Hellboy in Hell: Nothing But Blood keeps its cover count smaller than a typical Marvel or DC launch, but the lineup is still worth tracking closely.
Artist Cyrille Pomès draws the main cover for both issues, while each issue carries one different variant from a separate artist.
That gives the two-issue miniseries four confirmed cover images total, split between three different artists across the whole run.
Here is exactly who drew what, and which printing is actually the one worth chasing.
Cyrille Pomès draws the standard main cover for both issue #1 and issue #2, giving the series one consistent visual signature across its full two-issue run.
Since Pomès also draws and letters the entire interior, the main covers double as the clearest first look at how his style translates to Hellboy before readers even open the book.
Mignola himself draws the variant cover for issue #1, his first new Hellboy in Hell cover art in roughly a decade.
For long-time collectors, a Mignola-drawn variant on the book that marks his own return to this setting is the obvious sentimental pull, separate from how rare the print ratio ends up being.
Issue #2 swaps Mignola out for a variant cover by Marc Riou, giving the second half of the story its own distinct alternate image rather than reusing Mignola across both issues.
Riou's variant is the only confirmed cover on issue #2 besides Pomès' main, which simplifies the issue #2 chase down to a straightforward two-cover choice.
A two-issue, creator-driven miniseries like this typically gets a tighter cover slate than an ongoing or event book, since there is less shelf time to spread multiple incentive-ratio variants across.
That works in collectors' favor here: with only two covers per issue, there is no guessing game over a hidden 1:25 or 1:50 incentive tier that hasn't been revealed yet.
With no incentive-ratio variants confirmed, scarcity on this book will probably come down to overall print run size rather than order-ratio math retailers have to hit.
A finite two-issue story from a creator as closely tied to the character as Mignola tends to see retailers order conservatively on both covers, which can make either one harder to find later than the cover count alone would suggest.
Since both variant covers only exist on one issue each, there's no safety net of a reprint cover to fall back on if your first copy gets damaged in the shop.
Bag a Mignola or Riou variant in a graded-size comic bag immediately, and keep a rigid current-age toploader on hand for anything you're setting aside to submit for grading later.
Most new ongoing titles stagger in extra incentive variants across their first several issues, building toward 1:10, 1:25, or rarer order ratios as retailer confidence and customer demand climb over time.
A tight two-issue miniseries skips that slow build-up entirely, which is exactly why Nothing But Blood's four total covers look modest next to a typical new ongoing's opening arc despite the creative pedigree behind it.
If Dark Horse does order a second printing of either issue, expect it to show up as a change in the order code rather than as a redesigned cover or new variant art.
That makes first printings reasonably easy to tell apart from any future reprint, as long as you check the fine print on the back cover rather than judging purely by the artwork on the front.
When a creator returns to a dormant corner of their own universe after a long gap, the specific artists chosen for that return tend to get remembered alongside the writer, not just treated as interchangeable cover credits.
Mignola personally drawing one of the four covers here, rather than leaving all the art to Pomès and Riou, is itself part of why this particular book draws more attention than a typical variant-heavy release from a writer who stays off the art side entirely.
Cyrille Pomès draws the main cover for issue #1 and issue #2.
Mike Mignola draws the issue #1 variant cover.
Marc Riou draws the issue #2 variant cover.
Not as of this guide; only one main and one variant cover have been confirmed per issue.
With only four confirmed covers across two issues, deciding which Nothing But Blood printing matters most to you is a quick call compared to most modern variant-heavy launches.
Whichever one you land, get it into EVORETRO's comic supplies collection of protective gear the same day you bring it home.
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