Dark Horse Comics Announces Hellboy Day to Celebrate 25th Anniversary of The Character

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Fan’s of Hellboy will find themselves rejoicing come next year, on Saturday, March 23, 2019, as Dark Horse Comics have officially announced that they will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of legendary comic book creator Mike Mignola’s most famous creation with Hellboy Day. Now we’ve all seen Ron Perlman’s pop culture classics and some Injustice fans will have noted his recent apperance in Injustice 2’s DLC but how much do you actually know about the hellish hero’s comic book Origins? In 1994, Dark Horse Comics published the debut issue of Hellboy: Seed of Destruction and introduced comic book readers to the Right Hand of Doom, the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, and one of the most iconic comic book characters—and universes—of all time. For 2019’s Hellboy Day celebration, Dark Horse will publish a 25th anniversary, promotional edition of Hellboy: Seed of Destruction issue 1, featuring a new cover by Mignola and colorist Dave Stewart, which will be given away at participating comic book shops; and select stores across the country will host Hellboy Day events.   When discussing Hellboy 25-year run creator Mike Mignola had this to say: “When I created Hellboy way back when I never imagined he would be around long enough to celebrate a 25th anniversary. I’m grateful to the writers, artists, colorists, and letterers who’ve joined me in telling Hellboy stories for all these years. And, of course, so grateful to the fans. This thing could not exist without their support and it’s a pleasure every time I get to go out to meet them.”   Mike himself will appear at a Hellboy Day signing at Earth 2 Comics in Sherman Oaks in Los Angeles on March 23 so if you are a long time fan don’t miss this opportunity to meet the man who started it all. Dark Horse is inviting comic book retailers to celebrate this milestone anniversary for the world’s greatest paranormal investigator by holding store events and special sales of Hellboy titles. In addition, Dark Horse will be creating a series of Hellboy Day promotional materials for retailers, including a Hellboy Tattoo Sheet, a Right Hand of Doom bookmark, a window cling, an open/close sign, and a new, folded version of the Hellboy double-sided poster and Mignolaverse timeline that debuted at New York Comic Con. Retailers will have the chance to order promotional, giveaway materials and are invited to take advance of additional backlist sale pricing in order to hold celebrations at their stores. Qualifying retailers who take advantage of backlist sales promotion will be automatically entered to win special pricing packages from Dark Horse.   “Hellboy fans: please make sure to tell your retailer you want your local store to participate in this awesome celebration today,” said Vice President of marketing over at Drak Horse Matt Parkinson. and I highly recommend you do the same, especially if like myself you live outside of the US. Drop by and just let your local comic book store know that they better stock up on some good old Hellboy merch come March next year.   Plus if you’ve somehow got this far and don’t really know much about Hellboy nows a perfect time to read up on his history for Neil Marshall’s forthcoming Hellboy film starring David Harbour, Sasha Lane, Ian McShane, Penelope Mitchell, and Milla Jovovich which is set to be released by Lionsgate on April 12, 2019.   So are you a die-hard Hellboy fan or someone who’s only recently been introduced to the character. Either way how excited are you for Hellboy day? Let us know over on Twitter and tell us how you plan to celebrate his 25th anniversary.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”10317″ img_size=”400×600″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]