Have you made your Hellboy Day plans yet? Better hurry up, because March 22 is the 20th anniversary of the big red hero who has graced comics' pages and movie screens for the past two decades.
Created by writer/artist Mike Mignola, Hellboy has spawned a mini empire of graphic novels and collectibles, with new issues of "Hellboy" and its spin-off comics — most notably "B.P.R.D." which follows the adventures of Hellboy's former team-mates as they battle apocalyptic monsters — hitting stands weekly.
And sure you could celebrate the festivities at your local comic book shop wearing a lightly used "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" T-shirt; or you could go a little more high end, with one of Skelton Crew Studio's many superbly crafted collectibles based on the Mignola-verse.
The company is known for their finely manufactured pieces based on comics properties, including "Locke & Key," "Chew," "Mouse Guard" and most appropriately for the topic at hand, "Hellboy/B.P.R.D."
They've previously released four items from that last collection, all packaged as if they were artifacts rescued from supernatural sites by the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense. And now, in honor of Hellboy Day, MTV News is exclusively revealing two more items in the collection.
The two new releases in Skelton Crew Studio's Artifact Archive line, in conjunction with Mike Mignola himself are: Vasilisa's Comb and Handkerchief; and the Ogdru Jahad Amulet from "Hellboy: The Island."
Both are based on storylines/items from the comics themselves. The pewter replicas are hand-numbered, limited to 1,000 ...
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