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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
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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.

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 September 2026.

  1. Cover of Hellboy Junior by Mike Mignola, book 7 of the Hellboy series (2004)
  1. 1
    Seed of Destruction1994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994–
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  2. 2
    Wake the Devil1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  3. 3
    The Chained Coffin and Others1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  4. 4
    Box Full Of Evil1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  5. 5
    The Right Hand of Doom2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
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  6. 6
    Conqueror Worm2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
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  7. 7
    Hellboy Junior2004 · 120 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004120
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  8. 8
    Strange Places2006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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  9. 9
    The Troll Witch and Others2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  10. 10
    Darkness Calls2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  11. 11
    Masks and Monsters2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  12. 12
    The Wild Hunt2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  13. 13
    The Crooked Man and Others2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  14. 14
    The Bride of Hell and Others2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  15. 15
    The Storm and the Fury2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  16. 16
    Hellboy in Mexico2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  17. 17
    Hellboy Universe Essentials: Lobster Johnson2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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    Hellboy Universe Essentials: Witchfinder2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  19. 19
    The Bones of Giants2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  20. 20
    The Silver Lantern Club2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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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.

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.