Welcome to Mignolaversity News Update, your monthly recap of Mignolaverse-related news. Given the big surge of news and the following recap articles, there wasn’t much point in doing a November News Update last month, so this month I’ll be doing a double batch of solicitations…

“Baltimore: The Red Kingdom” #1 (of 5)



“Baltimore: The Red Kingdom” #2 (of 5)



Written by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden

Illustrated by Peter Bergting

Colored by Michelle Madsen

Covers by Ben Stenbeck

#1 on sale February 1, 2017

Lord Baltimore is missing. The Red King—evil incarnate—is taking over the world. Baltimore’s team has been driven apart, with some of them dying on the frontlines while others are in hiding.

Since the day he set out for revenge on the vampire who killed his family, Baltimore’s fight has gotten bigger than he’d ever imagined, but what role will he take as evil finally threatens to consume the world?

#2 on sale March 1, 2017

Protected by his armies marching on Rome, the Red King seems invulnerable as he takes his place at the Vatican for his coronation. How can the resistance hope to get close enough to confront him in human form?

Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1954—Ghost Moon” #1 (of 2)

Written by Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson

Illustrated by Brian Churilla

Colored by Dave Stewart

Cover by Mike Huddleston

On sale March 8, 2017

Hellboy hunts ancient Chinese demons in the Walled City of Hong Kong when an old friend of Bruttenholm’s calls in a favor.

A heavily researched look into the early days of the British spy network in the Far East, combined with Mignola’s unique brand of supernatural adventure.

• Brian Churilla (The Secret History of D. B. Cooper) joins the Mignolaverse!

“The Visitor: How and Why He Stayed” #1 (of 5)



“The Visitor: How and Why He Stayed” #2 (of 5)



Written by Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson

Illustrated by Paul Grist

Colored by Bill Crabtree

Covers by Paul Grist

#1 on sale February 22, 2017

In 1944 Hellboy was conjured in a ceremony meant to give Hitler the ultimate occult weapon. Fortunately, Professor Trevor Bruttenholm was there to witness, and to guide Hellboy to become the greatest paranormal detective in the world. But Bruttenholm wasn’t the only witness to Hellboy’s arrival. A visitor was there, sent to kill the Beast that had been prophesied to kill us all. What the visitor saw, and why he stayed his hand, leads to the most mysterious Hellboy spinoff yet …

#2 on sale March 22, 2017

The Visitor continues to monitor Hellboy from afar while attempting to navigate American society as an alien in the 1960s.

“Lobster Johnson: The Pirate’s Ghost” #1 (of 3)



Written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi

Illustrated by Tonci Zonjic

Cover by Tonci Zonjic

On sale March 29, 2017

The New York Harbor Patrol are in over their heads when a ghostly pirate ship appears on the Hudson River, and the Lobster’s hunt for a major mob boss may have something to do with it.

“In a world currently obsessed with Capes and Cowls, it’s refreshing to have a pulp sci-fi book where the hero isn’t perfect, and doesn’t always win.” —Big Comic Page