B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth and Other Stories
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B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth and Other Stories is the first trade paperback collection in the B.P.R.D. series created by Mike Mignola
which collects the first three-issue mini-series along with various other back-up features.
, Christopher Golden
and Tom Sniegoski with art by Ryan Sook
and Curtis Arnold
and was published from January to June 2002.
Hellboy novelist Golden and his long-time writing partner Sniegoski wrote the story with regular input from Mignola. Sook was chosen to draw the book following a meeting with Mignola at a convention in Oakland, CA in 1995 and saw it as a chance to have a book all to himself although Arnold joined as inker when schedules started running tight halfway through production.
The story features Dr. Kate Corrigan
, Abe Sapien
, Roger
the Homunculus
, and new-comer Johann Kraus
on a mission to rescue Liz Sherman
. Hellboy
also makes appearances via flashbacks.
.
made his first appearance in this story by Mike Mignola, Matthew Dow Smith
and Ryan Sook
(in his first contribution to the series) which was originally published as a back-up feature in Hellboy: Box Full of Evil #1 (September 1999
).
In the story Johnson and his sidekick
investigate a series of bizarre deaths which appear to have been committed using telekinesis.
In the story Sapien rescues and reanimates Roger
the homunculus
when B.P.R.D. scientist Dr. Roddel threatens to dissect him just as Abe recalls he threatened to do with him when he was first discovered.
originally published as the main feature in the one-shot Abe Sapien: Drums of the Dead (March 4, 1998
) with new Hellboy short story Heads by Mike Mignola as the back up feature.
Series editor Scott Allie
had been in discussions with Brian McDonald about his next project after the success of Harry the Cop and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola had been considering using Derek Thompson on a Hellboy and so it naturally evolved that the two friends should end up working together on this project.
In the story weird deaths in the South Seas expose an ancient tragedy linked to the transatlantic slave trade.
Mike Mignola
Michael Joseph "Mike" Mignola is an American comic book artist and writer who created the comic book series Hellboy for Dark Horse Comics. He has worked for animation projects such as Atlantis: The Lost Empire and the adaptation of his one shot comic book, The Amazing Screw-On Head.-Career:Mignola...
which collects the first three-issue mini-series along with various other back-up features.
Hollow Earth
The first B.P.R.D. mini-series was written by Mike MignolaMike Mignola
Michael Joseph "Mike" Mignola is an American comic book artist and writer who created the comic book series Hellboy for Dark Horse Comics. He has worked for animation projects such as Atlantis: The Lost Empire and the adaptation of his one shot comic book, The Amazing Screw-On Head.-Career:Mignola...
, Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults, teens, and young readers.Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He is a graduate of Tufts University...
and Tom Sniegoski with art by Ryan Sook
Ryan Sook
Ryan Sook is an American comic book artist from San Jose, California.-Career:Sook's first professional work was in Challengers of the Unknown #15 published in 1998...
and Curtis Arnold
Curtis Arnold
Curtis Arnold is a nationally recognized consumer educator and advocate. Curtis was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon and was raised in DeValls Bluff, Arkansas. He currently resides in Little Rock, Arkansas with his wife and six children.- Biography :...
and was published from January to June 2002.
Hellboy novelist Golden and his long-time writing partner Sniegoski wrote the story with regular input from Mignola. Sook was chosen to draw the book following a meeting with Mignola at a convention in Oakland, CA in 1995 and saw it as a chance to have a book all to himself although Arnold joined as inker when schedules started running tight halfway through production.
The story features Dr. Kate Corrigan
Kate Corrigan
Kate Corrigan is a fictional character from the Dark Horse Comics universe, featured in the comic book series Hellboy and BPRD written by Mike Mignola, et al. Her appearance is based on Mignola's wife, Christine.-History:...
, Abe Sapien
Abe Sapien
Abraham "Abe" Sapien is a fictional character in the comic book series Hellboy, created by Mike Mignola. He takes his name from "Icthyo sapiens," the fanciful species designation chosen for him by his colleagues in the 19th-century Oannes Club, and from Abraham Lincoln, on whose assassination date...
, Roger
Roger (Hellboy)
Roger the Homunculus is a fictional character featured in the Hellboy and B.P.R.D. comic books published by Dark Horse Comics. He is an unusually large homunculus, a humanoid being said to be created by means of alchemy....
the Homunculus
Homunculus
Homunculus is a term used, generally, in various fields of study to refer to any representation of a human being. Historically, it referred specifically to the concept of a miniature though fully formed human body, for example, in the studies of alchemy and preformationism...
