- Script
- Mike Mignola (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Dedication by Mignola: "For Jack Kirby, H.P. Lovecraft, my lovely wife, Christine, and the amazing Elmer Newton."
- Script
- Mike Mignola (credited) (plot); John Byrne (credited) (script)
- Pencils
- Mike Mignola (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Mignola (credited)
- Colors
- Mark Chiarello (credited)
- Letters
- John Byrne; Mike Mignola (see Notes)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Trevor Bruttenholm (introduction); Cynthia Eden-Jones (introduction); Malcolm Frost (introduction); Ilsa Haupstein (introduction); Hellboy (part origin); Karl Ruprect Kroenen (introduction); Leopold Kurtz (introduction); Tom Manning (introduction); Grigori Rasputin (first appearance in Hellboy series); Torch of Liberty; Klaus Werner von Krupt (introduction); 1st Sgt. George Whitman (introduction); Sven Olafsen (introduction; cameo; flashback); Emma Cavendish (introduction)
- Reprints
Part 1 of 4 of Seed of Destruction saga.
Mignola drew balloons and sound effects; Byrne lettered the dialogue with font based on his hand lettering. Neither is credited.
The Nazi officers are identified on the final story page, presented as a dossier on Project Ragna Rok. Manning's first name is revealed in a future storyline. Emma Cavendish's identity is revealed next issue.
Hellboy first appeared in a story in San Diego Comic-Con Comics (Dark Horse, 1992 series) #2 (August 1993), given away at the convention, and was seen in John Byrne's Next Men (Dark Horse, 1992 series) #21 (December 1993) as a fictional character a few months before this miniseries was released.
- Script
- Mike Mignola (credited) (plot); John Byrne (credited) (script)
- Pencils
- Mike Mignola (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Mignola (credited)
- Colors
- Mark Chiarello (credited)
- Letters
- John Byrne; Mike Mignola (see Notes)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Hellboy; Grigori Rasputin; Abe Sapien [Langdon Everett Caul] (introduction; part origin); Liz Sherman (introduction); Emma Cavendish (death); Elihu Cavendish (introduction; cameo; flashback); Sven Olafsen; Sadu-Hem (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Hellboy arrives at Cavendish Hall, to find out more about the Arctic expedition, with two fellow BPRD Agents -- the pyrokinetic Liz Sherman and amphibious humanoid Abe Sapien. The trio interviews the family matriarch, after which Abe investigates underwater, Liz disappears, and Hellboy battles another frog creature before being confronted by Rasputin.
- Reprints
Part 2 of 4 of Seed of Destruction saga.
Mignola drew balloons and sound effects; Byrne lettered the dialogue with font based on his hand lettering. Neither is credited. // Sadu-Hem is named in the next issue.
- Script
- Mike Mignola (credited) (plot); John Byrne (credited) (script)
- Pencils
- Mike Mignola (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Mignola (credited)
- Colors
- Mark Chiarello (credited)
- Letters
- John Byrne; Mike Mignola (see Notes)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Trevor Bruttenholm (flashback) (cameo); Ilsa Haupstein (flashback) (cameo); Hellboy; Karl Ruprect Kroenen (flashback) (cameo); Grigori Rasputin; Abe Sapien [Langdon Everett Caul]; Liz Sherman; Klaus Werner von Krupt (flashback) (cameo); Ogdru-Jahad [the Dragon; Seven Beasts] [Adad-Jahad; Amon-Jahad; Belili-Jahad; Irra-Jahad; Namrat-Jahad; Nergal-Jahad; Nunn-Jahad] (image; introduction); Sven Olafsen (transformed); Elihu Cavendish (cameo); Prof. Dr. Karl von Klempt (cameo; flashback); Kriegaffe (cameo; flashback); Sadu-Hem
- Synopsis
- Rasputin tells Hellboy of how after his reported death he was eventually approached by the Nazis and collaborated on Project Ragna Rok, bringing Hellboy into the world and retiring again until he heard the voices of the Ogdru-Jahad calling him to the Arctic.
- Reprints
Part 3 of 4 of Seed of Destruction saga.
Mignola drew balloons and sound effects; Byrne lettered the dialogue with font based on his hand lettering. Neither is credited.
Herman von Klempt and the Kriegaffe first appeared in Mike Mignola's Hellboy: World's Greatest Paranormal Investigator (Dark Horse, 1994 series) #[nn] (May 1994), an insert bound into Comics Buyer's Guide #1070, produced before this miniseries despite the nearly simultaneous releases.
