Batman/Hellboy/Starman

Batman/Hellboy/Starman
Issue #1 cover by Mike Mignola
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics/Dark Horse Comics
Format	Limited series
Genre	Horror, superhero
Publication date	January–February 1999
No. of issues	2
Main character(s)	Batman Hellboy Starman
Creative team
Created by	Bob Kane Mike Mignola Gardner Fox Jack Burnley James Robinson Tony Harris
Written by	James Robinson
Artist(s)	Mike Mignola
Letterer(s)	Willie Schubert
Colorist(s)	Matt Hollingsworth
Editor(s)	Peter Tomasi

Batman/Hellboy/Starman is a DC Comics/Dark Horse Comics two-issue intercompany crossover comic book mini-series written by James Robinson with art by Mike Mignola published January to February 1999 featuring fictional heroes Batman, Hellboy and Starman.

Publication history

Issues

Issue #1 Gotham Grey Evil

Issue one was published January 1999 with a cover by Mike Mignola.

In the story when Golden Age Starman, Ted Knight, is kidnapped by neo-Nazi skinheads, whilst giving a lecture on alternative energy sources, Batman and Hellboy team-up to rescue him. The duo eventually track the group calling itself the Knights of October to a deserted airfield but in the ensuing battle their leader Dantz escaped with the prisoner on board a small plane. Hellboy vows to go after him but Batman is called away to deal with an escaped Joker so Ted’s son the new Starman, Jack Knight, joins the mission.

Issue #2 Jungle Green Horror

Issue two was published February 1999 with a cover by Tony Harris.

Batman bids farewell as Hellboy and Starman board Bruce Wayne’s private jet for the trip into the Amazon Rainforest and as soon as they bail out of the plane over their target they come under fire. Once they penetrate the defences they learn that Dantz is using Knight’s scientific knowledge to reanimate the demonic Suggor Yogeroth. Hellboy invokes an ancient Lemurian incantation to dispel the demon and the duo are able to drive it back and release the captive Knight.

References

Mike Mignola's Hellboy
Characters	Trevor Bruttenholm • Kate Corrigan • Ben Daimio • Hellboy • Johann Kraus • Lobster Johnson • Tom Manning • Roger • Abe Sapien • Liz Sherman • Daryl the Windigo • Alice Monaghan
Villains	Ogdru Jahad • Grigori Rasputin • Herman von Klempt • Karl Ruprecht Kroenen • Ogdru Hem • Gruagach • Frog monsters
Groups	Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (BPRD) • Project Ragna Rok
Publications	Batman/Hellboy/Starman • Ghost/Hellboy • Hellboy Christmas Special • Hellboy Junior • Hellboy: Weird Tales
Collected editions	Hellboy	Seed of Destruction • Wake the Devil • The Chained Coffin and Others • The Right Hand of Doom • Conqueror Worm • Strange Places • The Troll Witch and Others • Darkness Calls • The Wild Hunt • The Crooked Man and Others • The Bride of Hell and Others • The Storm and the Fury
	B.P.R.D.	1946 • 1947 • 1948 • Being Human • Vampire
	B.P.R.D. Plague of Frogs	'Hollow Earth & Other Stories • The Soul of Venice & Other Stories • Plague of Frogs • The Dead • War on Frogs • The Black Flame • The Universal Machine • Garden of Souls • Killing Ground • The Warning • The Black Goddess • King of Fear
	B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth	New World • Gods and Monsters • Russia • The Devil's Engine & The Long Death • The Pickens County Horror and Others
	Lobster Johnson	The Iron Prometheus • The Burning Hand
	Abe Sapien	The Drowning • The Devil Does Not Jest and Other Stories
	Abe Sapien	In the Service of Angels • Lost and Gone Forever
Films	Hellboy • Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Animated	Sword of Storms • Blood and Iron
Video games	Asylum Seeker • The Science of Evil
Other	Good Samaritan • Hellboy Universe