Dark Horse Comics is set to release the latest Hellboy Winter Special, which sees Hellboy headed to Iceland for the first time.
Hellboy Winter Special: The Yule Cat is written and illustrated by Matt Smith, and features a variant cover by Mike Mignola.
The special one-shot is inspired by the stories of Jólakötturinn, the ferocious Yule Cat of Icelandic folklore, who is said to come down from the mountains, on the prowl for people who have not received any new clothes to wear before Christmas Eve.
“The land of fire and ice, trolls and necropants, Iceland is as natural a setting for a Hellboy story as any I could think of,” said Matt Smith. “Set in 1990 and coming close to the events of the Hellboy: Bones of Giants, Hellboy likely hasn’t forgotten about the wrath of old Norse giants. But a giant, child-eating cat—that would be something new.”
Hellboy Winter Special: The Yule Cat arrives on December 6, 2023.
