Hellboy: Weird Tales #6

(December 2003)

Hellboy Weird Tales (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover indicia/credits page.

Command Performance (Table of Contents: 2)

Hellboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Will Pfeifer (credited as Will Pfiefer)

Pencils

P. Craig Russell (credited)

Inks

P. Craig Russell (credited)

Colors

Lovern Kindzierski (credited)

Letters

Galen Showman (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is a bad one...

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense

Characters

Hellboy; André; Hans; Claude; Abraham Sapien; Paul Noury

Synopsis

Hellboy tries to stop a monster theatre troupe from killing their fans.

Reprints

• in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #2 (October 2004)
• in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2014 series) #[nn] (November 2014)
• in Murder Mysteries and Other Stories Gallery Edition (Dark Horse, 2015 series) (October 2015)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

advertisement / 5 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 3 pages (report information)

Friday (Table of Contents: 5)

B.P.R.D. / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Douglas Petrie (credited as Doug Petrie)

Pencils

Gene Colan (signed)

Inks

none ?

Colors

Dave Stewart (credited)

Letters

Michael Heisler (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

B.P.R.D. How can I... Hellboy?

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Elizabeth Sherman; Abraham Sapien

Synopsis

Liz Sherman and Abe Sapien fight with a monster in an aquarium.

Reprints

• in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #2 (October 2004)
• in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2014 series) #[nn] (November 2014)

Indexer Notes

Art looks like it was colourized directly from pencils.

My Vacation in Hell (Table of Contents: 6)

Hellboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Craig Thompson (credited)

Pencils

Craig Thompson (credited)

Inks

Craig Thompson (credited)

Colors

Craig Thompson ?

Letters

Craig Thompson ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I - Fishing expedition on the River Styx.

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense

Characters

Charon; Hellboy; Eternal Custodian of Purgatory; Sexy Angels; Lake of Fire Symphony; Army of Goats; the Legion Swine; Cerberus [as Doggies]; Leviathan

Synopsis

Spoof story about Hellboy taking a vacation in Hell.

Reprints

• in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #2 (October 2004)
• in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2014 series) #[nn] (November 2014)

Indexer Notes

Includes a reference to the Winsor McCay strip "Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend".

Pinup (Table of Contents: 7)

Toybox; Hellboy / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Steve Purcell (painting)

Inks

Steve Purcell (painting)

Colors

Steve Purcell (painting)

Letters

Steve Purcell (signature)

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense

Characters

Hellboy; Ernie; Suda

Synopsis

Colour pinup of Hellboy with characters from Steve Purcell's Toybox strip.

Reprints

• in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #2 (October 2004)
• in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2014 series) #[nn] (November 2014)

Indexer Notes

Title taken from credits page.

Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine Episode 6: (Table of Contents: 8)

Lobster Johnson / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

John Cassaday (credited)

Pencils

John Cassaday (credited)

Inks

John Cassaday (credited)

Colors

Dave Stewart (credited)

Letters

Clem Robins (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

After rescuing his assistant,

Genre

superhero; detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Lobster Johnson

Synopsis

Lobster Johnson and his assistant try to stop the Nazis from escaping with the vibro-destructo machine.

Reprints

• in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #2 (October 2004)
• in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2014 series) #[nn] (November 2014)

Indexer Notes

Title taken from credits page. Sixth episode of a serialized story in the style of a 1930s colour Sunday newspaper adventure strip.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Hellmail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Paul Dale Roberts; Scott Allie; Martin Pierre-Hugues; BethAnn Marsten; Maarten Bouw; Michael Russell

Pencils

Phil Noto

Inks

Phil Noto

Colors

Phil Noto ?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense

Characters

Hellboy

Indexer Notes

Letter column. Includes a preview of the cover art for issue #7 of this series.