Books published by Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

The Hellboy saga begins--with over 300 pages drawn by Mignola! For the first time, Hellboy''s complete story is presented in chronological order for the ultimate reading experience. The story jumps from Hellboy''s mysterious World War II origin to his 1994 confrontation with the man who summoned him to earth, and the earliest signs of the plague of frogs. Avoiding his supposed fate as the herald of the end of the world, Hellboy continues with the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, fighting alongside Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman, and drafting Roger Homunculus into his own ill-fated service with the B.P.R.D. The four volume Hellboy Omnibus series along with the two volumes of The Complete Short Stories collect all of Mignola''s award-winning Hellboy stories in chronological order for a definitive reading experience. This 368-page volume covers Hellboy''s adventures from 1994 to 1997, reprinting Seed of Destruction, Wake the Devil, and "Wolves of St August," "The Chained Coffin," and "Almost Colossus," from The Chained Coffin and The Right Hand of Doom.

College is hard enough, but when Rob Bailey stumbles upon a magical book that gives him supernatural powers he gets not only new occult abilities, but also dangerous problems that come with them.A gang of hit man mages are sent by a sorcerer who wants the book for himself, and Rob has to learn the ropes of his new powers fast before they can get to him. Collects The Occultist #1-#5 and The Occultist Volume 2: At Death''s Door #1-#5.

This mystery set in the world of superheroes follows a reporter investigating what happened to her father: The Black Hammer, from New York Times bestselling author Jeff Lemire (Descender, Underwater Welder, Old Man Logan).All answers seem to lie in Spiral City''s infamous insane asylum where some of its dangerous super-villain tenants reside. As she gets closer and closer to the truth she uncovers the dark origin stories of some of Black Hammer''s greatest foes and how they tie into the puzzle of what happened to Spiral City''s greatest hero.Collects issues 1-4 of the Sherlock Frankenstein series.

This humorous parody of the fantasy genre and the world of MMORPG comes a story about the death and resurrection of a minor video game character by Zero Punctuation writer Yahtzee Croshaw (Will Save the Galaxy for Food, Jam) In a world full to bursting with would-be heroes, Jim couldn't be less interested in saving the day. His fireballs fizzle. He's awfully grumpy. Plus, he's been dead for about sixty years. When a renegade necromancer wrenches him from eternal slumber and into a world gone terribly, bizarrely wrong, all Jim wants is to find a way to die properly, once and for all.On his side, he's got a few shambling corpses, an inept thief, and a powerful death wish. But he's up against tough odds: angry mobs of adventurers, a body falling apart at the seams--and a team of programmers racing a deadline to hammer out the last few bugs in their AI. For lovers of bizarre horror, absurdist British humor, and unforgettable characters, only some of them human!"The first legitimate breakout hit from the gaming community in recent memory."-Boing Boing"With Mogworld, Croshaw has shown his razor sharp humor can stay intact for 400 pages and, more importantly, he's proven he has the chops to tell an interesting, unique and utterly entertaining narrative that moves along at a quick clip and never loses its charm." -Joystick Division"[Croshaw is] able to pull off slapstick comedy in print, and that's no easy feat." -Chris Sims, Comics Alliance

