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Issue: Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1
Publication Date: March 1994
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Issues: #1 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDark Horse
Brand: Dark Horse Comics; LegendView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dark Horse Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $3.40 CAD
$2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 8 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Barbara Kesel
Disclose Notes: 1st issue of Hellboy. Printed in Canada.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color (cover and interiors)
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Limited Series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In20
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Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola (main; signed); Arthur Adams (inset)
Inker(s): Mike Mignola (main; signed); Arthur Adams (inset)
Colorist(s): Mark Chiarello
Letterer(s): Kevin Nowlan (logo); ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, occult
Feature(s): Hellboy
Character(s): Hellboy; Monkeyman and O'Brien [Axwell Tiberius; Ann O'Brien] (inset)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagHellboy: Edición Integral #1 published January 2011
In Content Item: FlagHellboy #[1] [First Printing] published October 1994
as Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1 Cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]without cover design
In Content Item: FlagHellboy: Semilla de Destrucción #1 published February 1995
as Semilla de Destrucción [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy: Seed of Destruction #[nn] published March 1995
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy #[1] published April 2002
as Portada Original de Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy Library Edition #1 published May 2008
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy: Seed of Destruction #[nn] published June 2008
as Seed of Destruction #1 Cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]art only, uncolored
In Content Item: FlagHellboy: One for One #1 published August 2010
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]missing Monkeyman and O'Brien inset
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Credits

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
Letterer(s): Kevin Nowlan (logo); Mike Mignola ? (design); typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Hellboy
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHellboy: Semilla de Destrucción #1 published February 1995
as Créditos [Credits on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The inside front cover has logo, credits, indicia, and frontispiece.
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Seed of Destruction [Chapter One]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Mignola (plot); John Byrne (words)
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
Colorist(s): Mark Chiarello
Letterer(s): John Byrne; Mike Mignola (see Notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, occult
Feature(s): Hellboy
Character(s): Hellboy (part origin); 1st Sgt. George Whitman (introduction); The Torch of Liberty; Prof. Malcolm Frost (introduction); Prof. Trevor Bruttenholm [Broom] (introduction); Lady Cynthia Eden-Jones (introduction); Klaus Werner von Krupt (introduction); Prof. Dr. Karl Ruprect Kroenen (introduction); Grigori Rasputin (first appearance in Hellboy series); Leopold Kurtz (introduction); Ilsa Haupstein (introduction); Sven Olafsen (introduction; cameo; flashback); Dr. Tom Manning (introduction); Emma Cavendish (introduction)
Synopsis: 1944: In East Bromwich, England, specialists from the British Paranormal Society have gathered at church ruins where Lady Cynthia Eden-Jones has sensed a disturbance in the ether. When a demon child appears in an explosion of flame, Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm dubs it Hellboy. 1994: Bruttenholm tells Hellboy about his recent expedition to the Arctic. Frogs then swarm into the office and Bruttenholm retreats from the room only to crash back into it dead. Hellboy battles and kills the froglike beast, then calls the head office of the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagHellboy: Edición Integral #1 published January 2011
In Content Item: FlagHellboy #[1] [First Printing] published October 1994
as Seed of Destruction Chapter One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy: Semilla de Destrucción #1 published February 1995
as Semilla de Destrucción Parte Uno [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy: Seed of Destruction #[nn] published March 1995
as Chapter One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy #[1] published April 2002
as Semilla de Destrucción Capitulo Uno [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy Library Edition #1 published May 2008
as Chapter One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy: Seed of Destruction #[nn] published June 2008
as [Seed of Destruction] Chapter One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy: One for One #1 published August 2010
as Seed of Destruction [Chapter One] [Story on Interior Page(s)]story only has 22 pages; original story credited with 23 pages
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Disclose Notes: Mignola drew balloons and sound effects; Byrne lettered the dialogue with font based on his hand lettering. Neither is credited. // The Nazi officers are identified on the final story page, presented as a dossier on Project Ragna Rok. Manning's first name is revealed in a future storyline. Emma Cavendish's identity is revealed next issue. // Hellboy first appeared in a story in San Diego Comic-Con Comics (Dark Horse, 1992 series) #2 (August 1993), given away at the convention, and was seen in John Byrne's Next Men (Dark Horse, 1992 series) #21 (December 1993) as a fictional character a few months before this miniseries was released.
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Afterword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Byrne
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
Letterer(s): Mike Mignola ? (design); typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hellmail
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Who Are Monkeyman and O'Brien? [Chapter 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arthur Adams
Penciller(s): Arthur Adams
Inker(s): Arthur Adams
Colorist(s): Matt Hollingsworth
Letterer(s): L. Lois Buhalis
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Feature(s): Monkeyman and O'Brien
Character(s): Axwell Tiberius [Monkeyman] (see Notes); Ann O'Brien; Akiko Oki (introduction); Oniko O'Brien (introduction)
Synopsis: The daughters of "famous inventor and adventurer" Prof. William S. O'Brien, Ann and Oniko, argue in an underground lab at the San Francisco estate of their missing father. When a program is accidentally activated that opens a rift between dimensions, a suited humanoid figure and a severed ape head hurtle through as the sisters are caught in a blast of strange energy.
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In Content Item: FlagHellboy: Semilla de Destrucción #1 published February 1995
as ¿Quienes son Monkeyman y O'Brien? [Capítulo Uno] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMonkeyman and O'Brien Special #[nn] published February 1996
as Who Are Monkeyman and O'Brien? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMonkeyman and O'Brien Special #[nn] published February 1996
as Back cover [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]final page only
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Monkeyman and O'Brien appear as a duo on the splash page only. Tiberius is not seen out of his suit until Chapter 2 and is named in Chapter 3. The characters' first published appearance, like Hellboy's, was in San Diego Comic-Con Comics (Dark Horse, 1992 series) #2 (August 1993), although the events of this story predate the duo's exploits in that issue.
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Experience the Power of John Byrne's Next Men

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Byrne
Inker(s): John Byrne; Gary Cody (painted)
Colorist(s): Gary Cody (painted)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Next Men
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: John Byrne's Next Men from Legend and Dark Horse Comics is advertised on the last interior page.
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Next Issue

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola (main; signed); Arthur Adams (inset)
Inker(s): Mike Mignola (main; signed); Arthur Adams (inset)
Letterer(s): Mike Mignola ? (design); typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hellboy
Character(s): Hellboy; Monkeyman and O'Brien [Axwell Tiberius; Ann O'Brien] (inset)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHellboy: Seed of Destruction #2 published April 1994
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]preview, uncolored
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The inside back cover previews the next issue's cover over Dark Horse Comics masthead.
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On Sale Now! Chaykin Power & Glory

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Chaykin
Inker(s): Howard Chaykin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Power & Glory
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Howard Chaykin's Power & Glory from Bravura and Malibu Comics is advertised on the back cover.

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