With just three weeks until the official start of Comic-Con International, Dark Horse unleashed what it calls its "first wave" of convention-exclusive items, which includes a Usagi Yojimbo lithograph, Hellboy in Hell and Itty Bitty Hellboy hardcovers and -- wait for it -- an Itty Bitty Hellboy plush toy.
The products will be available throughout the convention at the Dark Horse booth (#2615), with the publisher allocating a set number of exclusives and limited editions for each day.
Hellboy in Hell, Vol. 1: The Descent—San Diego Comic-Con International Hardcover Edition
After saving the world in The Storm and the Fury but sacrificing himself and Great Britain, Hellboy is dead, cast into Hell, where he finds many familiar faces and a throne that awaits him. This deluxe hardcover treatment mirrors the recently released 20 Years of Hellboy hardcover, and fits beautifully next to it and the previous Library Editions.
Price: $40
Print Run: 1,200
Limit: Two per person
Itty Bitty Hellboy Plush: 2014 San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive
7.25-inch tall plush version of the colorful cartoon treatment of Mike Mignola’s characters by Art Baltazar and Franco featuring an San Diego Comic Con International logo t-shirt.
Price: $15
Production Run: 500
Limit: Two per person
Itty Bitty Hellboy Convention Exclusive Hardcover
Witness the awesomeness that is Hellboy! The characters that sprung from Mike Mignola’s imagination, with an Aw Yeah Art Baltazar and Franco twist! This book has all the fun, adventure, and Aw Yeah-ness in one itty bitty package! That’s a true story right there. Collects Itty Bitty Hellboy #1–#5 in a hardcover edition exclusive to conventions.
Price: $20
Print Run: 1,000
Limit: Five per person
Usagi Yojimbo San Diego Comic-Con International Exclusive Lithograph
An 18-inch by 20-inch Usagi Yojimbo lithograph signed by creator Stan Sakai to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Usagi Yojmbo.
Price: $20
Print Run: 300
Limit: Two per person
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10 #5 San Diego Comic-Con International 2014 Variant Cover
When Buffy and crew try to wrest Xander from Dracula’s control, they begin a battle supreme with the terrifying demon that Dracula has become . . .
Christos Gage, Nicholas Brendan (writers) Rebekah Isaacs (artist) Dan Jackson (colorist) Andy Park (cover artist)
Price: $5
Print Run: 1,000
Limit: Five per person
Captain Midnight: Slipcase Edition
In the '40s, Captain Midnight was an American hero, a daredevil fighter pilot, a technological genius . . . a superhero. Since he rifled out of the Bermuda Triangle and into the present day, Captain Midnight has been labeled a threat to homeland security. Can Captain Midnight survive in the modern world, with the US government on his heels and an old enemy out for revenge?
Captain Midnight Volumes 1 and 2 are featured in a deluxe convention exclusive slipcase.
Price: $20
Print run: 400
Limit: Five per person
The Witcher #1 Convention Variant Cover
Legendary artist Stan Sakai has done a special cover of the tie-in series The Witcher, a canonical entry in the world of the Witcher video games, which have collectively won over 250 awards and sold more than 5.5 million copies worldwide! All proceeds from the sale of this limited edition variant will benefit Stan and Sharon Sakai.
Price: $5
Print Run: 1,000
Limit: Five per person
Star Wars: Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir #1 San Diego Comic-Con International Variant Cover
Star Wars: Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir is based on unaired episodes of The Clone Wars television series!
Jeremy Barlow (writer) Juan Frigeri (penciler) Mauro Vargas (inker), Wes Dzioba colorist), Chris Scalf (cover artist)
Price: $5
Print Run: 1,000
Limit: Five per person
Mass Effect Alliance Cruiser: Convention Exclusive Bronze Edition
9-inch long polyresin bronze finished Alliance Cruiser. Dark Horse has utilized digital assets direct from Bioware to faithfully capture all details in transforming this ship from a digital creation into our physical world.
Price: $60
Production Run: 350
Limit: One per person
EVE: Source Limited Edition
EVE: Source is your comprehensive source book and visual guide to the gargantuan universe experienced in EVE Online and DUST 514. Published by Dark Horse Comics and developed in close collaboration with the EVE and DUST 514 creative teams, this beautiful 200-page, full color hardcover will immerse readers in the history and lore of EVE through stunning artwork and never-before-released material detailing the settings, stories, races, and factions of the EVE Universe.
The Limited Edition contains: A beautiful black clamshell protective box with an embossed silver logo, two lithographs by EVE artists Borkur Eiriksson and Georg Hilmarsson in a protective sleeve, an anodized aluminum commemorative and numbered plaque embedded in the protective box, a unique CCP “source” code redeemable on the EVE Account Management site (https://secure.eveonline.com/).
The limited edition is bound in matte black JVP with embossed silver logo.
Price: $90
Print Run: 1,400
Limit: One per person