(March 1998)
Dark Horse,
1998 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 2.95 USD; 4.15 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1998-03-04
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dark Horse Comics
- Brand
-
Dark Horse Comics [facing left]
- Barcode
- 761568975956 00111
- Editing
- Scott Allie (credited) (editor); Mike Mignola (credited) (designer); Cary Grazzini (credited) (designer); Mike Richardson (credited) (publisher)
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Modern Age U. S.
- Paper Stock
- Glossy cover; Glossy interior
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- One-Shot
Issue Notes
Per indicia: Copyright 1998 Michael Mignola. Printed in Canada.
One-shot with Abe Sapien lead story and Hellboy backup. First in-continuity Hellboy spinoff. "A Weird Tale of the South Seas" on cover below subtitle. Collected in B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth & Other Stories (Dark Horse, 2004 series) #1.
One-shot with Abe Sapien lead story and Hellboy backup. First in-continuity Hellboy spinoff. "A Weird Tale of the South Seas" on cover below subtitle. Collected in B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth & Other Stories (Dark Horse, 2004 series) #1.
[Front Cover]
Abe Sapien; Hellboy / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Mike Mignola (credited) (signed as
M [squared]) - Inks
- Mike Mignola (credited) (signed as M [squared])
- Colors
- Mike Mignola (credited) (signed as M [squared])
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure; horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Hellboy (inset); Abe Sapien [Langdon Everett Caul]
- Reprints
-
in Hellboy: Baba Yaga y Otros Relatos (NORMA Editorial, 1999 series) (Septiembre 1999) - 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.U.A.P. (Cross Cult, 2005 series) #1 - Hohle Erde (November 2005) - in B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #1 (February 2011)
- in B.P.R.D. Omnibus (Dark Horse, 2022 series) #1 (July 2022)
-
[Credits]
credits, title page / 1 page
- 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
- Script
- Brian McDonald (credited)
- Pencils
- Derek Thompson (credited)
- Inks
- Derek Thompson (credited)
- Colors
- James Sinclair (credited) (guides); Dave Stewart (credited) (separations); Michelle Madsen (credited) (separations)
- Letters
- Pat Brosseau (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It always starts with sharks.
- Genre
- adventure; horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense: Tom Manning; Abe Sapien
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 Hellboy: Baba Yaga y Otros Relatos (NORMA Editorial, 1999 series) (Septiembre 1999)
- 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.U.A.P. (Cross Cult, 2005 series) #1 - Hohle Erde (November 2005)
- in B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #1 (February 2011)
- in B.P.R.D. Omnibus (Dark Horse, 2022 series) #1 (July 2022)
-
- Keywords
- Bahamas; Connecticut; Fairfield; Polaris
Indexer Notes
Title from inside front cover.
Heads
Hellboy / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Mike Mignola (credited)
- Pencils
- Mike Mignola (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Mignola (credited)
- Colors
- Dave Stewart (credited) (guides, separations); Michelle Madsen (credited) (separations)
- Letters
- Pat Brosseau (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In Kyoto there is a house where something terrible happened...
- Genre
- adventure; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Hellboy
- Synopsis
- Hellboy outwits Japanese demons one night in Kyoto.
- Reprints
- in Hellboy: Baba Yaga y Otros Relatos (NORMA Editorial, 1999 series) (Septiembre 1999)
- in Hellboy (Dark Horse, 1994 series) #[4] - The Right Hand of Doom (April 2000) which is reprinted
-
in Hellboy (Egmont Polska, 2001 series) #[6] - Prawa ręka zniszczenia ([czerwiec] 2003) - in Hellboy (Cross Cult, 2002 series) #5 - Die rechte Hand des Schicksals (2004)
- in Hellboy Library Edition (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 - The Chained Coffin and The Right Hand of Doom (October 2008)
- in Hellboy: Edición Integral (NORMA Editorial, 2011 series) #1 (Enero 2011)
-
- Keywords
- 1967; Japan; Kyoto
[Back Cover]
Abe Sapien / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Mike Mignola (signed)
- Inks
- Mike Mignola (signed)
- Letters
- Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design)
- Genre
- adventure; horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Abe Sapien [Langdon Everett Caul]
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
[Front Cover]
Abe Sapien; Hellboy -
1.
[Credits]
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2.
Drums of the Dead
Abe Sapien -
3.
Heads
Hellboy -
4.
Coming in August
Hellboy -
5.
[Back Cover]
Abe Sapien
This issue was modified by, among others
- Mark Gordon
- Michael Hoskin
- Brian Saner Lamken
- Mark Q
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- Patrick Wood
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