Hellboy: Seed of Destruction

(June 2008)

[Front Endpapers] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 3 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

The inside front cover and first two interior pages are solid black.

Seed of Destruction (Table of Contents: 2)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Mike Mignola (signed)

Inks

Mike Mignola (signed)

Letters

Kevin Nowlan (logo); Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design)

Indexer Notes

A half-title with logo and spot illustration of frog follows the endpapers.

[Frontispiece] (Table of Contents: 3)

Hellboy / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Mike Mignola

Inks

Mike Mignola

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense

Characters

Hellboy

Reprints

• from Hellboy (Dark Horse, 1994 series) #[1] - Seed of Destruction [Second Printing; First Cover] (June 1997)

[Title, Credits, & Indicia] (Table of Contents: 4)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Letters

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

Introduction (Table of Contents: 5)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Scott Allie

Letters

Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset

Indexer Notes

Introduction is unique to this custom hardcover and replaces Robert Bloch's from previous editions.

[Dedication] (Table of Contents: 6)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mike Mignola

Letters

Cary Grazzini (design); typeset

Indexer Notes

"For Jack Kirby, H. P. Lovecraft, my lovely wife, Christine, and the amazing Elmer Newton."

Chapter One [Title] (Table of Contents: 7)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Mike Mignola

Inks

Mike Mignola

Letters

Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset

[Seed of Destruction #1 Cover] (Table of Contents: 8)

Hellboy / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Mike Mignola (signed) (main); Arthur Adams (inset)

Inks

Arthur Adams (inset); Mike Mignola (signed) (main)

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Hellboy; Monkeyman [Axwell Tiberius] (inset); Ann O'Brien (inset)

Reprints

• from Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (Dark Horse, 1994 series) #1 (March 1994) [art only, uncolored]

[Seed of Destruction] Chapter One (Table of Contents: 9)

Hellboy / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Mignola (plot); John Byrne (words)

Pencils

Mike Mignola

Inks

Mike Mignola

Colors

Mark Chiarello

Letters

John Byrne; Mike Mignola (see Notes)

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense

Characters

Trevor Bruttenholm (introduction); Cynthia Eden-Jones (introduction); Malcolm Frost (introduction); Ilsa Haupstein (introduction); Hellboy (part origin); Karl Ruprect Kroenen (introduction); Leopold Kurtz (introduction); Tom Manning (introduction); Grigori Rasputin (first appearance in Hellboy series); Torch of Liberty; Klaus Werner von Krupt (introduction); 1st Sgt. George Whitman (introduction); Sven Olafsen (introduction; cameo; flashback); Emma Cavendish (introduction)

Synopsis

1944: In East Bromwich, England, specialists from the British Paranormal Society have gathered at church ruins where Lady Cynthia Eden-Jones has sensed a disturbance in the ether. When a demon child appears in an explosion of flame, Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm dubs it Hellboy. 1994: Bruttenholm tells Hellboy about his recent expedition to the Arctic. Frogs then swarm into the office and Bruttenholm retreats from the room only to crash back into it dead. Hellboy battles and kills the froglike beast, then calls the head office of the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense.

Reprints

• from Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (Dark Horse, 1994 series) #1 (March 1994)

Indexer Notes

Mignola drew balloons and sound effects; Byrne lettered the dialogue with font based on his hand lettering. Neither is credited. // The Nazi officers are identified on the final page of the chapter, presented as a dossier on Project Ragna Rok. Manning's first name is revealed in a future storyline. Emma Cavendish's identity is revealed next chapter. // Hellboy first appeared in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2, reprinted in other editions of this book, and was seen in John Byrne's Next Men #21 as a fictional character a few months before the Seed of Destruction miniseries was released.

An African Myth about a Frog (Table of Contents: 10)

Frogs / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mike Mignola

Pencils

Mike Mignola

Inks

Mike Mignola

Colors

Cary Grazzini ?

Letters

Cary Grazzini (design); typeset

Genre

animal

Reprints

• from Hellboy (Dark Horse, 1994 series) #[1] - Seed of Destruction (October 1994)

Keywords

folklore

Chapter Two [Title] (Table of Contents: 11)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Mike Mignola

Inks

Mike Mignola

Letters

Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset

Seed of Destruction #2 Cover (Table of Contents: 12)

Hellboy / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Mike Mignola (signed) (main); Arthur Adams (inset)

Inks

Arthur Adams (inset); Mike Mignola (signed) (main)

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Hellboy; Monkeyman [Axwell Tiberius] (inset); Ann O'Brien (inset)

Reprints

• from Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (Dark Horse, 1994 series) #2 (April 1994) [art only, uncolored]

[Seed of Destruction] Chapter Two (Table of Contents: 13)

Hellboy / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Mignola (plot); John Byrne (words)

Pencils

Mike Mignola

Inks

Mike Mignola

Colors

Mark Chiarello

Letters

John Byrne; Mike Mignola (see Notes)

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense

Characters

Hellboy; Grigori Rasputin; Abe Sapien [Langdon Everett Caul] (introduction; part origin); Liz Sherman (introduction); Emma Cavendish (death); Elihu Cavendish (introduction; cameo; flashback); Sven Olafsen; Sadu-Hem (introduction)

Synopsis

Hellboy arrives at Cavendish Hall, to find out more about the Arctic expedition, with two fellow BPRD Agents -- the pyrokinetic Liz Sherman and amphibious humanoid Abe Sapien. The trio interviews the family matriarch, after which Abe investigates underwater, Liz disappears, and Hellboy battles another frog creature before being confronted by Rasputin.

