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Hellboy in Love: The Art of Fire #1 is the usual Hellboy fun

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Hellboy In Love: The Art Of Fire #1

Hellboy and archaeologist Anastasia Bransfield trek to Iceland for evidence of a seemingly impossible network of occultists, but a fresh dig site holds answers that come at a steep—and risky—price. Hellboy in Love: The Art of Fire #1 kicks off a new adventure that can be enjoyed by long time fans as well as new readers.

While I enjoy Hellboy, I haven’t read everything and it’s been a bit since I picked up a series. So, I went into Hellboy in Love: The Art of Fire #1 fairly unfamiliar with recent events and came away enjoy the debut issue. That’s one of the things I love about Hellboy, while it rewards those who have stuck around and read everything, it’s also a series where you can pick up a story arc and just enjoy it.

Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden put the spotlight on Hellboy and Anastasia as they head to Iceland to gather clues to a mystery Anastasia has been investigating. That’s about what you need to know as far as background and all of it is explained in some way. In Iceland, the duo need to contact a long dead witch, which you know is not going to go right.

Mignola and Golden deliver a first issue that delivers the action, excitement, horror, mystery, and humor you’d expect from a Hellboy adventure and deliver it in a way that anyone can pick it up and enjoy. It’s easy to dive into, there’s little you need to know before, which is impressive for a character and series that has so much out there. It’s an interesting story about two individuals who are dating and supporting each other in different ways. There’s something sweet and cute about it all. It’s uplifting in a way to see these two front and center.

The art by Alex Nieto is interesting. Nieto also handles the color with Clem Robins on lettering and the style reminds me a bit of Mike Allred. It has a “pulp” aspect to it that fits the lighthearted feel to the comic. This isn’t a comic where the horror is the focus, and instead is more about its two leads and the art reflects that in a way.

Hellboy in Love: The Art of Fire #1 is a fun entry in the Hellboy universe that rewards long time fans but also new readers can dive into and just enjoy. Hellboy is great that way, pulling something off that far too few do. It’s the start of another adventure that can be enjoyed on its own but also adds to the bigger picture.

Story: Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden Art: Alex Nieto
Color: Alex Nieto Letterer: Clem Robins
Story: 7.75 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7.75 Recommendation: Read

Dark Horse provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: Zeus Comics – Kindle

Preview: Stranger Things: Tales From Hawkins 2 #2

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Stranger Things: Tales From Hawkins 2 #2

(W) Derek Fridolfs (A) Bradley Clayton
32 pages
$4.99

A year after his disappearance, Will Byers struggles with the attention he is getting as Hawkin’s local “Zombie Boy.”

Tired of constant reminders of what happened to him, from the whispers and stares to the rude notes left on his locker. Mike, Dustin, and Lucas take him to the Hawkins comic shop as a fun distraction, but Will is haunted by more than just how other folks treat him…

Stranger Things: Tales From Hawkins 2 #2

Preview: Ghostbusters: Dead Man’s Chest #3

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Ghostbusters: Dead Man’s Chest #3

(W) David M. Booher (A) Aviv Or
32 pages
$4.99

Phoebe and Sammy venture off on their own to track down Captain Kidd, leaving the rest of the Ghostbusters to face the greater ghostly pirate threat alone. But finding the captain’s quarters is only half the challenge — and puts one of the two sleuths in definite danger!

Ghostbusters: Dead Man's Chest #3

Preview: Hellboy in Love: The Art of Fire #1

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Hellboy in Love: The Art of Fire #1

(W) Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden (A) Alex Nieto
32 pages
$4.99

Hellboy and archaeologist Anastasia Bransfield trek to Iceland for evidence of a seemingly impossible network of occultists, but a fresh dig site holds answers that come at a steep — and risky — price.

Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden join artist Alex Nieto in a return to Hellboy’s adventures of both the supernatural and the heart.

Hellboy in Love: The Art of Fire #1

Preview: From the World of Minor Threats: Archie vs. Minor Threats #1

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From the World of Minor Threats: Archie vs. Minor Threats #1

(W) Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Timmy Heague (A) Scott Koblish
32 pages
$4.99

Not a hoax! Not a dream! The fun-loving teens of Riverdale collide with the crooked super-criminals of Twilight City in the most bombastic crossover of the year! It’s your favorite high schoolers forced to FIGHT your favorite costumed villains in a story that will have lasting ramifications on all involved!

ARCHIE, BETTY, VERONICA, JUGHEAD and friends are on on their way to a field trip to Twilight City when the magical meddling of SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH lands them in the seedy underbelly of Redport, the most villainous part of town controlled by Frankie Follis AKA PLAYTIME and her gang of MINOR THREATS. Archie and the others suddenly find themselves drafted into both sides of the war Playtime is waging against magic users in her turf. One thing is for sure… blood and milkshakes will be spilled!

Issue one of the four issue mini is written by Minor Threats co-creators Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum with Timmy Heague (Archie Comics’ Fear the Funhouse: Toybox of Terror) and art by Scott Koblish (Deadpool).

From the World of Minor Threats: Archie vs. Minor Threats #1

Preview: The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos: Children of the Night #2

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The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos: Children of the Night #2

Writer: James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal
Artist: Isaac Goodhart
Colorist: Miquel Muerto
Letterer: Aditya Bidikar
Cover Artist: Noah Dao

The monstrous new arc of the fan-favorite series continues!

What does Dr. Jekyll’s arrival mean for our hero, Christopher Chaos, and what exactly is his connection to Adam Frankenstein? Can the Monster Club pull together to help when they are constantly being pulled apart, or will the mysterious monster hunter—known only as HELBOUND–spell the end of them all . . . for good?

Each issue features a special 8-page flipped-book backup “Monsters in Love” story in the vein as EC Comics that are Christopher Chaos in-universe stories.

The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos: Children of the Night #2

Preview: Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories – Tides of Terror #1

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Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories – Tides of Terror #1

Writer: George Mann
Penciller: Luis Morocho
Inker: Le Beau Underwood
Colorist: Michael Atiyeh
Cover Artist: Eduardo Mello

Jedi Master Kit Fisto has been sent to the ocean planet Torbus, alongside Mace Windu Shaak Ti, to investigate a controversial underwater research facility. But when disaster strikes, his diplomatic excursion quickly becomes a rescue mission! Kit Fisto and his fellow Jedi must race against the clock to save innocent lives from the hungry leviathans that circle in the depths.

Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories Tides of Terror #1

The world of John le Carré expands with John le Carré: The Circus—Losing Control

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Dark Horse Comics presents John le Carré: The Circus—Losing Control, a thrilling tale of espionage that expands the world created by John le Carré in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Tinker Tailor Solider Spy, and many other novels, developed in association with The Ink Factory.. Set in the modern day, the three-issue series unites two masters of spy fiction: Harvey Award-winning and New York Times Bestselling author Matt Kindt and Eisner Award-nominated artist Ibrahim Moustafa. Kindt will write the series with art by Moustafa, colors by Brad Simpson, and letters by Simon Bowland. 

Every day, behind closed doors, the men and women of The Circus are embroiled in high stakes, high-wire acts that the average citizen would never notice. These intelligence officers protect Britain’s most sensitive secrets. At the head of it all is Control: an all-powerful puppet master who decides who goes where, who does what, and sometimes, if necessary, who lives and who dies. But now, Control has vanished.

He doesn’t show up at the office. He misses his meetings. He won’t—or can’t—answer his phone. He is simply nowhere. Control’s assistant Maggie is the only one who knows he’s gone, and with a mole’s identity blown in Moscow, the clock is ticking. A member of “The Mothers” – the unsung fleet of assistants and secretaries who hold the show together behind the scenes of The Circus – Maggie knows every protocol, every password, and every operative—but she has no idea whether something has happened to Control or whether this is part of his plan. Either way, she can’t trust anyone. No-one can know Control is missing. And can she even trust Control? 

Secrets within The Circus have a way of unravelling, and Maggie will have to act fast… or risk the walls tumbling down around her.

John Le Carré: The Circus—Losing Control #1 (of 3) will be available in comic shops on November 19, 2025 and is now available for pre-order from your local comic shop for $5.99.

John Le Carré: The Circus—Losing Control #1
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