SDCC 2024: Get’cher Hellboy! — Four New Hellboy Exclusives
by Austin Gorton
2024 is the 30th Anniversary of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy, and Dark Horse is celebrating at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con International with four new exclusives featuring everyone’s favorite paranormal investigator. Stop by booth 2615 to purchase the Hellboy Seed of Destruction #1 30th Anniversary Convention Exclusive Variant, The Goon, Hellboy, and Usagi Yojimbo Anniversary Print painted by Eric Powell, The Hellboy 30th Anniversary Pinfinity Set, and a Hellboy Letterpress Set.
Hellboy Seed of Destruction #1 30th Anniversary Convention Exclusive Variant is a special edition of the first issue of Hellboy that depicts his arrival on earth in the midst of WWII. This special edition is printed as uncolored line art, with an updated line art cover, a bonus section including more than 20 sketches, and digital codes for Seed of Destruction #1-4!
The Goon, Hellboy, and Usagi Yojimbo Anniversary Print is fully pained by Eric Powell, with Mike Mignola, Stan Sakai, and Powell each having drawn their iconic characters. Limited to 300 units and measuring 18 in. x 24 in., this commemorative piece showcases three of comics most notable creator-owned heroes.
The Hellboy 30th Anniversary Pinfinity Set features three detailed enamel pins depicting Mike Mignola’s artwork including: Hellboy 30th Anniversary, Crowned Knight Skeleton, and Giant Robot Hellboy. Fans can experience the comic series in a new way by scanning the pins with the Pinfinity app to unlock comic pages, animated content, and more.
For the Hellboy Letterpress Print Sets, Dark Horse partnered with The Press Room to create bundle of five 4-inch by 6-inch prints featuring black and white Hellboy illustrations by Mike Mignola printed on an original 1955 Vandercook 219AB press, on heavy 100lb cover stock. Limited to just 666 sets, this collection comes complete with a hand-numbered, letterpress-printed, red belly-band.
The Hellboy Seed of Destruction #1 30th Anniversary Convention Exclusive Variant is a limited edition of 1500 copies for $25 (and is limited to 5 copies per person per day). Limited to 300 copies, The Goon, Hellboy, and Usagi Yojimbo Anniversary Print is $50. The Hellboy 30th Anniversary Pinfinity Set and the Hellboy Letterpress Set are both $40 each.
