy 4
AUGUST 11 ― The Killer in My Skull B.P.R.D. 1
SEPTEMBER 8 ― Abe Sapien versus Science B.P.R.D. 1

2000
FEBRUARY 16 ― The Nature of the Beast Hellboy 4
APRIL 26 ― King Vold Hellboy 4

2001
MAY 9 ― Conqueror Worm Hellboy 5
DECEMBER 5 ― B.P.R.D. Promo B.P.R.D. 1

2002
JANUARY 30 ― Hollow Earth B.P.R.D. 1
JULY 24 ― The Third Wish Hellboy 6

2003
MAY 14 ― The Soul of Venice B.P.R.D. 2
JULY 23 ― Dark Waters B.P.R.D. 2
AUGUST 27 ― Dr. Carp's Experiment Hellboy 7
SEPTEMBER 17 ― Night Train B.P.R.D. 2
NOVEMBER 19 ― There's Something Under My Bed B.P.R.D. 2

2004
MARCH ― The Penanggalan Hellboy 7
MARCH ― Born Again B.P.R.D. 4
MARCH 3 ― Plague of Frogs B.P.R.D. 3
JULY 7 ― The Troll-Witch Hellboy 7
AUGUST 25 ― Another Day at the Office B.P.R.D. 2
NOVEMBER 3 ― The Dead B.P.R.D. 4

2005
JUNE 1 ― The Ghoul (or Reflections on Death and The Poetry of Worms) Hellboy 7
JUNE 22 ― The Island Hellboy 6
AUGUST 31 ― The Black Flame B.P.R.D. 5

2006
FEBRUARY 1 ― Makoma (or A Tale Told by a Mummy in the New York City Explorers' Club on August 16, 1993) Hellboy 7
APRIL 12 ― The Universal Machine B.P.R.D. 6
DECEMBER 13 ― The Hydra and the Lion Hellboy 7

2007
FEBRUARY 23 ― They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships Hellboy 10
MARCH 14 ― Garden of Souls B.P.R.D. 7
MAY 2 ― Darkness Calls Hellboy 8
AUGUST 8 ― Killing Ground B.P.R.D. 8
SEPTEMBER 5 ― The Iron Prometheus Lobster Johnson 1
OCTOBER 3 ― The Vampire of Prague Hellboy 7

2008
JANUARY 9 ― 1946 B.P.R.D.: 1946
FEBRUARY 6 ― The Drowning Abe Sapien 1
MARCH 5 ― Revival B.P.R.D. 12 "Chapter 2"
MAY 3 ― The Mole Hellboy 10 / Hellboy LE 5
MAY 3 ― Bishop Olek’s Devil B.P.R.D.: 1946
MAY 3 ― Out of Reach B.P.R.D. 10
JUNE 11 ― War on Frogs #1 B.P.R.D. 12 "Chapter 1"
JUNE 25 ― The Ectoplasmic Man B.P.R.D.: Being Human
JULY 2 ― The Crooked Man Hellboy 10
JULY 9 ― The Warning B.P.R.D. 10
AUGUST 13 ― Witchball! Hellboy 10
OCTOBER 29 ― In the Chapel of Moloch Hellboy 10
NOVEMBER 5 ― Murderous Intent Witchfinder 1
DECEMBER 3 ― The Wild Hunt Hellboy 9
DECEMBER 10 ― War on Frogs #2 B.P.R.D. 12 "Chapter 3"

2009
JANUARY 7 ― How Koshchei Became Deathless Hellboy: Weird Tales (HC)
JANUARY 14 ― The Black Goddess B.P.R.D. 11
MARCH 4 ― Baba Yaga's Feast Hellboy: Weird Tales (HC)
JUNE 6 ― And What Shall I Find There? B.P.R.D.: 1947
JUNE 10 ― War on Frogs #3 B.P.R.D. 12 "Chapter 5"
JULY 1 ― In the Service of Angels Witchfinder 1
JULY 8 ― 1947 B.P.R.D.: 1947
OCTOBER 14 ― The Burial of Katharine Baker Witchfinder 1
OCTOBER 28 ― The Haunted Boy Abe Sapien 2
DECEMBER 9 ― War on Frogs #4 B.P.R.D. 12 "Chapter 4"
DECEMBER 23 ― The Bride of Hell Hellboy 11

