Baltimore: The Plague Ships

In Baltimore: The Plague Ships, writer/artist Mike Mignola and co-writer Christopher Golden launch a grim, early-20th-century horror saga for Dark Horse, with Ben Stenbeck delivering the series' moody, shadow-drenched art. This five-issue 2010 story follows Lord Baltimore, a scarred vampire hunter, as he pursues a supernatural plague across a war-torn Europe, establishing the bleak tone and mythic scope of the larger Baltimore universe. A key entry for fans of Mignola's signature blend of folklore and cosmic dread, it matters as the foundational chapter that set the series' course.