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Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson, Christopher Mitten Assemble Queen Victoria’s Paranormal Investigators in The Foundry

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This Summer, comics legend Mike Mignola is reuniting with acclaimed writer and iZombie creator Chris Roberson and fan-favorite artist Christopher Mitten to introduce readers to The Foundry: In Peril on the Seas, a Hellboy Universe 4-issue mini-series featuring Queen Victoria’s secret agency with characters from Witchfinder and Hellboy: The Silver Lantern Club. Written by Mignola and Roberson, with art from Mitten, colors by Michelle Madsen, and letters by Clem Robins, all four issues will feature covers by Christopher Mitten.

Following Roberson and Mitten’s 2023 Panya: The Mummy’s Curse, the creators are once again delving into the rich history of the Hellboy Universe. Featuring the Queen of England’s very own secret agency, which first appeared in Witchfinder: The Gates of Heaven by Mignola, Roberson and artist D’Israeli, The Foundry: In Peril on the Seas follows the team as they travel the world seeking supernatural-powered technologies and the stories of the civilizations that harnessed them — for good and for evil. 

The Foundry: In Peril on the Seas #1 is due out on August 12th.

The Foundry: In Peril on the Seas #1

Preview: The Michael Moorcock Library Elric: The Balance Lost Volume 2

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The Michael Moorcock Library Elric: The Balance Lost Volume 2

Author: Chris Roberson
Artist: Francesco Biagini
Publisher: Titan Comics
HC, 144 pages, FC, $29.99
ISBN: 9781787745186
On sale September 9, 2025

With the fate of the multiverse hanging in the balance, Eternal Champions Elric, Corum and Dorian Hawkmoon unite with newcomer Eric Beck in a climatic battle to save very source of the great balance at the center of the multiverse.

The concluding volume of the Elric: Balance Lost saga.

Their quest to the Lost Universe has revealed the shocking truth as to who the true architects behind the war between Law and Chaos are, and nothing could have prepared the four eternal champions for the shocking truth. Now they find themselves pitted together in an epic war of unimaginable scale between both sides for the very source of the Cosmic Balance leading to a climatic showdown between the original Eternal Champions and Eric Beck against his twin brother, the sinister Garrison Bow, and the immortal masterminds behind the cosmic war.

Written by New York Times Bestseller, Chris Roberson, this all-new adventure redefines the word ‘epic’. With a cast of hundreds and featuring all of Moorcock’s most famous characters, this saga, drawn by Italian artist, Francesco Biagini is a thrilling and powerful epic that brings Elric crashing into the 21st Century and beyond!

Collecting issues #7-12 of Elric: The Balance Lost.

The Michael Moorcock Library Elric: The Balance Lost Volume 2

Preview: Shadow of the Golden Crane #4

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Shadow of the Golden Crane #4

(W) Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson (A/CA) Michael Avon Oeming
In Shops: Jun 25, 2025
SRP: $3.99

A demon-possessed dagger brings Agent Xiang together with Hellboy and Agent Koestler to stop these ancient, dark forces before they infect much, much more. Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is joined by writer Chris Roberson and artist Michael Avon Oeming in this paranormal puzzle that unfolds across time.

Shadow of the Golden Crane #4

Preview: The Michael Moorcock Library Elric: The Balance Lost Vol. 1

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The Michael Moorcock Library Elric: The Balance Lost Vol. 1

Author: Chris Roberson
Artist: Francesco Biagini
HC, FC, 160pp, $29.99
On sale: June 10, 2025

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, ELRIC, CORUM AND DORIAN HAWKMOON MUST UNITE TO SAVE THE COSMIC BALANCE BETWEEN LAW AND CHAOS.

This first volume collects the first six issues of Elric: The Balance Lost and also the 10-page Free Comic Book Day prelude, by NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author, Chris Roberson!

When the delicate balance between the forces of Law and Chaos are by threatened by a powerful malevolence of unimaginable power, Michael Moorcock’s enduring Eternal Champions, Elric of Melniboné, Corum of the Scarlet Robe and Dorian Hamkmoon must unite and do battle to save the Multiverse. From their ancient realms to modern-day New Orleans and across the Moonbeam Roads in search for the Horn of Fate, a device that will open portals to other dimensions the heroes set forth.

Added in their battle by a new Eternal Champion from present day Earth, the heroes embark on a quest to find weapons powerful enough to defeat Beelzebub and together they journey to the very physical heart of the Universe in search of Ko-O-Ko, the Lost Universe, on a mission to restore the balance before all is lost.

The Michael Moorcock Library Elric: The Balance Lost Vol. 1

Preview: Shadow of the Golden Crane #3

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Shadow of the Golden Crane #3

(W) Chris Roberson (A/CA) Michael Avon Oeming
In Shops: Apr 16, 2025
SRP: $3.99

Agent Xiang investigates a haunting at an herbalist shop that pulls her into a web of ancient witchcraft. Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is joined by writer Chris Roberson and artist Michael Avon Oeming in this paranormal puzzle that unfolds across time.

Shadow of the Golden Crane #3

Preview: Shadow of the Golden Crane #3

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Shadow of the Golden Crane #3

(W) Chris Roberson (A/CA) Michael Avon Oeming
In Shops: Apr 16, 2025
SRP: $3.99

Agent Xiang investigates a haunting at an herbalist shop that pulls her into a web of ancient witchcraft. Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is joined by writer Chris Roberson and artist Michael Avon Oeming in this paranormal puzzle that unfolds across time.