**middenway** · 04-30-2014, 06:17 PM

2010
JANUARY 6 ― King of Fear B.P.R.D. 14
MAY 5 ― Hellboy in Mexico (or A Drunken Blur) Hellboy 11 / Hellboy in Mexico
JUNE 30 ― The Abyssal Plain Abe Sapien 2
JULY 7 ― The Storm Hellboy 12
AUGUST 11 ― New World B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 1
OCTOBER 11 ― The Whittier Legacy Hellboy 11
NOVEMBER 17 ― Double Feature of Evil: Sullivan's Reward & The House of Sebek Hellboy 11
DECEMBER 29 ― The Sleeping and the Dead Hellboy 11

2011
JANUARY 12 ― Gods B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 2
FEBRUARY 2 ― Lost and Gone Forever Witchfinder 2
MARCH 4 ― Seattle B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 1
APRIL 6 ― The Dead Remembered B.P.R.D.: Being Human
APRIL 13 ― Buster Oakley Gets His Wish Hellboy 11
MAY 11 ― Being Human B.P.R.D.: Being Human
JUNE 1 ― The Fury Hellboy 12
JULY 1 ― Casualties B.P.R.D.: Being Human
JULY 13 ― Monsters B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 2
SEPTEMBER 21 ― Russia B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 3
SEPTEMBER 28 ― The Devil Does Not Jest Abe Sapien 2
NOVEMBER 2 ― House of the Living Dead Hellboy in Mexico
DECEMBER 21 ― Hellboy versus the Aztec Mummy Hellboy in Mexico

2012
JANUARY 11 ― The Burning Hand Lobster Johnson 2
FEBRUARY 1 ― An Unmarked Grave B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 3
FEBRUARY 15 ― The Long Death B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 4
FEBRUARY 22 ― Tony Masso’s Finest Hour Lobster Johnson 3
MARCH 28 ― The Pickens County Horror B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 5
MAY 16 ― The Devil’s Engine B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 4
MAY 30 ― The Transformation of J.H. O'Donnell B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 5
JUNE 27 ― Exorcism B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 14
AUGUST 22 ― The Prayer of Neferu Lobster Johnson 3
AUGUST 29 ― The Return of the Master B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 6
SEPTEMBER 19 ― Caput Mortuum Lobster Johnson 3
OCTOBER 17 ― 1948 B.P.R.D.: 1948
DECEMBER 5 ― Hellboy in Hell #1-4 Hellboy in Hell 1

2013
JANUARY 9 ― The Abyss of Time B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 5
MARCH 13 ― Sledgehammer 44 Sledgehammer 44 1
MARCH 20 ― A Cold Day in Hell B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 7
MARCH 27 ― Vampire B.P.R.D. Vampire 1
APRIL 3 ― Dark and Terrible Abe Sapien 3
MAY 15 ― Wasteland B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 7
MAY 22 ― Satan Smells a Rat Lobster Johnson 3
JULY 3 ― The New Race of Man Abe Sapien 3
JULY 24 ― A Scent of Lotus Lobster Johnson 3
AUGUST 21 ― Lake of Fire B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 8
OCTOBER 16 ― The Shape of Things to Come Abe Sapien 4
OCTOBER 23 ― The Midnight Circus Hellboy Omnibus: The Complete Short Stories ― Volume 1
NOVEMBER 27 ― Sledgehammer 44: Lightning War Sledgehammer 44 1
DECEMBER 4 ― The Three Gold Whips Hellboy in Hell 1
DECEMBER 11 ― The Land of the Dead Abe Sapien 9
DECEMBER 18 ― Hellboy Gets Married Hellboy in Mexico

2014
JANUARY 8 ― To the Last Man Abe Sapien 4
JANUARY 15 ― The Reign of the Black Flame B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 9
FEBRUARY 5 ― Get the Lobster Lobster Johnson 4
MARCH 22 ― The Coffin Man Hellboy in Mexico
MAY 14 ― The Garden (I) Abe Sapien 5
MAY 14 ― The Death Card Hellboy in Hell 2
MAY 21 ― Beware the Ape Witchfinder 3
JUNE 11 ― The Healer Abe Sapien 5
JUNE 18 ― The Mysteries of Unland Witchfinder 3
JUNE 18 ― The Devil's Wings B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 10
JULY 9 ― Visions, Dreams, and Fishin' Abe Sapien 5
AUGUST 13 ― Lost Lives Abe Sapien 9
AUGUST 20 ― The Broken Equation B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 10
SEPTEMBER 10 ― Sacred Places Abe Sapien 5
OCTOBER 15 ― Grind B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 10
NOVEMBER 19 ― Flesh and Stone B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 11
DECEMBER 3 ― 1952 Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1952
DECEMBER 10 ― A Darkness so Great Abe Sapien 6

