Series Title Type Set In [1]

Part I: Hellboy
⬤ Hellboy Seed of Destruction TPB Present (1994)
⬤ Hellboy The Chained Coffin and Others (Except "Almost Colossus") TPB The story "Almost Colossus" should NOT be read now 1959 - Present
⬤ Hellboy Wake the Devil TPB Present
⬤ Hellboy The Chained Coffin and Others: Almost Colossus Story Present
⬤ Hellboy The Right Hand of Doom TPB A high quality fan-made animated version of the story "Pancakes" can be found here 1947 - Present
⬤ Lobster Johnson Hellboy Winter Special 2018: The Empty Chair Story 1930
⬤ Hellboy Conqueror Worm TPB Present
⬤ Hellboy Strange Places TPB Present
⬤ Hellboy Into the Silent Sea Graphic Novel Present

Part II: Heavy is the Head...

⬤ Hellboy The Troll Witch and Others TPB 1958 - 1993
⬤ Hellboy Darkness Calls TPB Present
⬤ Hellboy Weird Tales: How Koshchei Became Deathless Story Middle Ages
The rest of the "Weird Tales" Omnibus is not canon, read it later
⬤ Hellboy Weird Tales: Baba Yaga's Feast Story Middle Ages
⬤ Hellboy The Crooked Man and Others TPB 1958 - Present
⬤ Hellboy The Wild Hunt TPB Present
⬤ Hellboy The Storm and The Fury TPB Present

Part III: History Interlude

⬤ Young Hellboy The Hidden Land HCC 1947
■ Hellboy (Prose) An Assortment of Horrors: The Other Side of Summer Prose Story Optional - You can skip the prose stories 1950
⬤ Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. Hellboy Winter Special One-Shot: Wandering Souls Story 1953
⬤ Hellboy Hellboy in Mexico * TPB *NOT inlcuded in the Bundle, but I recommend getting it separately as it is integral to the story of Hellboy 1956
⬤ Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. Hellboy Winter Special 2018: Happy New Year, Ava Galluci Story 1953
■ Hellboy (Prose) Odd Jobs: The Nuckelavee Prose Story Optional - You can skip the prose stories - The rest of the anthology is non-canon, read it later 1960
⬤ Hellboy Universe Hellboy Winter Special 2017: God Rest Ye Merry Story This may be kinda random without the context of "The Visitor and How and Why He Stayed" but still fits imo 1961
⬤ Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. Hellboy vs. Lobster Johnson: The Ring of Death One-Shot 1962
⬤ Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. The Beast of Vargu One-Shot 1962
⬤ Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. Long Night at Goloski Station One-Shot 1967
⬤ Hellboy The Bride of Hell and Others TPB 1960 - 1985 [2]
⬤ Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. Krampusnacht One-Shot 1975
⬤ - Hellboy Winter Special One-Shot: Mood Swings Story Fun fact: this is the same christmas as Krampusnacht 1975
⬤ - Hellboy Winter Special 2017: The Last Witch of Fairfield Story 1979
⬤ Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. Her Fatal Hour and The Sending One-Shot 1979 - 1983
⬤ Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. Hellboy Winter Special 2019: The Miser's Gift Story 1989
⬤ Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. The Seven Wives Club One-Shot 1991
■ Hellboy (Prose) An Assortment of Horrors: The Promised Smile Prose Story Optional - You can skip the prose stories - The rest of the anthology is non-canon, read it later Before 2001 [3]

Part IV: In Hell

⬤ Hellboy in Hell The Descent TPB Present
⬤ Hellboy in Hell The Death Card TPB Present

Part V: Other Canon Stories (From the world of Hellboy but don't fit in his story directly)
⬤ B.P.R.D. Hellboy Winter Special One-Shot: Broken Vessels Story Prehistory
⬤ Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder Hellboy Winter Special 2017: The Great Blizzard Story 1891
⬤ The Sarah Jewell Mysteries Hellboy Winter Special 2019: The Longest Night Story 1924
⬤ B.P.R.D Hellboy Winter Special 2018: Lost Ones Story This one might be weird to read without the context of the B.P.R.D. 1940s and B.P.R.D. Vampire seires 1952

Part VI: Non-Canonical Stories (Read in any order)

⬤ - Hellboy Winter Special 2019: The Beast of Ingelheim Story This story was "decanonized" because the series it was tied to was cancelled -
⬤ Lobster Johnson Hellboy Winter Special One-Shot: Kung Pao Lobster Story -
⬤ Hellboy Itty Bitty Hellboy TPB -
⬤ Hellboy Ghost/Hellboy Special Collection -
⬤ Hellboy Weird Tales Omnibus -
■ Hellboy (Prose) Odd Jobs Prose Anthology -
■ Hellboy (Prose) Oddest Jobs Prose Anthology -
■ Hellboy (Prose) The All Seeing Eye Prose Novel -
■ Hellboy (Prose) Emerald Hell Prose Novel -
■ Hellboy (Prose) An Assortment of Horrors Prose Anthology -
⬤ Hellboy 25 Years of Covers Art Book Cover collection, no stories -

for the sources of the side icons click here [4]

[1] Go to Chronological Order tab for more accurate dates
Present: Around the time of all the main events of the universe all after 1994
Not including flashbacks

[2] Not counting the first story in "Hellboy in Mexico" since you've already read that

[3] Exact year unknown, Hellboy hasnt' left the B.P.R.D. Yet so it has to be before Conqueror Worm
We later see Casper Morrow again and he doesn't seem very old, so it's most likely set in the late 90s, early
2000s or January 2001

[4] Covers (unless stated otherwise) from:

1- Hellboy: The Right Hand of Doom (TPB)

2- Liz Sherman Mezco Action Figure Cardback (Thanks Ivar Laus for finding it!)
3- B.P.R.D. 1946 (TPB)
4- B.P.R.D. Garden of Souls (TPB)
5- Witchfinder: In The Service of Angels (TPB)
6- B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth: The Devil's Engine and the Long Death (TPB)
7- Koschei The Deathless (TPB)
8- Lobster Johnson: The Iron Prometheus (TPB)
9- Frankenstein: New World #1 Variant cover
?- The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects (Interior Art)