The first two arcs of Tynion and Oeming’s Blue Book get collected in 2025

Adapting real-world stories of alien contact, James Tynion IV and Michael Avon Oeming‘s Blue Book will be getting a Library Edition.

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Depending on where you stand, tales of strange encounters and lights in the sky might either be fanciful stories, or notable evidence of alien contact. Since the emergence of a more serious tone taken by the US government in recent years, it’s a topic that’s becoming ever-more uncomfortable for those in the former camp. No matter which you subscribe to though, Blue Book is one of the more interesting pieces of media to spin out of it.

From writer James Tynion IV and artist Michael Avon Oeming, Blue Book is segmented into arcs that cover different eras of the phenomenon. And now Dark Horse Comics and Tiny Onion will be putting the first two of those together into one extra large volume for 2025.

Blue Book Library Edition Volume 1 will bring together Blue Book: 1961 and Blue Book: 1947, but fans can expect more than just the core stories to be included. Packed in with those tales will be “all of the series’ cover art, and behind-the-scenes sketches by Michael Avon Oeming”, according to publisher Dark Horse.

• In Blue Book: 1961, Tynion and Oeming retell the story of the Betty and Barney Hill abduction—the widely publicized and very first abduction that went on to shape and influence all future encounter stories.
• In Blue Book: 1947, we follow pilot Kenneth Arnold, who flew his Call-Air A-2 over the skies of the Pacific Northwest and encountered otherworldly blinding flashes of silver light that would change the course of his life forever.

Dark Horse Comics press release

Landing around the same time of year that the famed Roswell case took place, Blue Book Library Edition Volume 1 is scheduled to hit bookstores on July 8th, 2025. Fans can look for it to arrive in comics shops as well, the very next day on July 9th. Pre-orders are open right now, and the book will be priced in at $49.99 USD.