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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published June 2003
Cover Price $2.99 US
Pages 36
Editing Scott Stuart Allie [as Scott Allie]; Matt Dryer (assistant editor)
Notes illustrates a scene from the sequence 2 story in this issue

Cover Details

Characters Hellboy
Genre occult; horror
Pencils Alexander Maleev [as Alex Maleev]
Inks Alexander Maleev [as Alex Maleev]
Colors Alexander Maleev [as Alex Maleev]
Letters typeset
Notes illustrates a scene from the sequence 2 story in this issue
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #1

1 page Hellboy credits "HELLBOY WEIRD TALES"

Genre occult; horror
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover indicia/credits page

8 page Hellboy story "STILL BORN"

Characters Abraham Sapien; Elizabeth Sherman; Hellboy
Synopsis B.P.R.D. agents try to deal with a monster fetus.
Genre occult; horror
Script Matt Hollingsworth; Alexander Maleev [as Alex Maleev]
Pencils Alexander Maleev [as Alex Maleev]
Inks Alexander Maleev [as Alex Maleev]
Colors Matt Hollingsworth
Letters Galen Showman
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #1

4 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes colour house ads for: B.P.R.D. The Soul of Venice; Criminal Macabre: A Cal McDonald Mystery; Masamune Shirow calendar; Usagi Yojimbo calendar; Hellboy calendar; colour back cover house ad for Goon, The

6 page Hellboy story "DOWNTIME"

Characters Hellboy; Abraham Sapien; Roger; Irving Gremlinski
Synopsis Spoof story about Hellboy having "gremlin trouble" with B.P.R.D. office equipment.
Genre occult; horror
Script Bob Fingerman
Pencils Bob Fingerman
Inks Bob Fingerman
Colors Bob Fingerman ?
Letters Bob Fingerman ?
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #1

1 page Hellboy illustration "HELLBOY versus RASPUTIN"

Characters Hellboy; Grigori Efimovich Rasputin
Synopsis Hellboy fights with Rasputin.
Genre occult; horror
Pencils Galen Showman
Inks Galen Showman
Colors Galen Showman ?
Letters Galen Showman (signature)
Notes title taken from credits page; signed "SHOWMAN 98"
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #1

8 page Hellboy story "FAMILY STORY"

Characters Ilana; Hellboy; Victor; Vanya [as Piglet]
Synopsis Hellboy visits a dysfunctional "haunted" family.
Genre occult; horror
Script Sara Ryan
Pencils Steven Lieber [as Steve Lieber]
Inks Steven Lieber [as Steve Lieber]
Colors Jeff Parker
Letters Steven Lieber [as Steve Lieber]
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #1

1 page Hellboy illustration "HELLBOY AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS"

Characters Hellboy
Synopsis Hellboy meets a Lovecraftian monster in Antarctica.
Genre occult; horror
Pencils William Stout
Inks William Stout
Colors William Stout ?
Letters William Stout ?
Notes title taken from credits page
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #1

2 page Lobster Johnson story "DOC HOLLOW'S GRAND VIBRO-DESTRUCTO MACHINE Episode 3:"

Characters Lobster Johnson
Synopsis Lobster Johnson finds his assistant corseted and in bondage at the villain's secret hideout.
Genre super-hero
Script John Cassaday
Pencils John Cassaday
Inks John Cassaday
Colors Dan Jackson
Letters Dan Jackson
Notes title taken from credits page; third episode of a serialized story in the style of a 1930s colour Sunday newspaper adventure strip
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #2

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "MIKE WANTS YOU!"

Characters Mike Richardson
Pencils Jack Pollock (painting)
Inks Jack Pollock (painting)
Colors Jack Pollock (painting)
Letters typeset
Notes colour house ad for creator submissions; spoof of "Uncle Sam" recruiting poster

1 page Hellboy letters page "hellmail"

Characters Abraham Sapien; Roger
Genre occult; horror
Script Scott Stuart Allie [as Scott Allie]; Adam McGovern; Matt Dunn; Michael Shoykhet
Pencils Guy Davis
Inks Guy Davis
Colors Dave Stewart ?
Letters typeset
Notes letter column; includes a preview for B.P.R.D. Dark Waters

1 page The Magician and the Snake promo (ad from the publisher) "FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION"

Characters Magician; Snake
Genre occult
Script Katie Mignola; William Stout; Michael Avon Oeming [as Mike Avon Oeming]; Alan Moore; Jeph Loeb
Pencils Michael Mignola [as Mike Mignola]
Inks Michael Mignola [as Mike Mignola]
Letters ? (speech balloons); typeset (text)
Notes colour house ad promoting "The Magician and the Snake" for a "Best Short Story" Eisner award; contains one panel from the story and promotional quotes from several creators

1 page Horsepower promo (ad from the publisher) "ULTRAMAN TIGA"

Characters Ultraman
Script Jeremy Barlow
Pencils UDON
Inks UDON
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover promotional editorial for Ultraman Tiga