Hellboy: Weird Tales

Hellboy: Weird Tales is a non-canonical comic book series published during the making of the first Hellboy movie. Mike Mignola had been very active during the production of the film and did not have time to work on new Hellboy comics. Hellboy: Weird Tales was a way to have new Hellboy material on shelves during both the lead up to and then the film's release.

The series ran for eight issues from February 2003 to April 2004, published on a bi-monthly basis. Each issue features multiple short stories from different creative teams.

Issues

Cover	Title	Date Published	Material Collected	Additional Material
MIKE MIGNOLA	Hellboy: Weird Tales (Hardcover)	November 26, 2014	Hellboy Weird Tales #1–8 How Koshchei Became Deathless Baba Yaga's Feast	Introduction by Scott Allie
MIKE MIGNOLA	Hellboy: Weird Tales (Paperback)	November 9, 2022	Hellboy Weird Tales #1–8 (except "Toy Soldier") How Koshchei Became Deathless Baba Yaga's Feast

Collected Editions

The series was first collected in two trade paperbacks and then later in a single hardcover omnibus. The omnibus was then rereleased in the trade paperback format. Additionally, select stories were also reprinted in a digest sized collection.

Trade Paperback Collections

Each of the two initial trade paperbacks collect four sequential individual Hellboy: Weird Tales issues.

Cover	Title	Date Published	Material Collected
MIKE MIGNOLA	Hellboy Weird Tales: Volume 1	December 17, 2003	Hellboy Weird Tales #1–4
MIKE MIGNOLA	Hellboy Weird Tales: Volume 2	October 27, 2004	Hellboy Weird Tales #5–8

Omnibus Collection

In addition to collecting Hellboy: Weird Tales #1–8, the Hellboy: Weird Tales omnibus also features two canonical stories How Koshchei Became Deathless and Baba Yaga's Feast. The eight-episode story Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine was retitled "Lobster Johnson: Action Detective Adventure" for this collection.

For the paperback version, the story Toy Soldier was removed, possibly because it was written by C. B. Cebulski under his controversial pseudonym "Akira Yoshida". The introduction by Scott Allie was also removed.

Cover	Issue Number	Published	Story	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Additional Materials
JOHN CASSADAY	1	February 26, 2003	Big-Top-Hell-Boy	John Cassaday		Sugar Coated Wire feat. Dr. Karl Ruprect Kroenen pin-up by TyRuben Ellingson
			Party Pooper	Andi Watson
			Children of the Black Mound	Fabian Nicieza	Stefano Raffaele
			Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine: Episode 1	John Cassaday
JASON PEARSON	2	April 23, 2003	Flight Risk	Joe Casey	Steve Parkhouse	NA
			Hot	Randy Stradley	Seung Kim
			Curse of the Haunted Doily	Mark Ricketts	Eric Wright
			Midnight Cowboy	Eric Powell
			Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine: Episode 2	John Cassaday
ALEX MALEEV	3	June 25, 2003	Still Born	Matt Hollingsworth & Alex Maleev	Alex Maleev	Hellboy v. Rasputin pin-up by Galen Showman & Hellboy at the Mountains of Madness pin-up by William Stout
			Downtime	Bob Fingerman
			Family Story	Sara Ryan	Steve Lieber
			Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine: Episode 3	John Cassaday
LEINIL FRANCIS YU	4	August 27, 2003	The Dread Within	Jason Pearson		Shred pin-up by Rick Cortes
			Abe Sapien: Star of the B.P.R.D.	John Arcudi	Roger Langridge
			Haunted	Tom Sniegoski	Ovi Nedelcu
			Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine: Episode 4	John Cassaday
J.H. WILLIAMS III	5	October 15, 2003	Love is Scarier than Death	J.H. Williams III & Haden Blackman	J.H. Williams III	Pin-up by Cameron Stewart
			Cool Your Head	Scott Morse
			Shattered	Ron Marz	Jim Starlin
			Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine: Episode 5	John Cassaday
FRANK CHO	6	December 10, 2003	Command Performance	Will Pfeifer	P. Craig Russell	Pin-up by Steve Purcell
			Friday	Doug Petrie	Gene Colan
			My Vacation in Hell	Craig Thompson
			Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine: Episode 6	John Cassaday
PHIL NOTO	7	February 11, 2004	A Love Story	Tommy Lee Edwards	Tommy Lee Edwards with Don Cameron	Pin-up by Dave Stevens
			Theater of the Dead	Jim Pascoe & Tom Fassbender	Simeon Wilkins
			Long Distance Caller	Kev Walker
			Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine: Episode 7	John Cassaday
MICHAEL W. KALUTA	8	April 14, 2004	Fifteen Minutes...	Jill Thompson		Pin-up by Gary Fields
			Toy Soldier	Akira Yoshida & Kia Asamiya	Kia Asamiya
			Professional Help	Evan Dorkin
			Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine: Episode 8	John Cassaday

Digest Sized Collection

The Theatre of the Dead & Other Stories was bundled with the Hellboy Animated: Blood & Iron DVD when purchased through a Trans World Entertainment Corporation store (Sam Goody, Suncoast, FYE, etc.). It contains select stories from across the Weird Tales run.

Title Date Published Material Collected |- id="" The Theatre of the Dead & Other Stories May, 2007 <ul> <li>Big-Top-Hell-Boy</li> <li>Curse of the Haunted Doily</li> <li>Midnight Cowboy</li> <li>Haunted</li> <li>Shattered</li> <li>Friday</li> <li>Theater of the Dead</li> <li>Fifteen Minutes...</li> </ul>

Issues

Collected Editions

Trade Paperback Collections

Omnibus Collection

Digest Sized Collection

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