- Script
- Mike Mignola (credited) (plot); John Byrne (credited) (script)
- Pencils
- Mike Mignola (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Mignola (credited)
- Colors
- Mark Chiarello (credited)
- Letters
- John Byrne; Mike Mignola (see Notes)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Ilsa Haupstein (cameo); Hellboy; Karl Ruprect Kroenen (cameo); Grigori Rasputin (destruction of physical form); Abe Sapien [Langdon Everett Caul]; Liz Sherman; Klaus Werner von Krupt (cameo); Sadu-Hem; Sven Olafsen (death); Ogdru-Jahad [the Dragon; Seven Beasts] [Adad-Jahad; Amon-Jahad; Belili-Jahad; Irra-Jahad; Namrat-Jahad; Nergal-Jahad; Nunn-Jahad]; Elihu Cavendish
- Synopsis
- Liz's energy is drained by Rasputin to channel through Sadu-Hem and free the Ogdru-Jahad as Hellboy battles the frog creature's numbing hold. An untold distance away, the assault on the Seven Beasts' tombs is being incredulously monitored by an alien race. While Abe, spurred on by the spirit of Elihu Cavendish, mortally wounds Rasputin and Liz's power proves too much for him to contain, it falls to Hellboy to face the wizard in final battle.
- Reprints
Part 4 of 4 of Seed of Destruction saga.
Mignola drew balloons and sound effects; Byrne lettered the dialogue with font based on his hand lettering. Neither is credited.
The overarching storyline continues in Hellboy: Wake the Devil (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #1 (June 1996).
- Script
- Mike Mignola (credited)
- Pencils
- Mike Mignola (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Mignola (credited)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Hellboy; Abe Sapien [Langdon Everett Caul]; Liz Sherman
- Reprints
- in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (Dark Horse, 1995 series) #[nn] (March 1995)
- in Hellboy (Egmont Polska, 2001 series) #[2] - Spętana trumna i inne opowieści tom 1 ([styczeń] 2002)
- in Hellboy (Cross Cult, 2002 series) #1 - Saat der Zerstörung (January 2002)
- in Hellboy (NORMA Editorial, 2002 series) #[1] - Semilla de Destrucción (Abril 2002)
- in Hellboy Library Edition (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 - Seed of Destruction and Wake the Devil (May 2008), #1 - Seed of Destruction and Wake the Devil (May 2008), #1 - Seed of Destruction and Wake the Devil (May 2008)
- in Hellboy: Edición Integral (NORMA Editorial, 2011 series) #1 (Enero 2011)
- in Hellboy Kompendium (Cross Cult, 2016 series) #1 (September 2016)
- in Hellboy Omnibus (Dark Horse, 2018 series) #1 - Seed of Destruction (May 2018), #1 - Seed of Destruction (May 2018), #1 - Seed of Destruction (May 2018)
- in Ултимативна комикс колекция (Артлайн Студиос [Artline Studios], 2021 series) #1 - Хелбой: Семето на разрухата (2021)
First appearance from a convention program book and two other images from Hellboy's development.
- Script
- Mike Mignola (credited) (plot); John Byrne (credited) (script)
- Pencils
- Mike Mignola (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Mignola (credited)
- Colors
- Matt Hollingsworth (credited as Matthew Hollingsworth)
- Letters
- Mike Mignola; John Byrne (see Notes)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Hellboy (introduction); Anubis (first appearance in Hellboy series)
- Synopsis
- Hellboy fights Anubis, Egyptian god of mummification, at a deserted gas station.
- Reprints
This is Hellboy's first published appearance.
Mignola drew balloons, display lettering, and sound effects. Byrne lettered the dialogue with font based on his hand lettering. Neither is credited.
Story title is made official in the bibliography of Hellboy: The Companion.
- Script
- Mike Mignola (credited) (plot); John Byrne (credited) (script)
- Pencils
- Mike Mignola (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Mignola (credited)
- Colors
- Matt Hollingsworth (credited as Matthew Hollingsworth)
- Letters
- Mike Mignola; John Byrne
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Hellboy; Herman von Klempt (introduction); Kriegaffe (introduction)
- Reprints
Story published as a insert in The Comic Buyer's Guide #1070.
- Pencils
- Arthur Adams (credited as Art Adams)
- Inks
- Arthur Adams (credited as Art Adams)
- Colors
- Matt Hollingsworth (credited as Matthew Hollingsworth)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Hellboy
- Reprints
Includes a detail from Arthur Adams's Hellboy ilustration.