(February 2004)

Dark Horse, 2003 Series
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Price
2.99 USD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Brand
Dark Horse Comics [facing left]
Barcode
761568113297 00711
Editing
Scott Allie (credited) (editor); Matt Dryer (credited) (assistant editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hellboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Phil Noto
Inks
Phil Noto
Colors
Phil Noto
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure; horror-suspense
Characters
Hellboy; Elizabeth Sherman; Abraham Sapien
Reprints

Hellboy Weird Tales (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover indicia/credits page.

A Love Story (Table of Contents: 2)

Hellboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Tommy Lee Edwards (credited)
Pencils
Tommy Lee Edwards (credited)
Inks
Tommy Lee Edwards (credited)
Colors
Tommy Lee Edwards (credited)
Letters
John Workman (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
1964... The new BPRD HQ...
Genre
adventure; horror-suspense
Characters
Hellboy; Trevor Bruttenholm
Synopsis
Hellboy investigates a haunted World War II plane.
Reprints

Theatre of the Dead (Table of Contents: 3)

Hellboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Pascoe (credited); Tom Fassbender (credited)
Pencils
Simeon Wilkins (credited)
Inks
Simeon Wilkins (credited)
Colors
David Self (credited)
Letters
Annie Parkhouse (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I will not be defeated so easily, Hellboy!
Genre
adventure; horror-suspense
Characters
Abraham Sapien; Hellboy
Synopsis
Abe Sapien & Hellboy take a break from fighting with Nazis and fight with some zombie gangsters instead.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Title on credits page is THEATER OF THE DEAD.

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

advertisement / 3 pages (report information)

Long Distance Caller (Table of Contents: 5)

B.P.R.D. / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Kevin Walker (credited as Kev Walker)
Pencils
Kevin Walker (credited as Kev Walker)
Inks
Kevin Walker (credited as Kev Walker)
Colors
Kevin Walker ?
Letters
Michael Heisler (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense Headquarters, Fairfield, CT.
Genre
adventure; horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Johann Kraus; Dr. Kate Corrigan
Synopsis
Johann Kraus tries to stop an alien from taking over a S.E.T.I. station.
Reprints

Pinup (Table of Contents: 6)

Hellboy / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave Stevens
Inks
Dave Stevens
Colors
Dave Stewart
Letters
Dave Stevens (signature)

Genre
adventure; horror-suspense
Characters
Hellboy
Synopsis
Colour pinup of Hellboy with bats.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Title taken from credits page.

Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine Episode 7: (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
John Cassaday (credited)
Pencils
John Cassaday (credited)
Inks
John Cassaday (credited)
Colors
Nick Derington
Letters
Jason Hvam

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Lobster Johnson and his assistant are caught in a Frantic gunfight with a gang of nefarious Nazi agents
Genre
superhero; detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Lobster Johnson; Doc Hollow
Synopsis
Doc Hollow tries to stop his vibro-destructo machine from overloading.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Hellmail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Scott Allie; Charles J. Sperling
Pencils
Guy Davis
Inks
Guy Davis
Colors
Dave Stewart ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure; horror-suspense
Characters
Abraham Sapien; Johann Kraus; Elizabeth Sherman; Roger

Indexer Notes

Letter column. Includes a preview for B.P.R.D., Plague of Frogs and a contest to identify all of the references in Charles J. Sperling's letter.

Hellboy (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Hellboy
  2. 1. Hellboy Weird Tales
  3. 2. A Love Story
    Hellboy
  4. 3. Theatre of the Dead
    Hellboy
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. Long Distance Caller
    B.P.R.D.
  7. 6. Pinup
    Hellboy
  8. 7. Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine Episode 7:
    Lobster Johnson
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Hellmail
  10. 9. Hellboy
    Hellboy
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