Hellboy: Wake the Devil #1

(June 1996)

Hellboy 7 (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters

Kevin Nowlan (logo); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset

Indexer Notes

The inside front cover is title page with logo, credits and indicia.

Wake the Devil [Chapter One] (Table of Contents: 2)

Hellboy / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Mignola

Pencils

Mike Mignola

Inks

Mike Mignola

Colors

James Sinclair (guides); Dave Stewart (separations)

Letters

Pat Brosseau; Mike Mignola (see Notes)

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense

Characters

Hellboy; Roderick Zinco (introduction); Leopold Kurtz; Prof. Dr. Karl Ruprect Kroenen; Ilsa Haupstein; Grigori Rasputin (flashback); Vladimir Giurescu (image only; introduction); Hans Ubler [Howard Steinman] (introduction; death); Dr. Tom Manning (see Notes); Dr. Kate Corrigan; Abe Sapien; Liz Sherman; Clark [first name unknown] (introduction); Bud Waller (introduction); Sidney Leach (introduction); Sir Edward Grey (image only; introduction; see Notes); other BPRD personnel [Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense]; Unmensch (introduction; cameo; see Notes)

Synopsis

The base of the recently revived Nazi scientists Kroenen, Haupstein, and Von Krupt in Norway is broached by Roderick Zinco, who tells them of a visitation by Rasputin and pledges the resources of the Zinco Corporation to the renewal of Project Ragna Rok. One year later, a briefing at BPRD headquarters in Fairfield recaps the history of suspected vampire Vladimir Giurescu, his ties to Project Ragna Rok, and the possible abduction of his body from a museum in New York City. Hellboy and five other agents are sent to Romania to locate Castle Giurescu before his body can be reanimated.

Reprints

• in Hellboy - Au nom du diable (Dark Horse France, 1996 ? series) (1996)
• in Hellboy: Despierta al Demonio (NORMA Editorial, 1996 series) (1996)
• in Hellboy (Dark Horse, 1994 series) #[2] - Wake the Devil (May 1997)
which is reprinted
• in Hellboy (Egmont Polska, 2001 series) #[4] - Obudzić diabła ([listopad] 2002)
• in Hellboy (Cross Cult, 2002 series) #2 - Der Teufel erwacht (2002)
• in Hellboy (NORMA Editorial, 2002 series) #[2] - Despierta al Demonio (Junio 2003)
• in Hellboy Library Edition (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 - Seed of Destruction and Wake the Devil (May 2008)
• in Hellboy: Edición Integral (NORMA Editorial, 2011 series) #1 (Enero 2011)
• in Hellboy Kompendium (Cross Cult, 2016 series) #1 (September 2016)
• in Hellboy Omnibus (Dark Horse, 2018 series) #1 - Seed of Destruction (May 2018)

Indexer Notes

Mignola hand-drew some display lettering and balloons. // Tom Manning's first name is given in this issue. Leach and Waller's first names are given in #3. Sir Edward Grey is not the historical figure of the same name; his first physical appearance comes in Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder: In the Service of Angels (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1. The Unmensch is named in the next issue. // Copyright 1996 Michael Mignola per indicia.

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

Hellmail / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Scott Allie

Pencils

Mike Mignola

Inks

Mike Mignola

Colors

James Sinclair

Letters

Cary Grazzini (design); typeset

Indexer Notes

Letter writers are Steve Bissette, Mark Wray, and Magister Peter H. Gilmore of the Church of Satan. // Coming Next Issue box has art from cover to #2; the Sigil of the Church of Satan is also reproduced.

Allie provides replies and additional commentary in "the first-ever Mike Mignola letter column".

Silent as the Grave [Part 1]: "Until the Daybreak, and the Shadows Flee Away" (Table of Contents: 4)

The MonsterMen / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Gary Gianni

Pencils

Gary Gianni

Inks

Gary Gianni

Colors

James Sinclair (guides); Dave Stewart (separations)

Letters

Todd Klein (logo); Sean Konot

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense

Characters

Lawrence St. George (introduction); Julia Adler (introduction); Inspector Lava [full name unknown] (introduction); Sunset Lane (introduction); Crulk (introduction)

Synopsis

The famed macabre moviemaker Lawrence St. George has called Police Inspector Lava to his studio to screen a scene from his latest film, in which a mysterious spectral figure not present in the negatives has appeared. Meanwhile, Julia Adler, star of the film and murder suspect, surfaces after three days on a remote road asking for St. George. The director is then approached, amidst a throng of reporters that includes the intrepid Sunset Lane, by a strange man named Crulk holding a shoebox.

Reprints

• in Corpus Monstrum (Hieronymus Press, 2002 series) #1 (July 2002)

Indexer Notes

The MonsterMen feature, later renamed Corpus Monstrum, debuts with this story. Subtitle is from The Song of Solomon. Lava's name is given in Part 3. // Copyright 1996 Gary Gianni per indicia.

When Strangeness Threatens to Engulf the World, A Strange Man Will Come to Save It (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

[Back Cover] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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