Subject Matter
Genres:
adventure, occult
Character(s):
Hellboy; Father Edward Kelly (introduction; death); William Grenier (introduction; death); Dr. Kate Corrigan (introduction); Philip of Bayeux (flashback)
Synopsis:
In her first field mission for the BPRD, Dr. Kate Corrigan accompanies Hellboy to the Balkan village of Griart, where the pair investigates a massacre that claimed the life of HB's old friend Father Kelly. She thinks the place might actually be the cursed town of St. August. Ghost sightings and a giant-werewolf smackdown ensue.
Reprinting
In Issue:
Hellboy #[3] published January 2004
In Issue:
Hellboy: Edición Integral #1 published January 2011
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
41
Notes:
Mignola hand-drew some display lettering and balloons. Story is printed in color for the first time with "eight new pages and some odd panels to smooth out some of the rough spots" per Mignola's notes.