Hellboy: Wake the Devil #5

(October 1996)

Hellboy 11 (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters

Kevin Nowlan (logo); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset

Indexer Notes

The inside front cover is title page with logo, credits and indicia.

Wake the Devil [Chapter Five] (Table of Contents: 2)

Hellboy / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Mignola

Pencils

Mike Mignola

Inks

Mike Mignola

Colors

James Sinclair (guides); Dave Stewart (credited as David Stewart) (separations)

Letters

Pat Brosseau; Mike Mignola (see Notes)

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense

Characters

Hellboy [Anung un Rama] (revelation of true name and supposed destiny); Clark (death); Abe Sapien; other BPRD personnel [Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense]; Grigori Rasputin; Hecate; the Baba Yaga; Dagda; Sir Edward (introduction; see Notes); Dr. Kate Corrigan; Roderick Zinco (apparent death); Leopold Kurtz (corpse); Prof. Dr. Karl Ruprect Kroenen (apparent death); Prof. Dr. Herman von Klempt (apparent death)

Synopsis

Hellboy's signal is traced to a Romanian church, where Rasputin confronts Abe and speaks of revenge against those who killed him. Giurescu and then Hecate face Hellboy at the crossroads. Hecate tells him about his destiny as Anung un Rama, the Beast of the Apocalypse, a mysterious cloaked figure, and Dagda look on. Kate Corrigan arrives to extract Hellboy and tell him what has befallen the other teams. Rasputin appears at the Norwegian castle headquarters of Project Ragna Rok and strikes Zinco blind, causing him to stumble into a detonator that destroys the castle.

Reprints

• in Hellboy - Au nom du diable (Dark Horse France, 1996 ? series) (1996)
• in Hellboy: Despierta al Demonio (NORMA Editorial, 1996 series) (1996)
• in Hellboy (Dark Horse, 1994 series) #[2] - Wake the Devil (May 1997)
which is reprinted
• in Hellboy (Egmont Polska, 2001 series) #[4] - Obudzić diabła ([listopad] 2002)
• in Hellboy (Cross Cult, 2002 series) #2 - Der Teufel erwacht (2002)
• in Hellboy (NORMA Editorial, 2002 series) #[2] - Despierta al Demonio (Junio 2003)
• in Hellboy Library Edition (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #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)

Indexer Notes

Mignola hand-drew some display lettering and balloons. // Dagda was previously seen in "The Corpse" and is named in Hellboy: Box Full of Evil (Dark Horse, 1999 series) #2, as is Sir Edward, the supernatural being seen here with Dagda, king of the Irish fairies, and the Baba Yaga; his relationship to the Sir Edward Grey introduced in Wake the Devil #1 is as yet unexplained. // Copyright 1996 Michael Mignola per indicia.

Grave [Part 5]: "Like One, That on a Lonesome Road Doth Walk in Fear and Dread, and Having Once Turned Round Walks On, and Turns No More His Head; Because He Knows, a Frightful Fiend Doth Close Behind Him Tread." (Table of Contents: 3)

The MonsterMen / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Gary Gianni

Pencils

Gary Gianni

Inks

Gary Gianni

Colors

James Sinclair (guides); Dave Stewart (credited as David Stewart) (separations)

Letters

Sean Konot

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense

Characters

Benedict; Lawrence St. George; Oakum McGrew; Sunset Lane; Daphne Dumont (ghost); Crulk

Synopsis

The supernatural conflagration of Benedict and McGrew's melee destroys Adler's house. St. George is disappointed in Sunset's disbelief after all she's seen, but a final encounter with Daphne's spirit compels her to report as much of the story as possible. Benedict tells St. George to brace for more encounters with the forces of darkness.

Reprints

• in Corpus Monstrum (Hieronymus Press, 2002 series) #1 (July 2002)

Indexer Notes

Subtitle is from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Benedict's name is revealed here. // Copyright 1996 Gary Gianni per indicia.

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

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