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Issue Details

Issue #7
Published February 2004
Cover Price $2.99 US
Pages 36
Editing Scott Stuart Allie [as Scott Allie]; Matt Dryer (assistant editor)

Cover Details

Characters Hellboy; Elizabeth Sherman; Abraham Sapien
Genre occult; horror
Pencils Phil Noto
Inks Phil Noto
Colors Phil Noto ?
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #2

1 page Hellboy credits "HELLBOY WEIRD TALES"

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

8 page Hellboy story "A LOVE STORY"

Characters Hellboy; Trevor Bruttenholm
Synopsis Hellboy investigates a haunted World War II plane.
Genre occult; horror
Script Tommy Lee Edwards
Pencils Don Cameron ?; Tommy Lee Edwards ?
Inks Don Cameron ?; Tommy Lee Edwards ?
Colors Don Cameron ?; Tommy Lee Edwards ?
Letters John Workman
Notes art credits do not give any details about who did pencils, inks or colours
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #2

8 page Hellboy story "THEATRE OF THE DEAD"

Characters Abraham Sapien; Hellboy
Synopsis Abe Sapien & Hellboy take a break from fighting with Nazis and fight with some zombie gangsters instead.
Genre occult; horror
Script James Pascoe [as Jim Pascoe]; Tom Fassbender
Pencils Simeon Wilkins
Inks Simeon Wilkins
Colors David Self
Letters Annie Parkhouse
Notes title on credits page is THEATER OF THE DEAD
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #2

3 page advertisement

Notes ads: Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Nintendo GameCube game (SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.); Hellboy Official Movie Souvenir Magazine (Titan Magazines); back cover: Hellboy movie (Columbia Pictures)

10 page B.P.R.D. story "long distance caller"

Characters Johann Kraus; Dr. Kate Corrigan
Synopsis Johann Kraus tries to stop an alien from taking over a S.E.T.I. station.
Genre occult; horror
Script Kevin Walker [as Kev Walker]
Pencils Kevin Walker [as Kev Walker]
Inks Kevin Walker [as Kev Walker]
Colors Kevin Walker [as Kev Walker] ?
Letters Michael Heisler
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #2

1 page Hellboy illustration "PINUP"

Characters Hellboy
Synopsis Colour pinup of Hellboy with bats.
Genre occult; horror
Pencils Dave Stevens
Inks Dave Stevens
Colors Dave Stewart
Letters Dave Stevens (signature)
Notes title taken from credits page
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #2

2 page Lobster Johnson story "DOC HOLLOW'S GRAND VIBRO-DESTRUCTO MACHINE Episode 7:"

Characters Lobster Johnson; Doc Hollow
Synopsis Doc Hollow tries to stop his vibro-destructo machine from overloading.
Genre super-hero
Script John Cassaday
Pencils John Cassaday
Inks John Cassaday
Colors Nick Derington
Letters Jason Hvam
Notes title taken from credits page; seventh 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 Hellboy letters page "hellmail"

Characters Abraham Sapien; Johann Kraus; Elizabeth Sherman; Roger
Genre occult; horror
Script Charles J. Sperling; Scott Stuart Allie [as Scott Allie]
Pencils Guy Davis
Inks Guy Davis
Colors Dave Stewart ?
Letters typeset
Notes letter column; includes a preview for B.P.R.D. , Plague of Frogs and a contest to identify all of the references in Charles J. Sperling's letter

1 page Hellboy promo (ad from the publisher) "HELLBoY"

Characters Hellboy; Grigori Efimovich Rasputin; Elihu Cavendish; Lobster Johnson; Roger
Genre occult; horror
Pencils Michael Mignola [as Mike Mignola]
Inks Michael Mignola [as Mike Mignola]
Letters Kevin Nowlan (Hellboy logo); typeset (text)
Notes inside back cover B&W house ad for Hellboy trade paperbacks; illustrated with B&W versions of the cover art for HELLBOY : SEED OF DESTRUCTION and HELLBOY: CONQUEROR WORM