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Issue: Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #2
Publication Date: April 1994
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Issues: #2 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: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Barbara Kesel
Disclose Notes: 2nd 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 In18
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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: Seed of Destruction #1 published March 1994
as Next Issue [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]preview, uncolored
In Content Item: FlagHellboy #[1] [First Printing] published October 1994
as Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #2 Cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]without cover elements
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: Semilla de Destrucción #2 published April 1995
as Semilla de Destrucción [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy #[1] published April 2002
as Portada Original de Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #2 [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 #2 Cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]art only, uncolored
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Story So Far...

Reprise  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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 #2 published April 1995
as Resumen de lo publicado: [Reprise on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The inside front cover has logo, credits, indicia, an inset of Hellboy, and a recap of the story so far.
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Seed of Destruction [Chapter Two]

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; Liz Sherman [Elizabeth Sherman] (introduction); Abe Sapien [Abraham Sapien] (introduction; part origin); Emma Cavendish (death); Elihu Cavendish (introduction; cameo; flashback); Sven Olafsen; Grigori Rasputin; Sadu-Hem (introduction)
Synopsis: Hellboy arrives at Cavendish Hall, to find out more about the Arctic expedition, with two fellow BPRD Agents -- the pyrokinetic Liz Sherman and amphibious humanoid Abe Sapien. The trio interviews the family matriarch, after which Abe investigates underwater, Liz disappears, and Hellboy battles another frog creature before being confronted by Rasputin.
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 Two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy: Seed of Destruction #[nn] published March 1995
as Chapter Two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy: Semilla de Destrucción #2 published April 1995
as Semilla de Destrucción Parte Dos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy #[1] published April 2002
as Semilla de Destrucción Capitulo Dos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy Library Edition #1 published May 2008
as Chapter Two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy: Seed of Destruction #[nn] published June 2008
as [Seed of Destruction] Chapter Two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: Mignola drew balloons and sound effects; Byrne lettered the dialogue with font based on his hand lettering. Neither is credited. // Sadu-Hem is named in the next issue.
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Who Are Monkeyman and O'Brien? [Chapter] 2

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]; Ann O'Brien; Akiko Oki; Oniko O'Brien
Synopsis: When they hear the explosion, Akiko and Oniko's goons enter the lab to find the O'Brien sisters unconscious. The men are strangely compelled to wrap up the ape head before Ann awakes and rousts the suited figure, who turns out to be a talking gorilla.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHellboy: Semilla de Destrucción #2 published April 1995
as ¿Quiénes son Monkeyman y O'Brien? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMonkeyman and O'Brien Special #[nn] published February 1996
as Who Are Monkeyman and O'Brien? 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Making Its Dark Horse Debut...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Michael Allred
Inker(s): Michael Allred
Colorist(s): Laura Allred
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Madman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Madman Comics 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; Rasputin; Monkeyman and O'Brien [Axwell Tiberius; Ann O'Brien] (inset)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHellboy: Seed of Destruction #3 published May 1994
was Seed of Destruction [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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A Good Soldier Follows Orders. A Great Soldier Knows When to Ignore Them.

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dave Gibbons (signed)
Inker(s): Dave Gibbons (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Martha Washington Goes to War
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons' Martha Washington Goes to War from Legend and Dark Horse Comics is advertised on the back cover.

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