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Issue: Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #4
Publication Date: June 1994
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Issues: #4 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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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: 4th 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:  
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Disclose Images2
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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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; Rasputin; 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 #3 published May 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 #4 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 #4 published June 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 #4 [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 #4 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 #4 published June 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 Four]

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; Grigori Rasputin (destruction of physical form); Liz Sherman; Sadu-Hem; Sven Olafsen (death); Ogdru-Jahad [the Dragon; Seven Beasts] [Adad-Jahad; Amon-Jahad; Belili-Jahad; Irra-Jahad; Namrat-Jahad; Nergal-Jahad; Nunn-Jahad]; Abe Sapien; Elihu Cavendish; Klaus Werner von Krupt (cameo); Prof. Dr. Karl Ruprect Kroenen (cameo); Ilsa Haupstein (cameo)
Synopsis: Liz's energy is drained by Rasputin to channel through Sadu-Hem and free the Ogdru-Jahad as Hellboy battles the frog creature's numbing hold. An untold distance away, the assault on the Seven Beasts' tombs is being incredulously monitored by an alien race. While Abe, spurred on by the spirit of Elihu Cavendish, mortally wounds Rasputin and Liz's power proves too much for him to contain, it falls to Hellboy to face the wizard in final battle.
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 Four [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy: Seed of Destruction #[nn] published March 1995
as Chapter Four [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy: Semilla de Destrucción #4 published June 1995
as Semilla de Destrucción Parte Cuatro [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy #[1] published April 2002
as Semilla de Destrucción Capitulo Cuatro [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy Library Edition #1 published May 2008
as Chapter Four [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy: Seed of Destruction #[nn] published June 2008
as [Seed of Destruction] Chapter Four [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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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 overarching storyline continues in Hellboy: Wake the Devil (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #1 (June 1996).
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Afterword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Mignola
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
Letterer(s): Mike Mignola ? (design); typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hellmail
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Who Are Monkeyman and O'Brien? [Chapter] 4

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 [as Lois Buhalis]
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Feature(s): Monkeyman and O'Brien
Character(s): Axwell Tiberius [Monkeyman]; Ann O'Brien; Akiko Oki; The Shrewmanoid
Synopsis: Axwell works feverishly to repair the interdimensional transporter in William O'Brien's lab with the help of Ann, still growing stronger and more energetic. Just as their work is completed, the streets of South San Francisco are breached by The Shrewmanoid.
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In Content Item: FlagHellboy: Semilla de Destrucción #4 published June 1995
as ¿Quiénes son Monkeyman and O'Brien? [Capitulo] 4 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMonkeyman and O'Brien Special #[nn] published February 1996
as Who Are Monkeyman And O'Brien? 4 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Story is continued in Monkeyman and O'Brien (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #1 (July 1996).
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A Madman Is Setting Fire to Los Angeles

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Paul Chadwick
Inker(s): Paul Chadwick
Colorist(s): Elizabeth Chadwick
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Concrete
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Paul Chadwick's Concrete: Killer Smile from Legend and Dark Horse Comics is advertised on the last interior page.
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The Adventures of Hellboy Continue in Dark Horse Presents #88-91!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  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
Feature(s): Hellboy
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The inside back cover promotes "The Wolves of Saint August" in, as the title says, Dark Horse Presents #88-91.
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She's Got Cindy's Eyes, Elle's Legs, Christy's Hair, and Ali's Left Hook!

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

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