Hellboy Books in Order
Hellboy contains 20 books, published between 1994 and 2022. The first book is Seed of Destruction (1994) and the newest is The Silver Lantern Club (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 1994–2022
- Pages on record
- 120 in 1 of 20 books
Hellboy is a comics series catalogued with 20 books between 1994 and 2022, with subjects listing comic books and fantasy graphic novels. Mike Mignola is credited on 19 of the books and Christopher Golden on 1. Seed of Destruction (1994) opens the run, followed by Wake the Devil (1997), The Chained Coffin and Others (1998) and The Right Hand of Doom (2000). The newest entry is The Silver Lantern Club (2022), and the series is currently dormant.
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How many Hellboy books are there?
Hellboy has 20 books, released between 1994 and 2022.
Hellboy Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 Hellboy books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of November 2026.
- 1Seed of Destruction1994 · confirmed 2/41994–2/4
- 2Wake the Devil1997 · confirmed 2/41997–2/4
- 3The Chained Coffin and Others1998 · confirmed 2/41998–2/4
- 4Box Full Of Evil1999 · confirmed 2/41999–2/4
- 5The Right Hand of Doom2000 · confirmed 2/42000–2/4
- 6Conqueror Worm2002 · confirmed 2/42002–2/4
- 7Hellboy Junior2004 · 120 pages · confirmed 2/420041202/4
- 8Strange Places2006 · confirmed 2/42006–2/4
- 9The Troll Witch and Others2007 · confirmed 2/42007–2/4
- 10Darkness Calls2008 · confirmed 2/42008–2/4
- 11Masks and Monsters2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 12The Wild Hunt2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 13The Crooked Man and Others2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 14The Bride of Hell and Others2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 15The Storm and the Fury2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 16Hellboy in Mexico2016 · confirmed 2/42016–2/4
- 17Hellboy Universe Essentials: Lobster Johnson2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 18Hellboy Universe Essentials: Witchfinder2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 19The Bones of Giants2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 20The Silver Lantern Club2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
Do you have to read Hellboy books in order?
You should read the Hellboy books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Hellboy book also stands alone.
Where to start with Hellboy
Start with Seed of Destruction (1994), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Hellboy book?
The Silver Lantern Club (2022) is the newest Hellboy book released so far.
Is there a new Hellboy book coming?
No next Hellboy book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Hellboy at a glance
- Paused
- No new Hellboy title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Hellboy books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 120 pages across the 1 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 120 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Hellboy books, 6 of 20, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 20 titles, 19 are credited to Mike Mignola and 1 to Christopher Golden.
When Hellboy books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Hellboy titles appeared. 2000s was the most productive decade with 6 titles.
20 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Hellboy books are about
1 of the 20 Hellboy books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Comics & graphic novels 1 of 1 books
- Comics & graphic novels, fantasy 1 of 1 books