Shadow of the Golden Crane #3

Preview: Shadow of the Golden Crane #2

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Shadow of the Golden Crane #2

(W) Chris Roberson (A/CA) Michael Avon Oeming
In Shops: Mar 26, 2025
SRP: $3.99

A link between a possessed woman and a biker gang has roots in a different kind of gang going centuries back in Mongolia. Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is joined by writer Chris Roberson and artist Michael Avon Oeming in this paranormal puzzle that unfolds across time.

Shadow of the Golden Crane #2

Preview: Shadow of the Golden Crane #1

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Shadow of the Golden Crane #1

(W) Chris Roberson (A/CA) Michael Avon Oeming
In Shops: Jan 15, 2025
SRP: $3.99

A mysterious B.P.R.D. case in the 1960s forces Agent Sue Xiang to dive into the history of the secretive Golden Crane Society, and into the questions in her own family past as well. Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is joined by writer Chris Roberson and artist Michael Avon Oeming in this paranormal puzzle that unfolds across time.

Shadow of the Golden Crane #1

Chris Roberson and Michael Avon Oeming Unveil The Shadow of the Golden Crane

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Acclaimed writer and iZombie creator Chris Roberson is teaming up with superstar artist Michael Avon Oeming for The Shadow of the Golden Crane, an all-new Hellboy Universe mini-series. In this four issue series, a mysterious B.P.R.D. case forces Agent Sue Xiang to dive into the history of the secretive Golden Crane Society… and her own complicated family history. 

Former FBI Analyst Sue Xiang’s psychic intuition and keen investigative skills helped Hellboy and the B.P.R.D solve numerous paranormal mysteries throughout the 1950s. Now, in The Shadow of the Golden Crane she sets out on her first solo adventure to investigate a paranormal puzzle involving the mysterious Golden Crane Society and her own family’s connection to the occult organization.

The stand-alone series is written by Roberson with covers and interior art from Oeming, with lettering by Clem Robins. The Shadow of the Golden Crane #1 will be available in comic shops on January 15, 2025 from Dark Horse Comics. 

The Shadow of the Golden Crane #1

Dark Horse reveals three frightful releases for 2024

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Horror fans beware, new horror volumes lurk in the distance. What are these terrifying tales Dark Horse Books has to offer? Check out this latest list of horror titles available for preorder from your local bookstore or comic shop now!

Mortal Terror Volume 1 HC

A vampire-flipped Dracula in which mortality means life…and life means death. Christopher Golden, Tim Lebbon, and Peter Bergting, the creative team behind the illustrated prose horror novella Festival, reunite for the new horror comic series Mortal Terror, now in one collective volume!

Vampires Jonathan Harker, Lucy Westenra, and Mina Murray live in underground London, trying to keep the undead city safe from the rumored mortals above who seek to give them life, only to kill them. But when the authorities refuse to believe mortals, let alone the mysterious Count Dracula, are anything more than myth, they are on their own to keep their city eternally dead.

The Mortal Terror Volume 1 HC will be available in the book stores August 6th, 2024 and on August, 7th 2024 in comics shops. It is available for pre-order now, on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and at your local comic shop and bookstore and will retail for $29.99.

Mortal Terror Volume 1 HC

Creepy Archives Volume 7 TPB

Collect Volume 7 of the New York Times bestseller hardcover horror anthology, Creepy Archives, now available in a value-priced paperback edition!

Take a ride on the river Styx with your jovial boatman Cousin Eerie in the panic-packed Creepy Archives Volume 7, now in a value-priced paperback edition. Remove the pennies from your eyes long enough to take in the dastardly dramas from creators Tom Sutton, Ken Kelly, Richard Corben, Doug Moench, Basil Gogos, Carlos Garzon, Nicola Cuti, and more. Also includes an illustrated foreword by comics creator Guy Davis and the first US appearance of comic great Esteban Maroto! Collects Creepy magazine issues #32–#36.

Delve into the Creepy Archives Volume 7 TPB by pre-ordering now on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and at your local comic shop and bookstore. It will be available on July 23, 2024 in book stores and July 24, 2024 in comic shops and will retail for $24.99.

Creepy Arcives Volume 7 TPB

Witchfinder Omnibus Volume 2 TPB

Complete your Witchfinder omnibus library with this second volume, available now in trade paperback. The book features writing by Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson, with art from Ben Stenbeck, D’Israeli, and Christopher Mitten and stunning colors from Michelle Madsen and Dave Stewart.

Discover a nest of vampires, brave a technological “gate” to another realm, and track down the truth behind Jack the Ripper in this collection of three intense adventures of Sir Edward Grey. As the Queen’s personal “Witchfinder,” Grey continues to pursue the occult goings on in London and beyond. But this time the events he encounters–and the things he learns–will lead him to question his very future.

The Witchfinder Omnibus Volume 2 TPB is available for pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and at your local comic book shop, and bookstore. It will be available in book stores August 6, 2024 and in comic shops August 7, 2024 and will retail for $29.99.

Witchfinder Omnibus Volume 2 TPB
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