Miss Truesdale and the Rise of Man #2 was released on January 21, 2026, by Dark Horse Comics. It was written by Mike Mignola (Hellboy, Gotham By Gaslight, Detective Comics) and drawn by Jesse Lonergan (Planet Paradise, Drome, Man’s Best).
Miss Truesdale and the Rise of Man is the latest installment of the many, many titles in the Hellboy universe. Hellboy was one of the first non-superhero comics that struck my fancy as a young reader when I cracked open the pages of Mignola’s first couple volumes of his original Hellboy series. Although Mignola’s distinctive occult writing style is compelling, and I am a fan of the actual stories that take place on the pages of Hellboy, it’s Mignola’s art that makes the book a really compelling read. After the first few volumes, which are, admittedly a great deal of comics, Mignola stopped being the interior artist for all but a few titles in the Hellboy universe, which includes hit titles like B.P.R.D. and Abe Sapien. Although Mignola remained the writer on a significant number of Hellboy titles, his departure from the series as artist largely signaled the end of my Hellboy reading. It doesn’t help that Mignola still illustrates many of the covers for his various titles, which tricks even a seasoned reader like myself, who should know better, into being excited for Mignola art, only to be disappointed.
This disappointment factor is a major reason for my decrease in readership, but the secondary reason is that Mignola’s writing style is so distinct, it is difficult to pair art to it in a compellingly seamless way.
Mike Mignola and Jesse Lonergan’s Miss Truesdale, however, is something of a triumph.
Lonergan is one of my favorite artists, and one who I wish got more work and attention from fans and critics alike. His coloring and linework are excellent, and uniquely his own, but his cartooning voice really shines through in his layouts. A novel layout is a difficult thing to achieve, since you have to tread a fine line between experimentation and legibility, but Lonergan – for the most part – delivers in Miss Truesdale. He draws rippling layouts demonstrating concentric rings of time and action as the titular Miss Truesdale lives through countless past and future lives, in a feat of experimentation that Mignola never really attempted in his own Hellboy without feeling like he’s departing entirely from the singular tone of the original source material.
The book feels like an involved creative collaboration between the two artists, and if you’re a similar flavor of Hellboy reader to myself, I’d recommend picking up this issue.
Creative Team: Mike Mignola (writer), Jesse Lonergan (artist)
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
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