Reprints

• from Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (Dark Horse, 1994 series) #2 (April 1994)

Indexer Notes

Mignola drew balloons and sound effects; Byrne lettered the dialogue with font based on his hand lettering. Neither is credited. // Sadu-Hem is named in the next chapter.

Chapter Three [Title] (Table of Contents: 14)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Mike Mignola

Inks

Mike Mignola

Letters

Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset

[Seed of Destruction #3 Cover] (Table of Contents: 15)

Hellboy / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Mike Mignola (signed) (main); Arthur Adams (inset)

Inks

Arthur Adams (inset); Mike Mignola (signed) (main)

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Hellboy; Monkeyman [Axwell Tiberius] (inset); Ann O'Brien (inset); Grigori Rasputin

Reprints

• from Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (Dark Horse, 1994 series) #3 (May 1994) [art only, uncolored]

[Seed of Destruction] Chapter Three (Table of Contents: 16)

Hellboy / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Mignola (plot); John Byrne (words)

Pencils

Mike Mignola

Inks

Mike Mignola

Colors

Mark Chiarello

Letters

John Byrne; Mike Mignola (see Notes)

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense

Characters

Trevor Bruttenholm (flashback) (cameo); Ilsa Haupstein (flashback) (cameo); Hellboy; Karl Ruprect Kroenen (flashback) (cameo); Grigori Rasputin; Abe Sapien [Langdon Everett Caul]; Liz Sherman; Herman von Klempt (flashback) (cameo); Klaus Werner von Krupt (flashback) (cameo); Ogdru-Jahad [the Dragon; Seven Beasts] [Adad-Jahad; Amon-Jahad; Belili-Jahad; Irra-Jahad; Namrat-Jahad; Nergal-Jahad; Nunn-Jahad] (image; introduction); Sven Olafsen (transformed); Elihu Cavendish (cameo); Kriegaffe (cameo; flashback); Sadu-Hem

Synopsis

Rasputin tells Hellboy of how after his reported death he was eventually approached by the Nazis and collaborated on Project Ragna Rok, bringing Hellboy into the world and retiring again until he heard the voices of the Ogdru-Jahad calling him to the Arctic.

Reprints

• from Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (Dark Horse, 1994 series) #3 (May 1994)

Indexer Notes

Mignola drew balloons and sound effects; Byrne lettered the dialogue with font based on his hand lettering. Neither is credited. // Herman von Klempt and the Kriegaffe first appeared in the insert bound into Comics Buyer's Guide #1070, reprinted in other editions of this book.

Chapter Four [Title] (Table of Contents: 17)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Mike Mignola

Inks

Mike Mignola

Letters

Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset

[Seed of Destruction #4 Cover] (Table of Contents: 18)

Hellboy / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Mike Mignola (signed) (main); Arthur Adams (inset)

Inks

Arthur Adams (inset); Mike Mignola (signed) (main)

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Hellboy; Monkeyman [Axwell Tiberius] (inset); Ann O'Brien (inset); Grigori Rasputin

Reprints

• from Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (Dark Horse, 1994 series) #4 (June 1994) [art only, uncolored]

[Seed of Destruction] Chapter Four (Table of Contents: 19)

Hellboy / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Mignola (plot); John Byrne (words)

Pencils

Mike Mignola

Inks

Mike Mignola

Colors

Mark Chiarello

Letters

John Byrne; Mike Mignola (see Notes)

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense

Characters

Ilsa Haupstein (cameo); Hellboy; Karl Ruprect Kroenen (cameo); Grigori Rasputin (destruction of physical form); Abe Sapien [Langdon Everett Caul]; Liz Sherman; Klaus Werner von Krupt (cameo); Sadu-Hem; Sven Olafsen (death); Ogdru-Jahad [the Dragon; Seven Beasts] [Adad-Jahad; Amon-Jahad; Belili-Jahad; Irra-Jahad; Namrat-Jahad; Nergal-Jahad; Nunn-Jahad]; Elihu Cavendish

Synopsis

Liz's energy is drained by Rasputin to channel through Sadu-Hem and free the Ogdru-Jahad as Hellboy battles the frog creature's numbing hold. An untold distance away, the assault on the Seven Beasts' tombs is being incredulously monitored by an alien race. While Abe, spurred on by the spirit of Elihu Cavendish, mortally wounds Rasputin and Liz's power proves too much for him to contain, it falls to Hellboy to face the wizard in final battle.

Reprints

• from Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (Dark Horse, 1994 series) #4 (June 1994)

Indexer Notes

Mignola drew balloons and sound effects; Byrne lettered the dialogue with font based on his hand lettering. Neither is credited. // The overarching storyline continues in Hellboy: Wake the Devil (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #1 (June 1996) and collected editions of same.

PVC Designs (Table of Contents: 20)

Hellboy / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Scott Allie ? (caption); Mike Mignola (notes)

Pencils

Mike Mignola

Inks

Mike Mignola

Colors

Mike Mignola

Letters

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

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Hellboy (early versions)

Indexer Notes

Mignola's model drawings and notes for the PVC figure are reproduced.

Hellboy [Backlist] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

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

[Back Endpapers] (Table of Contents: 22)

blank page(s) / 3 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

The last two interior pages and inside back cover are solid black.

[Back Cover] (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

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