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Issue: Hellboy Christmas Special #[nn]
Publication Date: December 1997
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDark Horse
Brand: Dark Horse Comics [facing left]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 76156897666300111
Price: $5.55 CAD
$3.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 12 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Scott Allie
Disclose Notes: 14th issue of Hellboy per title page. Printed in Canada per indicia.
A one-shot anthology featuring new stories of Hellboy and other characters.

The overall Hellboy numbering continues in this issue from the two-issue series Hellboy: Almost Colossus (Dark Horse, 1997 series). Next is the two-issue series Hellboy: Box Full of Evil (Dark Horse, 1999 series).
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy (cover); Uncoated (interiors)
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: One-Shot
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Issue Images shown with red borders indicate an image externally marked for replacement.
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Front Cover

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gary Gianni
Inker(s): Gary Gianni
Letterer(s): Kevin Nowlan (logo); Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, holidays, horror, occult
Feature(s): Hellboy
Character(s): Hellboy; Benedict; Suda (figure on mantle); Ernie (figure on mantle); Big Guy (figure on mantle)
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In Content Item: FlagHellboy Especial #[nn] published February 1999
as Especial [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1997 Gary Gianni per indicia.
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Hellboy 14

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): Kevin Nowlan (logo); Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The inside front cover has logo, credits, and indicia.
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A Christmas Underground

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Mignola
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
Colorist(s): James Sinclair
Letterer(s): Pat Brosseau; Mike Mignola (see Notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, holidays, horror, occult
Feature(s): Hellboy
Character(s): Hellboy; unnamed priest; Evelyn Margaret Hatch (introduction; death); Father Christmas (vision); Annie Hatch (introduction); unnamed creature
Synopsis: Hellboy visits an old English manor on Christmas Eve, 1989, where the dying Mrs. Hatch urges him to give her lost daughter Annie a tin box.
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In Issue: FlagHellboy #[3] published January 2004
In Issue: FlagHellboy: Edición Integral #1 published January 2011
In Content Item: FlagHellboy #[3] [First Printing] published August 1998
as A Christmas Underground [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy Especial #[nn] published February 1999
as Navidades Subterráneas [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy Library Edition #2 published October 2008
as A Christmas Underground [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 21
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1997 Michael Mignola per indicia. // Mignola hand-drew some display lettering and balloons.
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Ernie's Holiday Ditty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Purcell
Penciller(s): Steve Purcell
Inker(s): Steve Purcell
Colorist(s): Steve Purcell
Letterer(s): Lois Buhalis
Subject Matter
Genres: holidays, horror
Feature(s): Toybox
Character(s): Ernie; Suda; other citizens of Toybox
Synopsis: The Citizens of Toybox Community Glee Club sing a carol for the holidays.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1997 Steve Purcell per indicia. // Illustration is accompanied by lyrics.
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A Strange Story

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gary Gianni
Penciller(s): Gary Gianni
Inker(s): Gary Gianni
Letterer(s): Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography, holidays
Character(s): Gary Gianni (narrator); Charles Dickens (illustration)
Synopsis: Gianni tells a strange story that involves writer's block, the year 1870, Charles Dickens, Christmas, and Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel A Strange Story.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1997 Gary Gianni per indicia.
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Christmas

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Geof Darrow
Inker(s): Geof Darrow
Colorist(s): Dave Stewart
Subject Matter
Genres: holidays, science fiction
Feature(s): Bourbon Thret
Character(s): Santa Claus; Bourbon Thret?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1997 Geof Darrow per indicia. Double-page spread. // Title from inside front cover. Feature from indicia.
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Toybox

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Purcell
Penciller(s): Steve Purcell
Inker(s): Steve Purcell
Colorist(s): Steve Purcell
Letterer(s): Lois Buhalis
Subject Matter
Genres: holidays, horror
Feature(s): Toybox
Character(s): Ernie; Suda; Visitor [Santa Claus]
Synopsis: Ernie and Suda seek refuge in a cottage on a holiday eve, where Ernie battles a giant spider.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1997 Steve Purcell per indicia.
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A Gift for the Wicked

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gary Gianni
Penciller(s): Gary Gianni
Inker(s): Gary Gianni
Letterer(s): Sean Konot
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, holidays, horror, occult
Feature(s): Corpus Monstrum
Character(s): Benedict; Lawrence St. George; Hoke Hodgson (introduction); Baron Grodak (introduction; death); Santa Claus?
Synopsis: Benedict, St. George, and Hodgson rid a chamber in Grodak's home of strange creatures.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1997 Gary Gianni per indicia.
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Further Reading

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Mignola
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
Colorist(s): Dave Stewart
Letterer(s): Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Hellboy
Synopsis: Mignola thanks his contributors and recommends "a few great Christmas ghost stories".
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1997 Michael Mignola per indicia.
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Nothing Says Christmas Like... Hellboy

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola; ? (photo)
Inker(s): Mike Mignola; ? (photo)
Colorist(s): various
Letterer(s): Kevin Nowlan (logo); Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hellboy
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The last interior page advertises various Hellboy publications and merchandise with art and photos.
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Coming in March

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
Colorist(s): ? (graytones)
Letterer(s): Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, horror, occult
Feature(s): Abe Sapien; Hellboy
Character(s): Abe Sapien; Hellboy (inset)
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From Content Item: FlagAbe Sapien Drums of the Dead #[nn] published March 1998
was Front Cover [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes: from Abe Sapien: Drums of the Dead (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #[nn] [as preview]
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The inside back cover promotes the upcoming Abe Sapien: Drums of the Dead.
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Back Cover

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
Colorist(s): Dave Stewart ?
Letterer(s): Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, holidays, horror, occult
Character(s): Hellboy
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHellboy Especial #[nn] published February 1999
as Sin Título [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The back cover has a skull in a stocking hat against previously published promo art of Hellboy.

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