There are some interesting collector’s items mentioned below. In reverse chronological order, here are the first appearances of Hellboy : 1. JOHN BYRNE’S NEXT MEN #21. Hellboy would star in his titular comic in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1, in February 1994. However, Next Men #21, published in December 1993, is widely considered Hellboy Mike Mignola's name may be synonymous with Hellboy, but that's not the only shared horror fantasy universe Mignola has established. Mignola and novelist Christopher Golden debuted a brand new Guillermo del Toro gave him the big-screen treatment back in 2004 (and a sequel in 2008), drenching the whole thing in his signature Lovecraftian surrealism and reminding us that Ron Perlman is a Meanwhile, Jack Kesy, who played Black Tom in Deadpool 2, has landed role of the titular Hellboy.Tom Farrell (a repentant witch and war veteran in the comics) is going to be played by Jefferson Hellboy 2 is really good, and remains one of my favorite movies ever right next to the first Hellboy. The reboot imo was a lot of wasted potential, mostly because they tried to shoehorn too many characters and storylines from the comics into one movie and it ended up not doing any of them justice. bdUa.