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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published February 2003
Cover Price $2.99 US
Pages 36
Editing Scott Stuart Allie [as Scott Allie]; Matt Dryer (assistant editor)
Notes art looks like it was colourized directly from pencils

Cover Details

Characters Lobster Johnson; Abraham Sapien; Hellboy; Elizabeth Sherman; Roger
Genre occult; horror
Pencils John Cassaday
Inks none ?
Colors Dan Jackson
Letters Kevin Nowlan (Hellboy logo); ? (Weird Tales logo)
Notes art looks like it was colourized directly from pencils
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

10 page Hellboy story "Big-Top-Hell-Boy"

Characters Elizabeth Sherman; Abraham Sapien; Hellboy
Synopsis B.P.R.D. agents try to deal with a ghost circus.
Genre occult; horror
Script John Cassaday
Pencils John Cassaday
Inks none ?
Colors Dan Jackson
Letters Dan Jackson
Notes title on credits page is BIG-TOP HELLBOY; art looks like it was colourized directly from pencils
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #1

3 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes colour house ads for Dark Horse horror comics & Blackburne Covenant; March 2003 Dark Horse shipping list

1 page Hellboy illustration "SUGAR-COATED WIRE"

Characters Professor Doctor Karl Ruprect Kroenen
Synopsis Colour pinup of Dr. Kroenen and a giant robot.
Genre occult; horror
Pencils TyRuben Ellingson
Inks TyRuben Ellingson
Colors TyRuben Ellingson ?
Notes title taken from credits page
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #1

7 page Hellboy story "Party Pooper"

Characters Hellboy; Dr. Kate Corrigan; Elizabeth Sherman; Abraham Sapien; Roger; Grigori Efimovich Rasputin
Synopsis Hellboy spends a day at the Boardwalk, then has pancakes later.
Genre occult; horror
Script Andi Watson
Pencils Andi Watson
Inks Andi Watson
Colors Andi Watson ?
Letters Andi Watson ?
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #1

8 page Hellboy story "The Children of the Black Mound"

Characters Baba Yaga; Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili [before he became Joseph Stalin]; Maria; Father Fadeev
Synopsis A Georgian seminary student tries to stop Baba Yaga from preying on children.
Genre occult; horror
Script Fabian Nicieza
Pencils Stefano Raffaele
Inks Stefano Raffaele
Colors Elena Sanjust
Letters Michael Heisler
Notes title on credits page is CHILDREN OF THE BLACK MOUND
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #1

2 page Lobster Johnson story "DOC HOLLOW'S GRAND VIBRO-DESTRUCTO MACHINE Episode 1:"

Characters Lobster Johnson; Crimson Hood
Synopsis Lobster Johnson tries to recapture a top-secret weapon from a Nazi villain.
Genre super-hero
Script John Cassaday
Pencils John Cassaday
Inks John Cassaday
Colors Dan Jackson
Letters Dan Jackson
Notes title taken from credits page; first 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 Elizabeth Sherman; Dr. Kate Corrigan
Genre occult; horror
Script Scott Stuart Allie; Jim Beard; Simon Petersen
Pencils Jason Pearson
Inks Jason Pearson
Colors Dave Stewart
Letters typeset
Notes letter column; includes a preview of the cover art for issue #2 of this series

1 page Horsepower promo (ad from the publisher) "DARK HORSE COMICS drawing on your nightmares"

Characters Mr. Benedict; Abraham Sapien; Cal McDonald; Hellboy; Brandon Waite; The Goon; Roger
Script Scott Stuart Allie [as Scott Allie]
Pencils Ben Templesmith; Michael Avon Oeming [as Mike Avon Oeming]
Inks Ben Templesmith; Michael Avon Oeming [as Mike Avon Oeming]
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover promotional editorial for Dark Horse horror comics

1 page Hellboy advertisement

Characters Hellboy
Genre occult; horror
Pencils Michael Mignola [as Mike Mignola] (signed)
Inks Michael Mignola [as Mike Mignola] (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes back cover ad: Hellboy movie (Columbia Pictures)