| Issue | #2 |
| Published | August 1993 |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Kris Young |
| Notes | Was a Free Giveaway at the 1993 San Diego Comic Con.; First appearance of Hellboy. |
| Genre | Humor; Superhero |
| Pencils | Don Martin |
| Inks | Don Martin |
| Notes | Was a Free Giveaway at the 1993 San Diego Comic Con.; First appearance of Hellboy. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | John Byrne |
| Pencils | John Byrne |
| Inks | John Byrne |
| Characters | Concrete |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Paul Chadwick |
| Pencils | Paul Chadwick |
| Inks | Paul Chadwick |
| Letters | Bill Spicer |
| Reprinted | in Concrete (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #5 (May 2006) |
| Characters | Axwell Tiberius [Monkeyman] (introduction); Ann O'Brien (introduction) |
| Synopsis | Monkeyman and O'Brien run from a dinosaur. |
| Genre | Science Fiction; Adventure |
| Script | Art Adams |
| Pencils | Art Adams |
| Inks | Art Adams |
| Letters | L. Lois Buhalis |
| Notes | This is the first published appearance of Monkeyman and O'Brien. |
| Reprinted | in Art Adams' Creature Features (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #[nn] [colored] |
| Genre | Crime Fiction |
| Script | Frank Miller |
| Pencils | Frank Miller |
| Inks | Frank Miller |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Don Martin |
| Pencils | Don Martin |
| Inks | Don Martin |
| Letters | Don Martin |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Rick Geary |
| Pencils | Rick Geary |
| Inks | Rick Geary |
| Letters | Rick Geary |
| Characters | Hellboy (introduction); Anubis (first appearance in Hellboy series) |
| Synopsis | Hellboy fights Anubis, Egyptian god of mummification, at a deserted gas station. |
| Genre | Occult; Adventure |
| Script | Mike Mignola (plot); John Byrne (words) |
| Pencils | Mike Mignola |
| Inks | Mike Mignola |
| Letters | John Byrne; Mike Mignola (see Notes) |
| Notes | This is Hellboy's first published appearance. // Mignola drew balloons, display lettering, and sound effects; Byrne lettered the dialogue with font based on his hand lettering. Neither is credited. // Story title is made official in the bibliography of Hellboy: The Companion. |
| Reprinted | in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (Dark Horse, 1994 series) #[nn] [colored]; in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (Dark Horse, 1995 series) #[nn] [colored]; in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (Dark Horse, 1997 series) #[nn] [colored]; in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #1 [colored]; in Hellboy Seed of Destruction and Wake the Devil (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #[nn] [colored] |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Frank Miller |
| Pencils | Dave Gibbons |
| Inks | Dave Gibbons |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | James O'Barr |
| Inks | James O'Barr |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Matt Wagner |
| Inks | Matt Wagner |