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hellboy Vol. 8: darkness callsISBN: 978-1-59307-896-6Price: $19.95 U.S./$23.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Mike MignolaArtist: Duncan Fegredo andDave StewartSize: 6" x 9"Page Count: 192Format: Trade paperback, full colorRecommended Age: 16+Genre: Horror/Action AdventureRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 48Publication Date: May 2008MARKETING PLAN• $20,000 marketing budget• Press coverage confirmed orexpected: New York Times(200,000 impressions),Complex Magazine (330,000impressions), MTV (5 millionimpressions), Giant Magazine(400,000 impressions), LosAngeles Times (200,000impressions), Vice Magazine(200,000 impressions),Newsarama (2 million hits permonth), Publisher’s Weekly(24,000 impressions),Entertainment Weekly (150,000impressions)Hellboy has finally returned from his adventures at sea, but no sooner has he settled on landthan a conclave of witches drags him from his respite and into the heart of Russian folklore,where he becomes the quarry of the powerful and bloodthirsty witch Baba Yaga. Bent on revengefor the eye she had lost to Hellboy, Baba Yaga has enlisted the aid of a deathless warriorwho will stop at nothing to destroy Hellboy.Creator Mike Mignola turns over drawing duties to Duncan Fegredo (Enigma, Ultimate Adventures)for a new chapter in the life of the World’s Greatest Paranormal Investigator.KEY SELLING POINTS:• Hellboy: Darkness Calls collects the entire six-issue miniseries, along with two new epilogues—onedrawn by Mignola, and one by Fegredo—and an extensive sketchbook sectionfrom both artists.• Hellboy: Darkness Calls includes many plot elements from the major motion picture, HellboyII: The Golden Army, directed by Academy Award winner, Guillermo del Toro and slatedfor release in July 2008!• Hellboy: Darkness Calls will be released in time to take advantage of the massive amounts ofpress generated by the release of Hellboy II: The Golden Army!Dark Horse BooksSUMMER 200813