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Issue: Hellboy: The Wolves of St. August #[nn] [5]
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDark Horse
Indicia Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
On Sale Date: 11/1995
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: 1569710945
UPC/EAN: 978156971094450495
Price: $6.95 CAD
$4.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 12 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Per indicia: Copyright 1995 Michael Mignola. Printed in Canada. "Special thanks to John Byrne." // Month of release from Dark Horse website.

This is the fifth Hellboy comic book, after the four-issue series Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (Dark Horse, 1994 series). As of this issue, gray issue numbers appear on the inside front cover of every "definitive" Hellboy comic book next to the logo, continuing the numbering from Seed of Destruction, despite each one-shot and limited series having its own unique indicia title and issue numbers. Next is Hellboy: The Corpse and the Iron Shoes (Dark Horse, 1996 series).

Collects the titular story from Dark Horse Comics Presents (Dark Horse, 1986 series) #88-91 in color. "St. August" in indicia but "Saint August" on cover. See issue's Reprint Notes for trade-paperback and hardcover appearances of the story.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock glossy cover; glossy interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: collected edition
Format Notes:  
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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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The Wolves of Saint August

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure, occult
Hellboy
Reprinting
FlagHellboy: Los Lobos de San Augusto #[nn] published January 1996
as Sin Título [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Hellboy 5

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The inside front cover has logo and credits against unknown vintage art.
The Wolves of Saint August

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
adventure, occult
Hellboy; Father Edward Kelly (introduction; death); William Grenier (introduction; death); Dr. Kate Corrigan (introduction); Philip of Bayeux (flashback)
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
FlagHellboy #[3] published January 2004
FlagHellboy: Edición Integral #1 published January 2011
FlagHellboy: Los Lobos de San Augusto #[nn] published January 1996
as Los Lobos de San Augusto [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagHellboy #[3] [First Printing] published August 1998
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagHellboy Library Edition #2 published October 2008
as The Wolves of Saint August [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDark Horse Presents #88 published August 1994
was The Wolves of Saint August Part One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDark Horse Presents #89 published September 1994
was The Wolves of Saint August Part Two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDark Horse Presents #90 published October 1994
was The Wolves of Saint August Part Three [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDark Horse Presents #91 published November 1994
was The Wolves of Saint August Part Four [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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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.
Cover Gallery [Title]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
FlagHellboy: Los Lobos de San Augusto #[nn] published January 1996
as Galería de Cubiertas [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Mignola offers notes on the story and covers.
Dark Horse Presents #88 Cover

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
adventure, occult
Hellboy
Reprinting
FlagHellboy: Los Lobos de San Augusto #[nn] published January 1996
as Portada Original de Dark Horse Presents #88 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDark Horse Presents #88 published August 1994
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover, Hellboy art only
 
Miscellaneous
1
Dark Horse Presents #89 Cover

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
adventure, occult
Hellboy
Reprinting
FlagHellboy: Los Lobos de San Augusto #[nn] published January 1996
as Portada Original de Dark Horse Presents #89 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDark Horse Presents #89 published September 1994
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover, Hellboy art only
 
Miscellaneous
1
Dark Horse Presents #90 Cover

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
adventure, occult
Reprinting
FlagHellboy: Los Lobos de San Augusto #[nn] published January 1996
as Portada Original de Dark Horse Presents #90 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDark Horse Presents #90 published October 1994
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover, Hellboy art only
 
Miscellaneous
1
Dark Horse Presents #91 Cover

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
adventure, occult
Hellboy
Reprinting
FlagHellboy: Los Lobos de San Augusto #[nn] published January 1996
as Portada Original de Dark Horse Presents #91 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDark Horse Presents #91 published November 1994
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover, Hellboy art only
 
Miscellaneous
1
Unused Dark Horse Presents #91 Cover

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
adventure, occult
Hellboy
Reprinting
FlagHellboy: Los Lobos de San Augusto #[nn] published January 1996
as Portada Descarada de Dark Horse Presents #91 [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
first idea for cover of Dark Horse Presents #91
When Strangeness Threatens to Engulf the World, A Strange Man Will Come to Save It

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Hellboy
Reprinting
FlagHellboy: Los Lobos de San Augusto #[nn] published January 1996
as Cuando algo raro amenaza con tragarse el mundo, un hombre extraño vendrá a salvarlo [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The last interior page advertises the limited-edition, slipcased hardcover collection of Hellboy: Seed of Destruction.
Dark Horse Comics, Inc.

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The inside back cover has company masthead and indicia.
Hellboy and William Grenier

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
adventure, occult
Hellboy; William Grenier
Reprinting
FlagHellboy: Los Lobos de San Augusto #[nn] published January 1996
as Hellboy y William Grenier [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The back cover has a panel reproduction against an image of Hellboy.

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