Twenty years after he first stormed into comic book stores, Dark Horse Comics have declared March 21 to be Hellboy Day, and will be supporting in-store events for retailers around the country, including a signing appearance by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola in West Hollywood.After the character’s beginnings as an eight-page feature in Dark Horse’s San Diego Comic Con Comics special, Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1, released in March 1994, would begin the long life of one of the most beloved creator-owned characters in comics.Dark Horse issued a statement today saying that they are “inviting [their] retail partners to celebrate with us, by offering up exclusive promotional materials, as well as ordering discounts on all Hellboy and BPRD backlist titles.”










