Baltimore: The Plague Ships #4

(November 2010)

[Title Page] (Table of Contents)

credits / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Ben Stenbeck

Inks:

Ben Stenbeck

Letters:

Amy Arendts (design); typeset

Indexer Notes

The inside front cover presents the title, credits, and indicia with illustration.

The Plague Ships [Chapter 4] (Table of Contents)

Baltimore / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike Mignola; Christopher Golden

Pencils:

Ben Stenbeck

Inks:

Ben Stenbeck

Colors:

Dave Stewart

Letters:

Clem Robins

Content Information

Genre:

occult; adventure; historical

Characters:

Lord Henry Baltimore; Vanessa Kalderas; Demetrius Aischros (introduction; silent cameo; flashback); Elowen Baltimore (introduction; death in flashback); Haigus (flashback cameo); an unnamed monk (introduction); the Red Death (personification; vision)

Synopsis:

While shipwrecked, Lord Baltimore tells Vanessa of his tragic return home during the plague-halted War and his encounter with a monk who spoke of his destiny.

Indexer Notes

Title from inside front cover. Story begins: "You told me that sailors think this island is haunted ..."

[Advertisements] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

various

Pencils:

various

Inks:

various

Colors:

various

Letters:

various

Indexer Notes

Pgs. 13, 14, 23, 24, 31, & 32 of the publication contain advertisements for, respectively, Lili St. Crow's Strange Angels novels from Razorbill; the Hellboy Zone on the Dark Horse website; Dark Horse's B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth — New World, with art from cover to #1; Dark Horse's Conan: Road of Kings, with art from Doug Wheatley's cover to #1; Dark Horse's Hellboy: The Storm, with art from cover to #2; and the online videogame Star Wars: The Old Republic from BioWare and LucasArts.

[Letters Page] (Table of Contents)

Post War / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Scott Allie (signed)

Pencils:

Mike Mignola

Inks:

Mike Mignola

Colors:

Dave Stewart

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Allie provides replies and additional commentary.

Indexer Notes

Letter writers are Tim of Bolton [sic] and Dirk Bauman.
Next Month box has cover detail from #5.

Horsepower! October 2010 (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Patrick Thorpe (signed)

Pencils:

various

Inks:

various

Colors:

various

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Thorpe discusses changes in Dark Horse's Conan series and other Robert E. Howard projects. The monthly hype page also includes Dark Horse masthead and You Love Comics! We Love Comics, Too! entries on cartoonist David Follett and Old West outlaw Billy the Kid.