Best known for his work with Neil Gaiman and his Harvey award-winning graphic novel Cages, comes this Blu-ray collection of Dave McKean''s surreal short films collected in a behind the scenes 9 x 12 hardcover book!Dave McKean''s short cinema on Blu-ray included in a hardcover book featuring photos, posters, stills, drawings, and more. A must-have for McKean fans! "Dave demands his characters agonize over the meaning of life but he forces us to take the roller-coaster ride as well . . . right to the heart of the creative process--his words and drawings cascading across the page in perfectly structured cacophony. Beautiful!"--Terry GilliamBlu-Ray includes the following short films and documentaries from Dave McKean: Week Before - 23mins - Insipired by the music of Django Reinhardt, story about two neighbors, God, and The Devil.Neon - 27mins - This film is narrated by Velvet Underground founder John Cale and was first prize winner at Clermont-Ferrand (one of most prestigous short film festivals in the world).Whack! - 14mins - Based on Mr. Punch graphic novel by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean.Displacements - 14mins - A combination of three short films featuring Michael Moorcock, Iain Sinclair, and Ed Dorn.Dawn - 9mins - Filmed after McKeans''s work on the movie Mirrormask, this short film is based on the Dark Horse Comics graphic novel Pictures that Tick, and was accepted into Clermont-Ferrand FestivalIain Ballamy & Stian Carstensen - 3 1/2 minutes - A video short of jazz musicians Iain Ballamy & Stian Carstensen.Sonnet No. 138 - 1min - An animated version of one of Shakespeare''s sonnets as part of a large project to turn all of them into short films, the project was canceled and all that remains is this short film.MTV-9/11 Reason - 1min - Reason was created to play on Sept. 11th 2002, a year after the terrorist attack in New York in 2001. McKean made this image as a illustration for a memorial book published by Dark Horse, and turned it into a film shortly after.MTV-World Aids Day - 1min - McKean''s short film for MTV on World Aids Day.Visitors - 15mins - Created to be a video shown during live performances for the band Food, this film was shot at the Pacific coastline at Pebble Beach, Point Lobos, Big Sur, Pacific Grove, and at the Monterrey Bay Aquarium.A short film for Adobe - 4mins - Short film to cover the making of an image, which was the cover of The Particle Tarot.Signal to Noise - 4mins - Based of his own Graphic Novel Signal to Noise.RAINDANCE 7 - 1min - Trailer/Advert for the Raindance Film Festival.KODAK: TAKE PICTURES FURTHER - 40Mins - Commissioned by Kodak to launch a new film stock, and consisted of a lavish book, featuring several photographer/ artists, and accompanying ''making of'' films for each contributor.BUCKETHEAD -THE BALLAD OF BUCKETHEAD - 4.5 mins - Daves ode to the musician BucketheadIzzy - 3.5 Mins - Film dedicated to opera singer Izzy, featured on MTV''s Classical Channel.Lowcraft - 1 minute - A music video made for the band Lowcraft, inspired by the artist Lorenzo Mattotti.The Old Monkey - 4 minutes - A performance by McKean of a song he wrote for jazz composer Iain Ballamy and poet Matthew Sweeney.9 Lives: Sheepdip, Johnson and Dupree; 9 Lives: The Cathedral of Trees - 4 minutes - Two short films from a show by McKean called Nine Lives.

The Powerhouse writing team of Jonah Hex and Power Girl reunite for an invasion of alien criminals, a fighting ring of monsters, and giant sea creatures.Jimmy Palmiotti (Harley Quinn, Starfire) and Justin Gray (G.I. Combat, All-star Western) present Wrestling With Demons and The Deep Sea from Dark Horse Presents, and the brand new story Cellblock Earth.

From Star Creator Gen Urobuch (Fate/Zero, Puella Magi Madoka Magica) comes the fourth volume in the manga prequel to the hit anime series Psycho-Pass!The perfect society and its price...the manga prequel to the acclaimed anime series! In the 22nd century, the Psycho-Pass measures emotional health, making crime not only rare, but strange and dangerous--and the only "safe" job for a person on the borderline is as a cop...kept on a virtual leash as they hunt down the criminals they may soon become themselves!How did rice, once sacred to Japan, become its forbidden food? Division 3 descends into the deepest levels of the Special Sector in search of a lost field under a hidden sun...and the mysterious woman at the heart of their case, Kirika Nouzen.

Following the smash-hit The Secret Loves of Geek Girls comes this brand new anthology featuring comic and prose stories from cartoonists and professional geeks about their most intimate, heartbreaking, and inspiring tales of love, sex and, dating. Including creators of all genders, orientations, and cultural backgrounds.Featuring work by MARGARET ATWOOD (The Handmaid''s Tale), GERARD WAY (Umbrella Academy), PATRICK ROTHFUSS (The Name of the Wind), DANA SIMPSON (Phoebe and Her Unicorn), GABBY RIVERA (America), HOPE LARSON, (Batgirl), CECIL CASTELLUCCI (Soupy Leaves Home), VALENTINE DE LANDRO (Bitch Planet), MARLEY ZARCONE (Shade), SFÉ R. MONSTER (Beyond: A queer comics anthology), AMY CHU (Wonder Woman), a cover by BECKY CLOONAN (Demo) and many more.

Asumi and Asimov have met the many future incarnations not only of Hatsune Miku, but Kagamine Len and Rin as well. But where is the original Miku who inspired so many others, and will finding her be the key to unlock the memories of who Asumi really is? Or has that truth been close by her all along...? Hatsune Miku is an international pop phenomenon!The first science fiction manga about Miku! From the creators of the manga series Overlord.Four pages in full color.

