The First Two Arcs Of ‘Blue Book’ To Be Offered In New Library Edition
by Brendan M. Allen
Dark Horse Comics and Tiny Onion have announced Blue Book Library Edition Volume 1. The new hardcover compiles Blue Book: 1961, Blue Book: 1947, all of the series’ cover art, and behind-the-scenes sketches by Michael Avon Oeming. Written by James Tynion IV, illustrated by Oeming, and lettered by Aditya Bidikar, these “True Weird” stories (tales of ordinary people encountering the strange and impossible) will be collected in a hardcover oversized edition for the first time in July 2025. It will also include a cover gallery and sketchbook section.
In Blue Book: 1961, Tynion and Oeming retell the story of the Betty and Barney Hill abduction, the widely publicized and very first abduction that went on to shape and influence all future encounter stories.
In Blue Book: 1947, we follow pilot Kenneth Arnold, who flew his Call-Air A-2 over the skies of the Pacific Northwest and encountered otherworldly blinding flashes of silver light that would change the course of his life forever.
Blue Book Library Edition Volume 1 crash lands in bookstores on July 8th, 2025 and in comic shops on July 9th, 2025 for $49.99. It is now available to pre-order.
