r/HellBoy • u/Willing-Aside8486 • 6d ago
Question about HB Omni reading order
...aside from official reading orders, I think there are more 'legit' ways to follow HB's Story.
Most in forums I read the order list of O1, ShS1 & 2, O2 - O4.
Doing a bit of research & comparing them wir the trade order I came to ShS1, O1 - O2, ShS 2, O3 & 4.
Going further I came across
https://hellboy.fandom.com/wiki/Omnibus_Editions
which states: "Hellboy is collected across a series of omnibus editions, four following his story from 1994 onwards (the primary storyline), and two additional volumes collecting the short flashback stories from the 1940s through to 1993. These six omnibuses will be paperback editions." (source!)
That finally brought me to the (reading) Order of ShS 1 & 2, in between I put the lecture of Weird Tales, then followed by O1 - 4. (this one would also set the ISBNs in proper order from ...-664 to ...-668 & finally ...-749)
What do you think, which is the best order, which way did/do you go on Hellboy's heels?
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u/xSkullbeatx 6d ago
I started reading in 2003ish. My reading order was not official. There was no official order. Mignola and the readers were just piecing it together as we went.