, and new-comer Johann Kraus
Johann Kraus
Johann Kraus is a fictional character in the Hellboy universe, created by Mike Mignola. He is featured in the comic book B.P.R.D., published by Dark Horse Comics....
on a mission to rescue Liz Sherman
Liz Sherman
Elizabeth 'Liz' Sherman is a fictional character appearing in the Hellboy comic book series created by Mike Mignola.-Fictional character history:...
. Hellboy
Hellboy
Hellboy is a comic book superhero created by writer-artist Mike Mignola. The character first appeared in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2 , and has since appeared in various eponymous miniseries, one-shots and intercompany crossovers...
also makes appearances via flashbacks.
B.P.R.D. Promo
A three-page newspaper-format teaser for the series called B.P.R.D.. It was published in Dark Horse Extra from December 2001 to February 2002, featuring the first appearance of Johann KrausJohann Kraus
Johann Kraus is a fictional character in the Hellboy universe, created by Mike Mignola. He is featured in the comic book B.P.R.D., published by Dark Horse Comics....
.
The Killer in My Skull
Lobster JohnsonLobster Johnson
Lobster Johnson is a fictional character featured in the Hellboy and Bureau For Paranormal Research and Defense comic books published by Dark Horse Comics. He was created by Mike Mignola....
made his first appearance in this story by Mike Mignola, Matthew Dow Smith
Matthew Dow Smith
Matthew Dow Smith is an American comic book artist.- Bibliography :* Astronauts in Trouble: Live From the Moon #1 and #2* The Book of Fate #11* Day of Judgment #1-5...
and Ryan Sook
Ryan Sook
Ryan Sook is an American comic book artist from San Jose, California.-Career:Sook's first professional work was in Challengers of the Unknown #15 published in 1998...
(in his first contribution to the series) which was originally published as a back-up feature in Hellboy: Box Full of Evil #1 (September 1999
1999 in comics
-February:* February 3: Pioneering editor Vin Sullivan dies at age 87.* February 26: John L. Goldwater, co-founder of Archie Comics, dies at age 82.-March:* Incredible Hulk is canceled by Marvel with issue #474.-May:...
).
In the story Johnson and his sidekick
Sidekick
A sidekick is a close companion who is generally regarded as subordinate to the one he accompanies. Some well-known fictional sidekicks are Don Quixote's Sancho Panza, Sherlock Holmes' Doctor Watson, The Lone Ranger's Tonto, The Green Hornet's Kato and Batman's Robin.-Origins:The origin of the...
investigate a series of bizarre deaths which appear to have been committed using telekinesis.
Abe Sapien versus Science
Abe Sapien made a solo appearance in this story by Mike Mignola and Matthew Dow Smith originally published in 1999 as a back-up feature in Hellboy: Box Full of Evil #2 (September 1999).In the story Sapien rescues and reanimates Roger
Roger (Hellboy)
Roger the Homunculus is a fictional character featured in the Hellboy and B.P.R.D. comic books published by Dark Horse Comics. He is an unusually large homunculus, a humanoid being said to be created by means of alchemy....
the homunculus
Homunculus
Homunculus is a term used, generally, in various fields of study to refer to any representation of a human being. Historically, it referred specifically to the concept of a miniature though fully formed human body, for example, in the studies of alchemy and preformationism...
when B.P.R.D. scientist Dr. Roddel threatens to dissect him just as Abe recalls he threatened to do with him when he was first discovered.
Drums of the Dead
Abe Sapien made his first solo appearance in this story by Brian McDonald and Derek ThompsonDerek Thompson
Derek Thompson is a British actor, most notable for playing Charlie Fairhead in the long-running BBC television medical drama series Casualty.-Early life:...
originally published as the main feature in the one-shot Abe Sapien: Drums of the Dead (March 4, 1998
1998 in comics
-Spring:* Gay Comix , with issue #25, publishes its final issue -October:* Toy Biz buys Marvel Comics* Excalibur is canceled by Marvel with issue #125.-November:...
) with new Hellboy short story Heads by Mike Mignola as the back up feature.
Series editor Scott Allie
Scott Allie
Scott Allie is an American comics writer and editor, currently the Senior Managing Editor for Dark Horse Comics.-Career:Scott Allie is the author of The Devil's Footprints and the editor of the Hellboy, Conan, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Serenity comics, as well as the founding editor of Dark...
had been in discussions with Brian McDonald about his next project after the success of Harry the Cop and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola had been considering using Derek Thompson on a Hellboy and so it naturally evolved that the two friends should end up working together on this project.
In the story weird deaths in the South Seas expose an ancient tragedy linked to the transatlantic slave trade.