High school is anything but average for this gang of demon-fighting magical girls! The team forms a surprising alliance with their secretive UK counterparts to save their town and themselves!After defeating a former Zodiac Member and her mean-girl minions, the girls thought they''d catch a break! But once a mean magical girl, always a mean magical girl and Libra''s former best friend wants that power back! Determined to bring the goddess Cimmeria into our dimension, her coven opens a portal to the dark dimension Nephos, only they don''t get what they bargained for. A new big-bad has come out to play and demons begin to overrun the town! Zodiac Starforce discovers they aren''t the only Zodiac team in the game and together they form a tenuous alliance to find out who''s behind the demon infestation. The series Comics Alliance calls "your favorite new magical girl team" returns with even more laughs, crushes, and monsters in their latest adventure! Collects Zodiac Starforce 2 #1-#4.

PopCap''s immensely popular Plants vs. Zombies game gets another serving of hilarious, plant-filled, zombie-zapping comics! These durable, value-priced hardcovers are perfect for readers and game players of all ages!Dr. Zomboss erroneously believes that all humans hold a secret desire to run away and join the circus, so he aims to use his newly created "Big Z''s Adequately Amazing Flytrap Circus" to lure Neighborville''s citizens to their doom! Not only does starting a zombie circus prove difficult, though, but once plant-friendly neighborhood defenders Nate and Patrice infiltrate his show, Ringmaster Zomboss and his hapless zombies are in for a garden-ful of trouble! Paul Tobin and Jacob Chabot join forces to deliver Plants vs. Zombies: The Greatest Show Unearthed, another standalone, all-ages PvZ graphic novel.

The New York Times best selling series is back! Every year as Halloween draws near, strange creatures and weird contraptions start appearing in everyone's lawns in Neighborville. A Neighborville Halloween is weird enough, but Zomboss and his zombie army want to turn the holiday into their own scarier Lawn of Doom celebration! With Zomboss filling everyone's yards with traps and special zombies, Crazy Dave, young genius Patrice, neighborhood daredevil Nate, and a batch of brave, boisterous plants fight back in contests of best tricks, best treats, and best costumes! Eisner Award-winning writer Paul Tobin and fan-favorite artist Ron Chan tell this tale of Halloween hijinks!Written by multiple Eisner Award-winner Paul Tobin!In time for Halloween--the secrets behind PopCap's annual Lawn of Doom event!For fans of the phone and console video games!The official comic of the addictive video games!

In his first long-form fiction since Beautiful You in 2014, the author of Fight Club and Choke delivers another biting social satire in this riches-to-rags novella! This hardcover edition features beautiful colorable illustrations by Steve Morris (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), who worked on Palahnuik''s Bait: Off-Color Stories for You to Color, and Mike Norton (Revival, Battlepug), with a cover by another Bait collaborator, Duncan Fegredo (Hellboy). Legacy is sure to engage readers with its boundary pushing story-telling while challenging their creative side through its visionary and twisted colorable imagery. An amoral investment banker named Vincent receives an inheritance promising immortality. Unfortunately for Vincent to obtain imortality he has to contend with a flame-retardant stripper, a ruthless stalker, and a bloodthirsty horde of other aspiring immortals dead set in their desire to separate Vincent from his destiny.Praise for Bait: Off-Color Stories for You to Color:"The conceit is a blast. Ingenious...Palahniuk likes to involve his readers, and maybe even have them be co-conspirators. I loved this book. It''s smart in a new way that deserves to be recognized. Congratulations once again to Palahniuk for showing us a new way to do things...and to make us involved."--FORCES OF GEEK"Chuck Palahniuk is pushing boundaries again."--COMICBOOK.COM

The killer housewife is back! The Schuller family has moved to Cocoa Beach, where life carries on as usual. Josie continues to juggle Tupperware parties, her kids, and a few heads--and things don''t get any easier for the entrepreneur hit lady when her past comes back to haunt her.Lady Killer is a black comedy that juxtaposes the wholesome imagery of early 1960s domestic bliss with a tightening web of murder, paranoia, and cold-blooded survival. From rising star author Joelle Jones comes the much anticpated return of Josie Schuller the Lady Killer!Collects Lady Killer (Series 2) issues#1-#5."A level of violence that can only be described as Mad Men''s Betty Draper meets Dexter." -Comic Book Resources"Lady Killer somehow manages to perfectly incorporate the quaint concept of the 1950''s TV housewife with blood-fueled antics of vicious killer for hire."-IGN"Lady Killer is worth its weight in gold for the art alone, but the enigmatic Josie Schuller is the real appeal."--Newsarama