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Issue Details

Issue #[nn]
Published March 1998
Cover Price 2.95 USD; 4.15 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Scott Allie
Notes Per indicia: Copyright 1998 Michael Mignola. Printed in Canada.

Cover Details - "Front Cover"

Characters Abe Sapien; Hellboy (inset)
Genre Occult; Adventure
Pencils Mike Mignola (signed)
Inks Mike Mignola (signed)
Colors Dave Stewart
Letters Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset
Reprinted in Hellboy Christmas Special (Dark Horse, 1997 series) #[nn] [with altered typography]; in BPRD: Hollow Earth and Other Stories (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #[nn]; in B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth & Other Stories (Dark Horse, 2004 series) #1

1 page credits "Credits"

Pencils Mike Mignola
Inks Mike Mignola
Letters Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset
Notes The inside front cover has logo, credits, and indicia with fish skeleton from back cover.

22 page Abe Sapien story "Drums of the Dead"

Characters Abe Sapien; Tom Manning; Garrett Omatta (introduction)
Synopsis Abe Sapien and psychic Garrett Omatta are sent by the B.P.R.D. to investigate shark attacks and apparent possession aboard a ship that travels an old slave-trade route.
Genre Occult; Adventure
Script Brian McDonald
Pencils Derek Thompson
Inks Derek Thompson
Colors James Sinclair (guides); Dave Stewart (separations); Michelle Madsen (separations)
Letters Pat Brosseau
Notes Title from inside front cover. Story begins: "It always starts with sharks."
Reprinted in BPRD: Hollow Earth and Other Stories (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #[nn]; in B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth & Other Stories (Dark Horse, 2004 series) #1

10 page Hellboy story "Heads"

Characters Hellboy
Synopsis Hellboy outwits Japanese demons one night in Kyoto.
Genre Occult; Adventure
Script Mike Mignola
Pencils Mike Mignola
Inks Mike Mignola
Colors Dave Stewart (guides, separations); Michelle Madsen (separations)
Letters Pat Brosseau
Reprinted in Hellboy (Dark Horse, 1994 series) #4 -The Right Hand of Doom; in Hellboy: The Chained Coffin and The Right Hand of Doom (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #[nn] [second Hellboy Library Edition]

1 page Hellboy promo (ad from the publisher) "Coming in August"

Characters Hellboy
Genre Occult; Adventure
Pencils Mike Mignola
Inks Mike Mignola
Letters Kevin Nowlan (logo); Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset
Notes The inside back cover promotes the upcoming Hellboy: The Chained Coffin and Others trade paperback.
Reprinted from Hellboy: The Chained Coffin and Others (Dark Horse, 1998 series) #[nn] (August 1998) [as preview]

1 page Abe Sapien illustration "Back Cover"

Characters Abe Sapien
Genre Occult; Adventure
Pencils Mike Mignola (signed)
Inks Mike Mignola (signed)
Letters Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design)