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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published August 2003
Cover Price $2.99 US
Pages 36
Editing Scott Stuart Allie [as Scott Allie]; Matt Dryer (assistant editor)

Cover Details

Characters Grigori Efimovich Rasputin; Hecate; Hellboy; Abraham Sapien; Dr. Kate Corrigan
Genre occult; horror
Pencils Leinil Francis Yu [signed as digital leinil] (computer art)
Inks Leinil Francis Yu [signed as digital leinil] (computer art)
Colors Leinil Francis Yu [signed as digital leinil] (computer art)
Letters typeset
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

12 page Hellboy story "THE DREAD WITHIN"

Characters Elizabeth Sherman; Abraham Sapien; Hellboy; Herb Apon; Scott Stuart Allie [as Ipswich]
Synopsis Liz Sherman is sent to investigate a demon-possessed house.
Genre occult; horror
Script Jason Pearson
Pencils Jason Pearson
Inks Jason Pearson
Colors Dave Stewart
Letters Michelle Madsen
Notes Editor Scott Allie and his friend Herb Apon appear as B.P.R.D. agents in this story.
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #1

5 page advertisement

Notes ads: The Simpsons trading card game (Wizards of the Coast); Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds video game (Vivendi Universal Games); THE GREAT ESCAPE Interactive Game (SCi Games); BULLETPROOF MONK DVD (MGM); back cover: UNDERWORLD film (Screen Gems)

6 page Hellboy story "ABE SAPIEN STAR of the B.P.R.D"

Characters Hellboy; cave monster of Loch O'Brigadoonsylvania; Tom; Abraham Sapien; Dr. Kate Corrigan; Roger
Synopsis Spoof story where Abe Sapien is the top B.P.R.D. agent.
Genre occult; horror
Script John Arcudi
Pencils Roger Langridge
Inks Roger Langridge
Colors Roger Langridge
Letters Roger Langridge
Notes title on credits page is ABE SAPIEN: STAR OF THE BPRD
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #1

1 page Hellboy illustration "SHRED"

Characters Hellboy
Synopsis Hellboy poses over the corpse of a giant snake.
Genre occult; horror
Pencils Rick Cortes
Inks none ?
Colors Adam Bedore [as Anjin]
Letters Rick Cortes; Anjin (signatures)
Notes title taken from credits page; art looks like it was colourized directly from pencils
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #1

6 page Hellboy story "HAUNTED"

Characters Hellboy
Synopsis Spoof story about Hellboy investigating a haunted house.
Genre occult; horror
Script Tom Sniegoski
Pencils Ovi Nedelcu
Inks Ovi Nedelcu
Colors Ovi Nedelcu; Michelle Madsen
Letters Michael Heisler
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #1

2 page Lobster Johnson story "DOC HOLLOW'S GRAND VIBRO-DESTRUCTO MACHINE Episode 4:"

Characters Crimson Hood; Elmo; Lobster Johnson
Synopsis Lobster Johnson and his assistant confront the Crimson Hood and his Nazi allies.
Genre super-hero
Script John Cassaday
Pencils John Cassaday
Inks John Cassaday
Colors Dan Jackson
Letters Dan Jackson
Notes title taken from credits page; fourth 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 Roger; Elizabeth Sherman
Genre occult; horror
Script Stephen Leverett; Jared Moraitis; Patrick C. Wedge; Scott Stuart Allie [as Scott Allie]
Pencils Scott Kolins
Inks Scott Kolins
Colors Dave Stewart ?
Letters typeset
Notes letter column; includes a preview for B.P.R.D. Night Train

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes inside back cover B&W house ad for Dark Horse horror comics