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Issue: B.P.R.D. #[1]
Publication Date: January 2003
 
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Title: Hollow Earth & Other Stories
Variant: 1st Printing
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Publisher: FlagDark Horse
Indicia Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 132
ISBN: 1569718628
UPC/EAN: 978156971862951795
Price: $17.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Scott Allie (editor); Lia Ribacchi (collection designer); Mike Richardson (publisher)
Disclose Notes: Inside covers are blank.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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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
Mike Mignola
Mike Mignola
Dave Stewart
Lia Ribacchi; Lani Schreibstein (Design); typeset
Subject Matter
occult
BPRD
Abe Sapien; Roger the Homunculus; Johann Kraus
Reprinting
FlagAIDP #1 [unnamed variant] published March 2004
as Las Tierras Huecas [Illustration on Cover, Front]
from BPRD: Hollow Earth and Other Stories (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #[nn] [art, with new typography]
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Cover is redrawn by Mignola nearly exactly from his cover to BPRD: Hollow Earth (Dark Horse, 2002 series) #1.
Title & Indicia Pages

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lia Ribacchi; Lani Schreibstein (Design); typeset
Reprinting
 
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2
BPRD: Hollow Earth #2 cover

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Mignola
Mike Mignola
Lia Ribacchi
Subject Matter
occult
BPRD
Abe Sapien; Roger the Homunculus; Johann Kraus
Reprinting
FlagBPRD: Hollow Earth [B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth] #2 published April 2002
was untitled [Illustration on Cover, Front]grayscaled
 
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Hollow Earth credits

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Mignola (inset)
Mike Mignola (inset)
Dave Stewart (inset)
Lia Ribacchi (Design); typeset
Subject Matter
King of Fear
Reprinting
FlagAIDP #1 [unnamed variant] published March 2004
as Las Tierras Huecas [Créditos] [Credits on Interior Page(s)]
from BPRD: Hollow Earth and Other Stories (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #[nn] [exact page]
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Hollow Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Mignola; Christopher Golden; Tom Sniegoski
Ryan Sook
Ryan Sook; Curtis Arnold [as Curtis P. Arnold]
Dave Stewart
Clem Robins
Scott Allie; Mike Carriglitto (assistant, original publication)
Subject Matter
occult
BPRD
Liz Sherman; Kate Corrigan; Johann Kraus; Hellboy (flashback only); Tom Manning; Abe Sapien; Roger the Homunculus; Trevor Bruttenholm (flashback only); other B.P.R.D. operatives; the King of Fear (first appearance)
New recruit Johann Kraus, a medium of pure ectoplasm, joins the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense just as Abe Sapien -- who in the wake of Hellboy's departure wonders if the BPRD is still home -- receives a vision of former agent Liz Sherman pleading for help. Abe, Johann, and Roger travel to her last known whereabouts, a remote arctic monastery, underneath which they fight ancient Hyperborean creatures controlled by the King of Fear to retrieve Liz's fiery essence and reunite it with her body. Hellboy's first meetings with Abe and Liz are revealed in flashback.
Reprinting
FlagBPRD: Hollow Earth [B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth] #1 published January 2002
was Hollow Earth [Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBPRD: Hollow Earth [B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth] #2 published April 2002
was Hollow Earth [Part 2] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBPRD: Hollow Earth [B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth] #3 published July 2002
was Hollow Earth, Part 3 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Hollow Earth notes

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Scott Allie
Lia Ribacchi (Design); typeset
Subject Matter
Allie describes how the BPRD: Hollow Earth miniseries came together.
Reprinting
FlagAIDP #1 [unnamed variant] published March 2004
as Las Tierras Huecas [Notas] [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
from BPRD: Hollow Earth and Other Stories (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #[nn]
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1
Hollow Earth [prologue]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Mignola; Christopher Golden; Tom Sniegoski
Ryan Sook
Ryan Sook
Dave Stewart
Dan Jackson
Subject Matter
occult
BPRD
Kate Corrigan; Johann Kraus
We learn how Johann became a disembodied ectoplasmic being.
Reprinting
FlagDark Horse Extra #42 published December 2001
FlagDark Horse Extra #44 published February 2002Confirm: direction of reprint
FlagDark Horse Extra #43 published January 2002
was B.P.R.D. part two of three [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Killer in My Skull and Abe Sapien versus Science credits

