A ClassicHellboyNovel Is Becoming a Comic

In 2001 , Hellboy ’s 2d novel , The os of Giants , accept us on an risky venture of Nordic mythological havoc , aseveryone ’s favorite paranormal investigatorfound himself on the trail of goliath ’s corpse and a certain mystical hammer . But now , to celebrate its 20th anniversary , the novel is becominga new laughable series .

io9 can exclusively reveal the first smell at Hellboy : The Bones of Giants , a four subject miniseries adapting the 2001 Christopher Golden novel . Hellboy architect Mike Mignola , alongside Golden himself , will co - pen the serial , while Barbarian Lord Almighty Matt Smith will provide art , with people of colour from Chris O’Halloran ( Ice Cream Man ) and letter by Clem Robins .

“ Back in the 5th mark , I discovered a collection of retellings of Norse myths in my school library . Thunder of the Gods by Dorothy Hosford profoundly transfer me . I think I read it 15 metre , falling in beloved with so many characters and their escapade , ” Golden sound out in a program line provided to io9 . “ Those account are part of my originative deoxyribonucleic acid . Twenty years ago , Mike Mignola and I were talking about me doing a 2d Hellboy novel , and he describe the opening scene to me in the sort of wonderful contingent that ’s so common for him when he ’s foresee something in his header . I knew straight off that I was going to have some of the most fun I ’d ever have writing anything . ”

Whosover holds this hammer, if they be worthy…

Whosover holds this hammer, if they be worthy…Image: Matt Smith/Dark Horse Comics

“ I pulled so many of my favorite elements of Norse myth into the novel — from Fenrir the wolf to Ratatosk the squirrel , who deserves a whole comic just for himself , ” Golden continue . “ When Mike told me that the brilliant Matt Smith wanted to accommodate the novel into comics , and I found out what a monumental Norse mythology grind Matt was , I was shake up all over again . await until you see what Matt has done with this storey . Hellboy with Mjollnir weld to his manus ? Who does n’t want to see that ? ”

“ Matt Smith ’s Barbarian Lord is one of my favourite modern-day comics , ” Mignola added in a provided press release . “ It ’s terribly hard to imagine an artist who is a well set than Matt to take out Hellboy : The Bones of Giants , with its mix of Norse mythology and action - packed play . ”

And you could see exactly that for yourself in the cover to Hellboy : The Bones of Giants # 1 below , illustrated by Smith !

Image: Matt Smith/Dark Horse Comics