(March 1998)
Dark Horse,
1998 Series
- Price:
- 2.95 USD; 4.15 CAD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dark Horse Comics
- Brand:
- Dark Horse Comics [facing left]
- ISBN:
- ?
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Scott Allie
- Format:
- Standard US size, color, one-shot
Issue Notes
Per indicia: Copyright 1998 Michael Mignola. Printed in Canada.
[Front Cover]
Abe Sapien / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mike Mignola (signed)
- Inks:
- Mike Mignola (signed)
- Colors:
- Dave Stewart
- Letters:
- Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- Occult; Adventure
- Characters:
- Abe Sapien; Hellboy (inset)
- Reprints:
-
in B.P.R.D. (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #[1] - Hollow Earth & Other Stories (January 2003) [grayscaled] -
in AIDP (NORMA Editorial, 2004 series) #1 - Las Tierras Huecas (Marzo 2004) - in B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #1 (February 2011)
-
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[Credits]
credits / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Mike Mignola
- Inks:
- Mike Mignola
- Letters:
- Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset
Indexer Notes
The inside front cover has logo, credits, and indicia with fish skeleton from back cover.
Drums of the Dead
Abe Sapien / comic story / 22 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Brian McDonald
- Pencils:
- Derek Thompson
- Inks:
- Derek Thompson
- Colors:
- James Sinclair (guides); Dave Stewart (separations); Michelle Madsen (separations)
- Letters:
- Pat Brosseau
Content Information
- Genre:
- Occult; Adventure
- Characters:
- Abe Sapien; Tom Manning; Garrett Omatta (introduction)
- 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.
- Reprints:
- in B.P.R.D. (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #[1] - Hollow Earth & Other Stories (January 2003)
- in AIDP (NORMA Editorial, 2004 series) #1 - Las Tierras Huecas (Marzo 2004)
- in B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #1 (February 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Title from inside front cover. Story begins: "It always starts with sharks."
Heads
Hellboy / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Mike Mignola
- Pencils:
- Mike Mignola
- Inks:
- Mike Mignola
- Colors:
- Dave Stewart (guides, separations); Michelle Madsen (separations)
- Letters:
- Pat Brosseau
Content Information
- Genre:
- Occult; Adventure
- Characters:
- Hellboy
- Synopsis:
- Hellboy outwits Japanese demons one night in Kyoto.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (Dark Horse, 1994 series) #4 (June 1994)
- in Hellboy (Dark Horse, 1994 series) #[4] - The Right Hand of Doom (April 2000)
- in Hellboy: The Chained Coffin and The Right Hand of Doom (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #[nn] [second Hellboy Library Edition]
-
Coming in August
Hellboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mike Mignola
- Inks:
- Mike Mignola
- Letters:
- Kevin Nowlan (logo); Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- Occult; Adventure
- Characters:
- Hellboy
- Reprints:
- from Hellboy: The Chained Coffin and Others (Dark Horse, 1998 series) #[nn] (August 1998) [as preview]
Indexer Notes
The inside back cover promotes the upcoming Hellboy: The Chained Coffin and Others trade paperback.
[Back Cover]
Abe Sapien / illustration / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Mike Mignola (signed)
- Inks:
- Mike Mignola (signed)
- Letters:
- Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design)
Content Information
- Genre:
- Occult; Adventure
- Characters:
- Abe Sapien
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Front Cover]
Abe Sapien -
1.
[Credits]
-
2.
Drums of the Dead
Abe Sapien -
3.
Heads
Hellboy -
4.
Coming in August
Hellboy -
5.
[Back Cover]
Abe Sapien
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