Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #2

(April 1994)

The Story So Far... (Table of Contents: 1)

recap / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Mignola

Inks

Mike Mignola

Letters

Kevin Nowlan (logo); Mike Mignola ? (design); typeset

Characters

Hellboy

Reprints

• in Hellboy: Semilla de Destrucción (NORMA Editorial, 1995 series) #2 (Abril 1995)

Indexer Notes

The inside front cover has logo, credits, indicia, an inset of Hellboy, and a recap of the story so far.

Seed of Destruction [Chapter Two] (Table of Contents: 2)

Hellboy / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Mignola (plot); John Byrne (words)

Pencils

Mike Mignola

Inks

Mike Mignola

Colors

Mark Chiarello

Letters

John Byrne; Mike Mignola (see Notes)

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense

Characters

Hellboy; Grigori Rasputin; Abe Sapien [Langdon Everett Caul] (introduction; part origin); Elizabeth 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

• in Hellboy - Les germes de la destruction (Dark Horse France, 1994 series) #1 (1994)
• in Hellboy (Dark Horse, 1994 series) #[1] - Seed of Destruction (October 1994)
which is reprinted
• in Hellboy: Ondskabens frø - Tegneserien bag filmen! (G. Floy Studio, 2004 series) (2004)
• in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (Dark Horse, 1995 series) #[nn] (March 1995)
• in Hellboy: Semilla de Destrucción (NORMA Editorial, 1995 series) #2 (Abril 1995)
• in Hellboy (Egmont Polska, 2001 series) #[1] - Nasienie zniszczenia ([październik] 2001)
• 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 Judge Dredd Megazine (Egmont Fleetway Ltd, 2001 series) #11 (4 June 2002)
• in Hellboy: Seme uništenja (System Comics, 2005 series) #2 (2005)
• in Hellboy Library Edition (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 - Seed of Destruction and Wake the Devil (May 2008)
• in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (Dark Horse, 2008 series) (June 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)
• in Ултимативна комикс колекция (Артлайн Студиос [Artline Studios], 2021 series) #1 - Хелбой: Семето на разрухата (2021)

Indexer Notes

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.

Who Are Monkeyman and O'Brien? [Chapter] 2 (Table of Contents: 3)

Monkeyman and O'Brien / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Arthur Adams

Pencils

Arthur Adams

Inks

Arthur Adams

Colors

Matt Hollingsworth

Letters

Lois Buhalis

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Monkeyman [Axwell Tiberius]; Ann O'Brien; Akiko Oki; Oniko O'Brien

Synopsis

When they hear the explosion, Akiko and Oniko's goons enter the lab to find the O'Brien sisters unconscious. The men are strangely compelled to wrap up the ape head before Ann awakes and rousts the suited figure, who turns out to be a talking gorilla.

Reprints

• in Hellboy: Semilla de Destrucción (NORMA Editorial, 1995 series) #2 (Abril 1995)
• in Monkeyman and O'Brien Special (Dark Horse, 1996 series) (February 1996)

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