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lia Ribacchi (Design); typeset
Reprinting
FlagAIDP #1 [unnamed variant] published March 2004
as El Asesino de Mi Cabeza; Abe Sapien contra la Ciencia [Créditos] [Credits on Interior Page(s)]
from BPRD: Hollow Earth and Other Stories (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #[nn]
Miscellaneous
1
The Killer in My Skull and Abe Sapien versus Science notes

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Scott Allie
Lia Ribacchi (Design); typeset
Reprinting
FlagAIDP #1 [unnamed variant] published March 2004
as El Asesino de Mi Cabeza; Abe Sapien contra la Ciencia [Notas] [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
from BPRD: Hollow Earth and Other Stories (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #[nn]
Miscellaneous
1
The Killer in My Skull

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Mignola
Matt Smith
Ryan Sook
Dave Stewart
Pat Brosseau
Subject Matter
occult
BPRD; Lobster Johnson
Lobster Johnson [The Lobster] (first appearance)
The Lobster and his aide investigate the deaths of scientists who worked for Zinco-Davis Laboratories.
Reprinting
FlagHellboy: Box Full of Evil #1 published August 1999
was The Killer in My Skull [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Abe Sapien versus Science

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Mignola
Matt Smith
Mike Mignola
Dave Stewart
Pat Brosseau
Subject Matter
occult
BPRD; Abe Sapien
Roger the Homunculus; Abe Sapien
B.P.R.D. scientists have no luck reviving the inert Roger, so Abe gives it a try, recalling how the scientists were prepared to dissect him before he himself was revived years earlier.
Reprinting
FlagHellboy: Box Full of Evil #2 published September 1999
was Abe Sapien Versus Science [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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The events of this story follow those in Hellboy: Almost Colossus (Dark Horse, 1997 series) and precede Hellboy: Conqueror Worm (Dark Horse, 2001 series).
Abe Sapien: Drums of the Dead cover

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Mignola
Mike Mignola
Lia Ribacchi (Design); typeset
Subject Matter
occult
BPRD; Abe Sapien
Abe Sapien; Hellboy
Reprinting
FlagAbe Sapien Drums of the Dead #[nn] published March 1998
was Front Cover [Illustration on Cover, Front]grayscaled
from Abe Sapien: Drums of the Dead (Dark Horse, 1998 series) #[nn] [grayscaled]
Miscellaneous
1
Drums of the Dead credits & notes

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Scott Allie
Lia Ribacchi (Design); typeset
Reprinting
FlagAIDP #1 [unnamed variant] published March 2004
as Los Tambores de los Muertos [Créditos y Notas] [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
from BPRD: Hollow Earth and Other Stories (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #[nn]
Miscellaneous
1
Drums of the Dead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Brian McDonald
Derek Thompson
Derek Thompson
James Sinclair
Pat Brosseau
Subject Matter
occult
BPRD; Abe Sapien
Abe Sapien; Tom Manning; Garrett Omatta (first appearance)
Abe Sabien and psychic Garrett Omatta are sent by the B.P.R.D. to investigate shark attacks and apparent possession aboard a ship that travels an old slave-trade route.
Reprinting
FlagAbe Sapien Drums of the Dead #[nn] published March 1998
was Drums of the Dead [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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BPRD sketchbook

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Scott Allie
Mike Mignola; Ryan Sook
Mike Mignola; Ryan Sook
Ryan Sook
Lia Ribacchi (Design); typeset
Subject Matter
horror
BPRD
Roger the Homunculus; Johann Kraus; Abe Sapien; Kate Corrigan; Liz Sherman
Allie provides notes to production artwork from Mignola and Sook.
Reprinting
FlagAIDP #1 [unnamed variant] published March 2004
as AIDP Sketchbook [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
from BPRD: Hollow Earth and Other Stories (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #[nn]
Miscellaneous
9
Mignola artwork is uncolored sketches in ink, while Sook artwork consists of pencils, inked sketches, and color studies.
Hellboy backlist

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Mignola
Mike Mignola
Dave Stewart
Cary Grazzini ? (Design); typeset
Subject Matter
Hellboy; Lobster Johnson; Roger the Homunculus
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
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back cover

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Scott Allie ?
Mike Mignola
Mike Mignola
Dave Stewart
Lia Ribacchi; Lani Schreibstein (Design); typeset
Subject Matter
The back cover hypes the contents above a bar code with ISBN, the price, the Dark Horse Comics logo, and the B.P.R.D. insignia.
Reprinting
from BPRD: Hollow Earth and Other Stories (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #[nn]
Miscellaneous
1

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