Hellboy: Weird Tales #8

(April 2004)

Hellboy Weird Tales (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover indicia/credits page.

Fifteen Minutes... (Table of Contents: 2)

Hellboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Jill Thompson (credited)

Pencils

Jill Thompson (credited) (painting)

Inks

Jill Thompson (credited) (painting)

Colors

Jill Thompson (credited) (painting)

Letters

Jill Thompson ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

No need to grab...

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense

Characters

Hellboy

Synopsis

Spoof story about the "atmosphere" of Hellboy stories.

Reprints

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

Toy Soldier (Table of Contents: 3)

Hellboy / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

C. B. Cebulski (credited as Akira Yoshida); 麻宮騎亜 (credited as Kia Asamiya)

Pencils

麻宮騎亜 (credited as Kia Asamiya)

Inks

麻宮騎亜 (credited as Kia Asamiya)

Colors

Dave Stewart (credited)

Letters

Clem Robins (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Toys?

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense

Characters

Hellboy; Sasaki-san; giant robot spoof; Gojira [Godzilla] spoof; Sailor Sunshine [Sailor Moon spoof]

Synopsis

Hellboy investigates a Japanese toy manufacturer's warehouse that is haunted by the ghosts of children.

Reprints

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

Professional Help (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Sarah Dyer (credited) (dialogue assist); Evan Dorkin (credited)

Pencils

Evan Dorkin (credited)

Inks

Evan Dorkin (credited)

Colors

Sarah Dyer (credited)

Letters

Evan Dorkin ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I appreciate your seeing me on such short notice, Doctor Ramsey.

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Roger; Izzy Kemper; Didrik Billerbeck [Morthvargr]; Dr. Andersson; Oddvar; Hymir

Synopsis

Roger talks with a "therapist" about one of his missions.

Reprints

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

Pin-Up (Table of Contents: 5)

Hellboy / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gary Fields

Inks

Gary Fields

Colors

Michelle Madsen

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense

Characters

Hellboy

Synopsis

Hellboy fights with some "funny animal" monsters.

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 8: (Table of Contents: 6)

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

During a violent gunfight between Lobster Johnson and a gang of devilish Nazi hoods,

Genre

superhero; detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Lobster Johnson

Synopsis

Lobster Johnson and his assistant try to escape from a collapsing mansion.

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. Final episode of a serialized story in the style of a 1930s colour Sunday newspaper adventure strip.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Hellmail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Paul Dale Roberts; Scott Allie; Fat Matt; Gary Sella

Pencils

Guy Davis

Inks

Guy Davis

Colors

Dave Stewart ?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense

Characters

Abe Sapien; Liz Sherman

Indexer Notes

Letter column; includes a preview for B.P.R.D., Plague of Frogs.

Hellboy (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

Praga (Table of Contents: 9)

Hellboy / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Lee Bermejo

Inks

Lee Bermejo

Colors

Dave Stewart

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense

Characters

Hellboy; Rabbi Yehuda Loew

Synopsis

Hellboy fights with a golem.

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

4 panels of art