2015
JANUARY 15 ― Abe Sapien: The Calm Before the Storm Abe Sapien: The Drowning and Other Stories omnibus
FEBRUARY 18 ― The Coffin Man 2: The Rematch Hellboy in Mexico
MARCH 18 ― Frankenstein Underground Frankenstein Underground
APRIL 15 ― Nowhere, Nothing, Never B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 12
MAY 13 ― The Ogopogo Abe Sapien 9
JUNE 17 ― Subconscious Abe Sapien 9
JULY 8 ― The Shadow Over Suwanee Abe Sapien 7
JULY 15 ― Modern Prometheus B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 12
JULY 29 ― A Chain Forged in Life Lobster Johnson 6
AUGUST 26 ― The Hounds of Pluto Hellboy in Hell 2
SEPTEMBER 16 ― End of Days B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 13
OCTOBER 14 ― Icthyo Sapien Abe Sapien 9
OCTOBER 28 ― The Phantom Hand Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1953
OCTOBER 28 ― The Kelpie Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1953
NOVEMBER 11 ― The Garden (II) Abe Sapien 7
NOVEMBER 18 ― Hellboy in Hell: The Exorcist of Vorsk Hellboy in Hell 2
NOVEMBER 25 ― The Witch Tree Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1953
NOVEMBER 25 ― Rawhead and Bloody Bones Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1953
DECEMBER 30 ― The Glass Mantis Lobster Johnson 6

**middenway** · 04-30-2014, 06:18 PM

2016
JANUARY 13 ― Witchcraft & Demonology Abe Sapien 9
JANUARY 27 ― Broken Vessels B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know 1
JANUARY 27 ― Wandering Souls Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1953
JANUARY 27 ― Mood Swings -Uncollected short story-
FEBRUARY 10 ― The Black School Abe Sapien 7
FEBRUARY 24 ― Beyond the Fences Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1953
APRIL 6 ― The Forgotten Man Lobster Johnson 6
APRIL 13 ― Regressions Abe Sapien 8
APRIL 20 ― The Exorcist B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 14
MAY 4 ― The Spanish Bride Hellboy in Hell 2
MAY 7 ― The Mirror Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1954
MAY 25 ― Metal Monsters of Midtown Lobster Johnson 5
JUNE 1 ― For Whom the Bell Tolls Hellboy in Hell 2
JUNE 8 ― Dark and Terrible Deep Abe Sapien 8
JULY 13 ― The Garden (III) Abe Sapien 8
JULY 20 ― Cometh the Hour B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth 15
AUGUST 31 ― The Desolate Shore Abe Sapien 8
AUGUST 31 ― City of the Dead Witchfinder 4
SEPTEMBER 7 ― Rise of the Black Flame Rise of the Black Flame
SEPTEMBER 21 ― The Black Sun Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1954
NOVEMBER 23 ― The Unreasoning Beast Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1954

2017
JANUARY 11 ― Garden of Bones Lobster Johnson 6
JANUARY 25 ― The Great Blizzard Witchfinder Omnibus 2
JANUARY 25 ― God Rest Ye Merry The Visitor: How & Why He Stayed
JANUARY 25 ― The Last Witch of Fairfield -Uncollected short story-
FEBRUARY 22 ― The Visitor: How & Why He Stayed The Visitor: How & Why He Stayed
MARCH 8 ― Ghost Moon Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1954
MARCH 29 ― The Pirate's Ghost Lobster Johnson 5
APRIL 19 ― Into the Silent Sea Hellboy Omnibus ― Volume 2: Strange Places
JULY 26 ― Messiah B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know 1
AUGUST 2 ― Mangekyō Lobster Johnson 6
AUGUST 9 ― Secret Nature Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1955
SEPTEMBER 13 ― Occult Intelligence Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1955
NOVEMBER 11 ― Rasputin: The Voice of the Dragon Rasputin: The Voice of the Dragon
DECEMBER 20 ― Krampusnacht Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Beast of Vargu and Others

