Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson are teaming with superstar artist Michael Avon Oeming for Ghost of a Ghost, a new four-issue limited series spinning out of Giant Robot Hellboy. Written by Mignola and Roberson, with art by Oeming, colors by Taki Soma, and letters by Clem Robins, the series follows Agent Jian through a psychedelic spy adventure set in the 1960s. Ghost of a Ghost #1 features a cover by Oeming alongside a variant by Dave Johnson, with later issues featuring variants by Kevin Nowlan, Elsa Charretier, and Michael Cho.
“Many of the stories that I’ve worked on in the Hellboy Universe have started with a conversation, with me having the germ of an idea or Mignola having a half-formed notion he wants to explore,” explained Chris Roberson. “Sometimes the inspiration leans more toward one of us, but this was fully Mike Mignola’s idea from the start. A few years ago at a convention, he sat down with me, Mike Oeming, and Taki Soma and laid out his vision for this character introduced in Giant Robot Hellboy. From there, we got to work bringing it to life. We were all completely aligned on Jian and her story from the start: a globe-trotting spy-fi thriller set in the swinging Sixties, approached in a way the Hellboy Universe hasn’t really explored before.”
Readers first met superspy Agent Jian in Mike Mignola and Duncan Fegredo’s 2023 Giant Robot Hellboy, where she was exposed to enkeladite, a radioactive substance capable of causing horrifying mutations. Now Jian is tied to a shadowy spy network and using her strange new abilities to stop enkeladite from falling into dangerous hands. The trouble is figuring out whose hands are truly dangerous.
“I’m excited to be working on another Mignola project with writer Chris Roberson and colorist Taki Soma,” said artist Michael Avon Oeming. “We’re bringing a fun retro 1960s spy vibe into the Hellboy world, and if readers have even half as much fun with it as we did making it, they’re going to have a blast.”
Ghost of a Ghost #1 is due out on September 23, 2026. Follow Dark Horse Comics on social media for more news, announcements, and updates.
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