BPRD: Hollow Earth [B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth] #1

(January 2002)

B.P.R.D. (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Mike Mignola (clip art)

Inks

Mike Mignola (clip art)

Letters

Lia Ribacchi (design, typography)

Indexer Notes

The inside front cover presents the credits, indicia, logo, and clip art of B.P.R.D. insignia.

Hollow Earth [Part 1] (Table of Contents: 2)

B.P.R.D. / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Mignola (credited); Christopher Golden (credited); Tom Sniegoski (credited)

Pencils

Ryan Sook (credited)

Inks

Ryan Sook (credited); Curtis Arnold

Colors

Dave Stewart (credited)

Letters

Clem Robins (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Ural Mountains, above the Arctic Circle.

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Hellboy (flashback); Johann Kraus (see notes); Liz Sherman; Kate Corrigan; Tom Manning; Abe Sapien; Roger the Homunculus; other B.P.R.D. operatives

Synopsis

Abe Sapien receives a vision of former agent Liz Sherman pleading for help. The BPRD sends a team including new recruit Johann Kraus to her last known whereabouts, a remote arctic monastery.

Reprints

• 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) [Detalle de la pág. 10; viñeta 3], #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)

Indexer Notes

Title from inside front cover. Johann Kraus first appeared in a prologue to this story that ran in Dark Horse Extra (Dark Horse, 1998 series) #42-44, reprinted in the Hollow Earth collection; this is his first appearance in a comic book.

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

Hellmail / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Scott Allie (credited as Scott Stuart Allie)

Pencils

Mike Mignola (next issue cover art clip)

Inks

Mike Mignola (next issue cover art clip)

Colors

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Letters

Lia Ribacchi (layout, typography)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Around the release of this issue, we should be sending out…

Synopsis

Allie provides replies and additional commentary.

Indexer Notes

Letter writers are Chad Woody, Michael Ring, Dietmar Althaus, Paul Dale Roberts, Sacha, Dave Land, Matthew Gunn, and Derek Fridolfs. The Next Issue box has artwork from cover to #2.

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