Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and his longtime collaborator, Bram Stoker Award-winner Christopher Golden are returning to Hellboy’s greatest romance with a new two-issue comic event, Hellboy in Love: The Art of Fire, and we've got an exclusive cover reveal from artist Alex Nieto (Locust) for you today.
Debuting on August 6 from Dark Horse Comics, Hellboy in Love: The Art of Fire #1 is drawn and colored by Nieto in his Hellboy Universe debut and lettered by Clem Robins, the new story will follow Hellboy and archeologist Anastasia Bransfield on an unforgettable journey to Iceland.
2023’s Hellboy In Love took Hellboy and Bransfield on a series of globe-trotting adventures that were as romantic as they were dangerous, from pursuing goblins through the UK to facing off against ghosts in Turkey, and exploring archeological sites in India. Now, their search for a network of seemingly impossible occultists takes them to a dig site in Iceland, where answers and danger await.
Here's what Golden has to say of the greatest love story since Romeo and Juliet:
“We’re having so much damn fun with this series […] Sending Hellboy on these romantic adventures with Anastasia fills in a vital missing era of his life, but Anastasia’s own research is also illuminating some key elements of the Mignolaverse’s ancient history. We’re digging into that more in this two-shot. Readers are going to love Alex Nieto’s gorgeous, playful take on Hellboy and Anastasia…and the evil at the root of Anastasia’s story!”
For more information on Hellboy in Love: The Art of Fire #1, follow Dark Horse Comics on social media for more news, announcements, and updates. Check out the full reveal of the first cover below:
