Hellboy creator Mike Mignola announces new comic series for 2021

November 10th 2020, 2:30pm

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

So this is cool! HELLBOY creator Mike Mignola, with co-writer Tom Sniegoski, are working on a new HELLBOY adventure due out next year, which will be a prequel adventure called YOUNG HELLBOY: THE HIDDEN LAND! They will be joined by artist Craig Rousseau, colorist Dave Stewart, and letterer Clem Robins on the upcoming project!

Here's the official synopsis:

In this four-issue series from Dark Horse Comics, Hellboy and Professor Bruttenholm are stranded on a strange island after a mishap on their way to a South American dig site. They soon find themselves confronted by all manner of monsters, and even when the stranger who rescues them turns out to be one of Hellboy’s heroes, they aren’t as safe as they think…

The four issue mini-series features covers by Folklords artist Matt Smith. Mignola and award-winning colorist Dave Stewart provide the variant cover for the debut issue, with subsequent issues featuring variant covers by Rachele Aragno (#2), Wylie Beckert (#3) and Anthony Carpenter (#4).

And here's what co-writer Tom Sniegoski said about the project:

Young Hellboy is another look into our red-skinned paranormal investigator’s childhood….The events in the series take place in May of 1947, before the events depicted in Hellboy: The Midnight Circus. Lighter in tone, Young Hellboy: The Hidden Land is an exhilarating adventure that embraces the thrills and chills of the pulp adventure stories of the 1930s. Mysterious islands, vampire queens, dinosaurs, giant ape gods, and a new and exciting addition to the Hellboy Universe—Scarlett Santiago, the Sky Devil. I’ve always been fascinated by the glimpses into Hellboy’s childhood that Mike has given us, and to be asked to contribute to these stories, along with Mike, Craig, and Dave, is a dream come true.

Artist Craig Rousseau adds:

This may sound like a cliché, but as a fan of Hellboy since he arrived in Mike’s very first issue, it’s been an absolute thrill to work on this project with Mike and Tom and Dave…Getting to play in this universe with a story so full of over-the-top action, adventure, and fun has been an absolute blast and a career highlight.

Meanwhile, YOUNG HELLBOY: THE HIDDEN LAND will be available in comic stores on February 17th, 2021!