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Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is back in the saddle, as he and artist Jesse Lonergan present this fall’s Miss Truesdale and the Rise of Man.
After the fall
It’s a bit of a challenge these days, keeping track of the Hellboy universe. Mike Mignola’s creation has had a myriad of spinoffs and time-jumps over the decades, though now it’s in kind of a steady groove. Well, steady as it can be after the ‘modern day’ Hellboy U came to an end in hellfire and brimstone. In that world’s wake though, there’s both the far-future and the ancient past.
In the former, Frankenstein makes his way from the last settlement of mankind, and out across a radically changed Earth. And in the past? Well, that’d be where Miss Truesdale comes in. A Victorian woman living in England, Truesdale uncovers a link between her and an ancient warrior. But things weren’t that simple, as she was transported back to that prehistoric age. This is Hellboy, remember, things get a little wild.
Now with 2023’s introductory Miss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea in the books though, it’s full steam ahead into something new. And that would be Miss Truesdale and the Rise of Man. The latest in the line sees Mignola back in the universe he built, joined by artist Jesse Lonergan.
“My ending the Hellboy world (sort of) in the B.P.R.D. series, I now find myself fascinated by the very beginnings of it,” said Mignola. “Miss Truesdale and the Rise of Man is not a story I would even attempt to tell without the storytelling genius of Jesse Lonergan. For me, coming up with the story was a rollercoaster of strange surprises and Jesse has made it even stranger, more beautiful than I could have imagined. This is the deepest dive yet into the world and how it all works.”
Fans first met unassuming Miss Truesdale in Victorian England when she discovered her shocking connection to the ancient gladiator, Anum Yassa. She is thrown into her past life to battle an ancient evil and protect the future. Now in Miss Truesdale and the Rise of Man, Anum Yassa wanders the forest in search of answers about her past, present, and future lives – only to discover a dark entity on her trail and threatening all of mankind.
“With Miss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea, we explored this past life relationship between a woman in Victorian England and the ancient gladiator she was in a past life,” said Lonergan. “Now, in Miss Truesdale and the Rise of Man, those two characters are merged, a Victorian woman in this powerful gladiator body, exploring a new world and battling all manner of monsters and beasts. These travels and battles culminate in a confrontation that reveals deep truths about the Hellboy Universe.”
Dark Horse press release
The Hellboy universe’s distant past returns, when Miss Truesdale and the Rise of Man #1 (of 4) hits stores on December 10th.
