Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #4

(June 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) #4 (Junio 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 Four] (Table of Contents: 2)

Hellboy / comic story / 23 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

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

• in Hellboy - Les germes de la destruction (Dark Horse France, 1994 series) #2 (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) #4 (Junio 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) #14 (27 August 2002)
• 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. // The overarching storyline continues in Hellboy: Wake the Devil (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #1 (June 1996).

[Afterword] (Table of Contents: 3)

Hellmail / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mike Mignola

Pencils

Mike Mignola

Inks

Mike Mignola

Letters

Mike Mignola ? (design); typeset

Who Are Monkeyman and O'Brien? [Chapter] 4 (Table of Contents: 4)

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; The Shrewmanoid

Synopsis

Axwell works feverishly to repair the interdimensional transporter in William O'Brien's lab with the help of Ann, still growing stronger and more energetic. Just as their work is completed, the streets of South San Francisco are breached by The Shrewmanoid.

Reprints

• in Hellboy: Semilla de Destrucción (NORMA Editorial, 1995 series) #4 (Junio 1995)
• in Monkeyman and O'Brien Special (Dark Horse, 1996 series) (February 1996)

Indexer Notes

Story is continued in Monkeyman and O'Brien (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #1 (July 1996).

A Madman Is Setting Fire to Los Angeles (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Concrete / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Adventures of Hellboy Continue in Dark Horse Presents #88-91! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Hellboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

She's Got Cindy's Eyes, Elle's Legs, Christy's Hair, and Ali's Left Hook! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Babe / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)