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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published October 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; Emma Granger; Goatman
Genre occult; horror
Pencils J.H. Williams III [credited as JH Williams III] (painting)
Inks J.H. Williams III [credited as JH Williams III] (painting)
Colors J.H. Williams III [credited as JH Williams III] (painting)
Letters typeset
Notes illustrates a scene from the sequence 2 story in this issue
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 "LOVE IS SCARIER THAN DEATH"

Characters Emma Granger; Hellboy; Goatman
Synopsis An FBI agent tries to convince Hellboy to help her lure a monster that only attacks couples making out in the back seat of a car.
Genre occult; horror
Script J.H. Williams III [credited as JH Williams III] (story); Haden Blackman
Pencils J.H. Williams III [credited as JH Williams III] (painting)
Inks J.H. Williams III [credited as JH Williams III] (painting)
Colors J.H. Williams III [credited as JH Williams III] (painting)
Letters Todd Klein
Notes title on credits page is LOVE IS SCARIER THAN MONSTERS
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #2

4 page advertisement

Notes ads: The Simpsons trading card game (Wizards of the Coast); Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds video game (Vivendi Universal Games); Las Vegas Comic-Con; back cover: Soulcalibur II Xbox game (Namco)

8 page Hellboy story "CooL YouR HEAD"

Characters Hellboy
Synopsis Hellboy goes on a camping trip.
Genre occult; horror
Script Scott Morse
Pencils Scott Morse (painting)
Inks Scott Morse (painting)
Colors Scott Morse (painting)
Letters Scott Morse ?
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #2

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes October 2003 Dark Horse shipping list

8 page Hellboy story "SHATTERED"

Characters Hellboy; Darko; Unmensch; Grigori Efimovich Rasputin; General Klaus Werner von Krupt; Ilsa Haupstein; Hecate; Sadu-Hem; Leopold Kurtz; Vladimir Giurescu; Ualac; Ann Hatch; Mr. Lu; Kriegaffe # 10; Roger; William Grenier; Abraham Sapien; Trevor Bruttenholm
Synopsis Hellboy tries to recover a Maya time-controlling artefact.
Genre occult; horror
Script Ron Marz
Pencils Jim Starlin
Inks Jim Starlin
Colors Dave Stewart
Letters Michelle Madsen
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #2

1 page Hellboy illustration "PINUP"

Characters Hellboy; Mr. Lu
Synopsis Hellboy fights with some Japanese floating heads.
Genre occult; horror
Pencils Cameron Stewart
Inks Cameron Stewart
Colors Cameron Stewart ?
Letters Cameron Stewart (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 5:"

Characters Crimson Hood; Lobster Johnson; Elmo; Doc Hollow
Synopsis Lobster Johnson and his assistant find out the true identity of the Crimson Hood.
Genre super-hero
Script John Cassaday
Pencils John Cassaday
Inks John Cassaday
Colors Nick Derington [miscredited as Nick Derrington]
Letters Jason Hvam
Notes title taken from credits page; fifth 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
Genre occult; horror
Script Jared Moraitis; Paul Prischman; Scott Stuart Allie [as Scott Allie]; Neil Hill
Pencils Adam Pollina
Inks Adam Pollina ?
Colors Dave Stewart
Letters typeset
Notes letter column; includes a preview for B.P.R.D. There's Something Under My Bed

1 page Horsepower promo (ad from the publisher) "drawing on your NIGHTMARES"

Characters Hellboy
Script Scott Stuart Allie [as Scott Allie]
Pencils Michael Mignola [as Mike Mignola] (signed)
Inks Michael Mignola [as Mike Mignola] (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover promotional editorial for Dark Horse horror comics