Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain #1 [Variant Cover]

(June 2010)

[Title Page] (Table of Contents)

credits / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Peter Snejbjerg

Inks:

Peter Snejbjerg

Letters:

Amy Arendts (design); typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Abe Sapien

Indexer Notes

The inside front cover has title, credits, and indicia with spot illustration.

The Abyssal Plain [Part 1] (Table of Contents)

Abe Sapien / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike Mignola; John Arcudi

Pencils:

Peter Snejbjerg

Inks:

Peter Snejbjerg

Colors:

Dave Stewart

Letters:

Clem Robins

Content Information

Genre:

Occult; Adventure

Characters:

Abe Sapien; Iosif; Sal Tasso; Ugo Melchiorre (flashback); Capt. Sullivan

Synopsis:

1948: A Russian submarine carrying special cargo is lost under the Norwegian Sea.
1984: BPRD agents on a salvage ship arrive at the wreckage. Abe Sapien explains that it's thought to contain a helmet known as Melchiorre's Burgonet -- dating to the reign of Pope Clement VII and taken by the Soviets from the Nazis' store of occult relics after World War II.

Reprints:

• in Abe Sapien (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 - The Devil Does Not Jest and Other Stories (May 2012)

Indexer Notes

Story title from inside from cover. It begins: "I suppose what it is that I'm trying to say, Polina..."

[Advertisements] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

various

Pencils:

various

Inks:

various

Colors:

various

Letters:

various

Indexer Notes

Pgs. 9, 10, 17, 18, 31, & 32 of the publication contain advertisements for, respectively, the videogame Mass Effect 2 from Electronic Arts, the Janet Evanovich novels Metro Girl and Motor Mouth from HarperCollins Publishers, the Evanovich hardcover Wicked Appetite from St. Martin's Press, the magazine Dark Discoveries, the Hero Initiative limited edition of The Overstreet Comic-Book Price Guide #40 from Gemstone Publishing, and the videogame Dead to Rights: Retribution from Namco Bandai Games.

[Letters Page] (Table of Contents)

Hellmail / 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 David Bird and Alexis Rasimowicz.
Next Month box has cover detail from Baltimore: The Plague Ships (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1.

Horsepower! June 2010 (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jim Shooter; ?

Pencils:

Michael Komarck (Solar); ? (photos)

Inks:

Michael Komarck (Solar); ? (photos)

Colors:

Michael Komarck (Solar); ? (photos)

Letters:

? (design); typeset

Indexer Notes

Shooter talks about his childhood love of science and comics in the essay "Growing Up Solar" with detail from cover to Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1. Page also includes Dark Horse Comics masthead and "You Love Comics! We Love Comics, Too!" entries on colorist Wes Dzioba and retailer / con organizer Jim Demonakos.