2018
JANUARY 10 ― Koshchei the Deathless Koshchei the Deathless
FEBRUARY 21 ― Burning Season Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1955
APRIL 11 ― Return of the Lambton Worm Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Beast of Vargu and Others
MAY 9 ― Pandemonium B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know 2
MAY 23 ― The Gates of Heaven Witchfinder 5
NOVEMBER 21 ― Crimson Lotus Crimson Lotus
NOVEMBER 28 ― Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1956 Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1956
DECEMBER 5 ― Ragna Rok B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know 3
DECEMBER 12 ― Happy New Year, Ava Galluci Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1957
DECEMBER 12 ― Lost Ones B.P.R.D. Vampire 1 (2nd edition only)
DECEMBER 12 ― The Empty Chair Lobster Johnson Omnibus 1

2019
MAY 29 ― Hellboy vs. Lobster Johnson: The Ring of Death Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1956
MAY 29 ― Down Mexico Way Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1956
JUNE 19 ― The Beast of Vargu Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Beast of Vargu and Others
JUNE 19 ― The Secret God of the Roma Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Beast of Vargu and Others
AUGUST 21 ― Saturn Returns Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Beast of Vargu and Others
OCTOBER 30 ― Long Night at Goloski Station Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Return of Effie Kolb and Others
NOVEMBER 27 ― Reign of Darkness Witchfinder 6

2020
JANUARY 15 ― The Miser's Gift Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Secret of Chesbro House & Others
JANUARY 15 ― The Longest Night The House of Lost Horizons: A Sarah Jewell Mystery
JANUARY 15 ― The Beast of Ingelheim -Uncollected short story-
JANUARY 29 ― Frankenstein Undone -Published 2 of 5, cancelled, never collected-
FEBRUARY 19 ― The Return of Effie Kolb Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Return of Effie Kolb and Others
NOVEMBER 11 ― The Seven Wives Club Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Return of Effie Kolb and Others
DECEMBER 2 ― Her Fatal Hour Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Return of Effie Kolb and Others
DECEMBER 2 ― The Sending Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Return of Effie Kolb and Others

2021
FEBRUARY 17 ― The Hidden Land Young Hellboy: The Hidden Land
MAY 12 ― The House of Lost Horizons The House of Lost Horizons: A Sarah Jewell Mystery
JULY 7 ― The Secret of Chesbro House Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Secret of Chesbro House & Others
SEPTEMBER 15 ― Family Ties Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1957
OCTOBER 27 ― The Silver Lantern Club Hellboy: The Silver Lantern Club
NOVEMBER 3 ― The Bones of Giants Hellboy: The Bones of Giants
DECEMBER 1 ― Sir Edward Grey: Acheron Koshchei in Hell

2022
JANUARY 12 ― The Sword of Hyperborea The Sword of Hyperborea
FEBRUARY 9 ― Forgotten Lives Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1957
APRIL 27 ― Time Out of Mind The British Paranormal Society 1
MAY 25 ― Night of the Cyclops Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Secret of Chesbro House & Others
JUNE 29 ― Old Man Whittier Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Secret of Chesbro House & Others
JULY 20 ― Assault on Castle Death Young Hellboy: Assault on Castle Death
JULY 20 ― Time Is a River Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Secret of Chesbro House & Others
AUGUST 3 ― New World Frankenstein: New World 1
AUGUST 10 ― Falling Sky Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1957
SEPTEMBER 14 ― Castle Full of Blackbirds Castle Full of Blackbirds
OCTOBER 19 ― Goblin Night Hellboy in Love 1
NOVEMBER 30 ― Koshchei in Hell Koshchei in Hell

**middenway** · 04-30-2014, 06:19 PM

2023
FEBRUARY 22 ― Shadow Theater Hellboy in Love 1
MAY 17 ― Miss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea Miss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea
JUNE 28 ― Fearful Symmetry Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1957
JULY 12 ― The Key to It All Hellboy in Love 1
JULY 12 ― The Mummy's Curse Panya: The Mummy's Curse
AUGUST 2 ― From Below Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1957

**middenway** · 04-30-2014, 06:20 PM

Upcoming

OCTOBER 25 ― Giant Robot Hellboy -unpublished 3-issue miniseries-
DECEMBER 6 ― The Yule Cat -unpublished one-shot-

No Known Release Date
With so little information known about these titles, there's bound to be some overlap. These don't necessarily represent separate projects.

Unannounced Rob Williams and Laurence Campbell project
Unannounced third Young Hellboy miniseries
Unannounced story from Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson, and Michael Avon Oeming

**MajorHoy** · 11-05-2021, 01:43 PM