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Issue: Abe Sapien Drums of the Dead #[nn]
Publication Date: March 1998
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
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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: 03/04/1998
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 76156897595600111
Price: $4.15 CAD
$2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Per indicia: Copyright 1998 Michael Mignola. Printed in Canada.
One-shot with Abe Sapien lead story and Hellboy backup. First in-continuity Hellboy spinoff. "A Weird Tale of the South Seas" on cover below subtitle. Collected in B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth & Other Stories (Dark Horse, 2004 series) #1.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Glossy interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: One-Shot
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Front Cover

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, horror, occult
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In Content Item: FlagHellboy Christmas Special #[nn] published December 1997
as Coming in March [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy: Baba Yaga y Otros Relatos #[nn] published September 1999
as Galería de Portadas [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagB.P.R.D. #[1] [1st Printing] published January 2003
as Abe Sapien: Drums of the Dead cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]grayscaled
In Content Item: FlagAIDP #1 [unnamed variant] published March 2004
as Los Tambores de los Muertos [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagB.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs #1 published February 2011
as Drums of the Dead [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Credits

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The inside front cover has logo, credits, and indicia with fish skeleton from back cover.
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Drums of the Dead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, horror, occult
Character(s): Garrett Omatta (introduction)
First Line: It always starts with sharks.
Synopsis: Abe Sapien and psychic Garrett Omatta are sent by the B.P.R.D. to investigate shark attacks and apparent possession aboard a ship that travels an old slave-trade route.
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In Content Item: FlagHellboy: Baba Yaga y Otros Relatos #[nn] published September 1999
as Los Tambores de los Muertos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagB.P.R.D. #[1] [1st Printing] published January 2003
as Drums of the Dead [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAIDP #1 [unnamed variant] published March 2004
as Los Tambores de los Muertos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagB.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs #1 published February 2011
as Drums of the Dead [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Title from inside front cover.
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Heads

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, horror, occult
First Line: In Kyoto there is a house where something terrible happened...
Synopsis: Hellboy outwits Japanese demons one night in Kyoto.
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In Issue: FlagHellboy: Edición Integral #1 published January 2011
In Content Item: FlagHellboy: Baba Yaga y Otros Relatos #[nn] published September 1999
as Cabezas [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy #[4] [First Printing] published April 2000
as Heads [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy Library Edition #2 published October 2008
as Heads [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Coming in August

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, horror, occult
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From Issue: FlagHellboy #[3] [First Printing] published August 1998preview
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The inside back cover promotes the upcoming Hellboy: The Chained Coffin and Others trade paperback.
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Back Cover

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, horror, occult
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Pages: 1

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