Most Popular Books by Michael Mignola

The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense comes into its own with this collection of its early adventures. This omnibus reveals both the beginnings of the epic frog war (a saga ten years in the making) and the origin story of Abe Sapien.

This volume re-establishes the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense after Hellboy''s departure, cracks open the secrets of Abe Sapien''s origin, and sets the war on frogs in motion.

A small-town museum is plagued by odd disturbances and missing persons -- gifts from the new kid in town, Azzul Gotha, the 42,000-year-old Hyperborean mummy that just checked in. It''s all-out zombie mayhem, complete with human sacrifice, a cemetery showdown, and the end of civilization.

From the haunted world of forthcoming movie hero Hellboy comes the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defence - the B.P.R.D.! After holding it a secret for ten years, Hellboy creator Mike Mignola finally reveals Abe Sapien''s bizarre history. Introduced in the first Hellboy book and featured prominently in the film, Abe Sapien has remained one of the most intriguing mysteries of Mignola''s celebrated work. Including a bonus sketchbook by artist Guy Davis (Batman, Sandman, Hellblazer) this third volume of B.P.R.D. sees Mignola taking over writing chores for the first time and reveals secrets he''s kept under wraps since the beginning of the Hellboy saga...

After appearing at every major disaster and horrific occurrence over the past 150 years, the same man now appears in Hellboy''s world, and Hellboy and his team must track him down and stop him from doing the damage he is known to do.

Word at the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense says there''s a ghost in Arcadia. A ghost that hunts. A ghost that kills people. If she''s a ghost -- a "real" ghost -- then she''s one of a kind, and the Bureau wants her. And if anyone can get her, you can bet it''s Hellboy . . . ************************************** A la Agencia de Investigacion y Defensa de lo Paranormal llega el aviso de que hay un fantasma en Arcadia. Un fantasma cazador que mata a gente. Si es un fantasma... de verdad... es unico... y la Agencia lo quiere. Y si alguien lo puede capturar, ?qu? te apuestas que sera Hellboy?

Mike Mignola''s award-winning series Hellboy has been lauded as much by other artists as it has by award ceremonies and fans. Over the years, many of the best artists in the industry have asked if they could do a backup story, just to get a chance to play with the characters and worlds Mignola has created. As Dark Horse gears up for the release of the 2004 Hellboy motion picture, we present this lavish collection of these stories. One of the most popular features in recent Hellboy books has been the sketchbook section, so we''ve asked these stellar artists to let us present some of their behind the scenes work in this collection. Some of the best writers and artists in comics team up to present stories of giant bats, demon children, jet packs, haunted circuses, and rusted-out spaceships. Old-fashioned pulp fun featuring one of the greatest heroes of modern comics.

Mike Mignola''s story notes accompany the out-of-print stories, giving insight into their creation and inspiration.

A man in a suit of iron drops from an American warplane onto a French battlefield and unleashes a powerful cosmic force on an army of Nazis, their massive war machine, and their most dangerous agent, the deadly Black Flame! Comics superstar Mike Mignola creates an alternative story of a World War II robot.

IZombie co-creator Chris Roberson teams with Mike Mignola and a team of artists to explore the horror and intrigue of Hellboy''s early Cold War years. No longer a rookie, Hellboy is joined by other Bureau agents in a series of far-flung mysteries that take them searching for yetis terrorizing an Arctic research team, into the American suburbs where a family is haunted by a phantom monkey, and to Hong Kong, where demons are drawn to a Chinese artifact. This is the 3rd Volume in the Hellboy and B.P.R.D series, following 1952, and 1953.