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Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Mike Mignola (signed)

Inker(s): Mike Mignola (signed)

Colorist(s): James Sinclair

Letterer(s): Kevin Nowlan (logo); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, occult

Feature(s): Hellboy

Character(s): Hellboy; Vladimir Giurescu

Reprinting

In Issue:

Hellboy #[2] published June 2003

In Issue:

Hellboy: Edición Integral #1 published January 2011

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Hellboy #[2] [First Printing; First Cover] published May 1997
as Hellboy: Wake the Devil #1 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]only Hellboy drawing used

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Hellboy #[2] [First Printing; First Cover] published May 1997
as Hellboy: Wake the Devil #1 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

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Hellboy Library Edition #1 published May 2008
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Hellboy 7

Credits on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): Kevin Nowlan (logo); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: The inside front cover is title page with logo, credits and indicia.

Wake the Devil [Chapter One]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Mike Mignola

Penciller(s): Mike Mignola

Inker(s): Mike Mignola

Colorist(s): James Sinclair (guides); Dave Stewart [as David Stewart] (separations)

Letterer(s): Pat Brosseau; Mike Mignola (see Notes)

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, occult

Feature(s): Hellboy

Character(s): Hellboy; Roderick Zinco (introduction); Leopold Kurtz; Prof. Dr. Karl Ruprect Kroenen; Ilsa Haupstein; Grigori Rasputin (flashback); Vladimir Giurescu (image only; introduction); Hans Ubler [Howard Steinman] (introduction; death); Dr. Tom Manning (see Notes); Dr. Kate Corrigan; Abe Sapien; Liz Sherman; Clark [first name unknown] (introduction); Bud Waller (introduction); Sidney Leach (introduction); Sir Edward Grey (image only; introduction; see Notes); other BPRD personnel [Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense]; Unmensch (introduction; cameo; see Notes)

Synopsis: The base of the recently revived Nazi scientists Kroenen, Haupstein, and Von Krupt in Norway is broached by Roderick Zinco, who tells them of a visitation by Rasputin and pledges the resources of the Zinco Corporation to the renewal of Project Ragna Rok. One year later, a briefing at BPRD headquarters in Fairfield recaps the history of suspected vampire Vladimir Giurescu, his ties to Project Ragna Rok, and the possible abduction of his body from a museum in New York City. Hellboy and five other agents are sent to Romania to locate Castle Giurescu before his body can be reanimated.

Reprinting

In Issue:

Hellboy #[2] published June 2003

In Issue:

Hellboy: Edición Integral #1 published January 2011

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Hellboy: Despierta al Demonio #[nn] published January 1996
as Despierta al Demonio Capítulo Uno [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Hellboy #[2] [First Printing; First Cover] published May 1997
as Chapter One [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Hellboy Library Edition #1 published May 2008
as Chapter One [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Notes: Mignola hand-drew some display lettering and balloons. // Tom Manning's first name is given in this issue. Leach and Waller's first names are given in #3. Sir Edward Grey is not the historical figure of the same name; his first physical appearance comes in Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder: In the Service of Angels (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1. The Unmensch is named in the next issue. // Copyright 1996 Michael Mignola per indicia.

Letters Pages

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Scott Allie

Penciller(s): Mike Mignola

Inker(s): Mike Mignola

Colorist(s): James Sinclair

Letterer(s): Cary Grazzini (design); typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Hellmail

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Letter writers are Steve Bissette, Mark Wray, and Magister Peter H. Gilmore of the Church of Satan. // Coming Next Issue box has art from cover to #2; the Sigil of the Church of Satan is also reproduced.

Allie provides replies and additional commentary in "the first-ever Mike Mignola letter column".

Silent as the Grave [Part 1]: "Until the Daybreak, and the Shadows Flee Away"

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gary Gianni

Penciller(s): Gary Gianni

Inker(s): Gary Gianni

Colorist(s): James Sinclair (guides); Dave Stewart [as David Stewart] (separations)

Letterer(s): Todd Klein (logo); Sean Konot

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, occult

Feature(s): The MonsterMen

Character(s): Lawrence St. George (introduction); Julia Adler (introduction); Inspector Lava [full name unknown] (introduction); Sunset Lane (introduction); Crulk (introduction)

Synopsis: The famed macabre moviemaker Lawrence St. George has called Police Inspector Lava to his studio to screen a scene from his latest film, in which a mysterious spectral figure not present in the negatives has appeared. Meanwhile, Julia Adler, star of the film and murder suspect, surfaces after three days on a remote road asking for St. George. The director is then approached, amidst a throng of reporters that includes the intrepid Sunset Lane, by a strange man named Crulk holding a shoebox.

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In Issue:

Corpus Monstrum #1 published July 2002

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

When Strangeness Threatens to Engulf the World, A Strange Man Will Come to Save It

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Mike Mignola

Inker(s): Mike Mignola

Colorist(s): ? (grayscaled)

Letterer(s): Kevin Nowlan (logo); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, occult

Feature(s): Hellboy

Character(s): Hellboy

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: The inside back cover advertises the limited-edition, slipcased hardcover collection of Hellboy: Seed of Destruction.

Back Cover

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Mike Mignola

Inker(s): Mike Mignola

Colorist(s): Cary Grazzini ?

Letterer(s): Cary Grazzini (design); typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, occult

Feature(s): Hellboy

Character(s): Hellboy; Vladimir Giurescu

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: The back cover has a detail of Giurescu from cover against previously published promo art of Hellboy, with blurb from Wizard: The Guide to Comics.