Welcome to Mignolaversity News Update, your monthly recap of Mignolaverse-related news. First up, solicitations for January 2016. Click the link for the full details.

Joe Golem, Occult Detective #3

The Rat Catcher (Part 3)

Written by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden

Illustrated by Patric Reynolds

Colored by Dave Stewart

Cover by Dave Palumbo On sale January 6, 2016 Beneath the surface in the creature’s underwater lair, Joe Golem searches for the Drowning City’s missing children and finds more questions than answers.

Abe Sapien #30

Written by Mike Mignola and Scott Allie

Illustrated by Santiago Caruso

Colored by Dave Stewart

Cover by Max Fiumara On sale January 13, 2016 Gallery artist Santiago Caruso presents the history of Western occultism as seen through the life story of a nineteenth-century necromancer who’s been to Hell and back and is possessed of a single goal—ensuring his place at the end of the world, standing side by side with the devil himself.

• Standalone issue!

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth #139

End of Days (Part 5)

Written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi

Illustrated by Laurence Campbell

Colored by Dave Stewart

Cover by Laurence Campbell On sale January 20, 2016 The battle between the BPRD and the Black Flame rages on! As the team in Denver tries to take down the enemy from afar, Liz and Johann are out to end the fight against the Black Flame before he destroys New York City.

Hellboy Winter Special

Written by Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson, and Chelsea Cain

Illustrated by Michael Avon Oeming, Michael Walsh, and Tim Sale

Colored by Dave Stewart

Cover by Tim Sale

Variant Cover by Mike Mignola On sale January 27, 2016 Best-selling novelist Chelsea Cain writes and Michael Avon Oeming draws the first of three snowbound stories. Then Tim Sale visits Mignola’s prehistoric mythology, and in a lead-in to the upcoming issues of Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1953, Hellboy explores a haunted mine in the barren wastes of Wyoming.

• Mignolaverse debuts by Tim Sale (Captain America: White), Michael Walsh (Secret Avengers), Chris Roberson (iZombie), and Chelsea Cain (Heartsick, One Kick)!

Itty Bitty Hellboy: The Search for the Were-Jaguar #3 (of 4)

Written by Art Baltazar and Franco

Illustrated by Art Baltazar On sale January 27, 2016 The Giant Roger takes over the island! What are Hellboy and his friends to do? What’s it mean for the Were-Jaguar? Why is Lobster Johnson stuck in that tree? The BPRD have their work cut out for them!

And now, the news…

— Christopher Golden talks to Bleeding Cool about next month’s Joe Golem, Occult Detective: The Rat Catcher #1. There’s also some preview pages.

— Speaking of previews, Dark Horse Digital has released a Mike Mignola sampler. It has previews of Hellboy in Hell: The Hounds of Pluto, BPRD Hell on Earth: End of Days, Witchfinder: The Mysteries of Unland, Frankenstein Underground, Baltimore: The Cult of the Red King, and Joe Golem, Occult Detective: The Rat Catcher. (I also recommend checking out their 2015 Horror Sampler.)

— Mike and Christine Mignola have an interview with the Comic Bug on YouTube. I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet. It should be interesting.

— In case you missed it, there was a new Hell Notes earlier this month talking about the Heliopic Brotherhood of Ra.

— And finally, check out this Hellboy comission by Ben Stenbeck. You’ll be able to see more of his work in two week’s time when the first issue of Hellboy and the BPRD: 1953 comes out.