Post by thwhtguardian on May 30, 2014 17:19:07 GMT -5
This is the beginning of(what has been for me anyway) a long gestating project: to read and write about every issue of the Hellboy universe from start to finish. I've gone back in forth over whether I wanted to do this by publication order or chronologically from an in story stand point and I think I'll be going forward using mostly the latter method with the exceptions of Lobster Johnson and Witchfinder which I'll review when their events are referenced in other stories. However for those who would rather read in order of publication I'll also leave a list here for your personal use.
I'll preface this whole thing by say that Hellboy is by far my favorite comic ever created and as such it's pretty fair to say I'm far from the most unbiased observer. However, in reading these issues again I am going attempt to be as objective as possible in terms of how I rate the stories and art so this is far from an echo chamber styled appreciation thread so if you've tried Hellboy before and couldn't get into it or you just plain hated it I not only encourage you to speak your piece but I'm looking forward to it!
By Publication date:(from middenway @cbr)
1993
AUGUST 19 ― Hellboy Promo #1 collected in Hellboy Vol.1
1994
MARCH 1 ― Seed of Destruction collected in Hellboy Vol. 1
MAY 20 ― Hellboy Promo #2 collected in Hellboy Vol.1
AUGUST 1 ― The Wolves of Saint August collected in Hellboy Vol. 3
1995
MARCH ― The Corpse collected in Hellboy Vol. 3
AUGUST 2 ― The Chained Coffin Collected in Hellboy Vol. 3
1996
JANUARY 1 ― The Iron Shoes collected in Hellboy Vol.3
JUNE 1 ― Wake the Devil collected in Hellboy Vol.2
1997
JUNE 25 ― Almost Colossus C. Hellboy Vol.3
DECEMBER 3 ― A Christmas Underground C. Hellboy Vol.3
1998
MARCH 4 ― Drums of the Dead C. B.P.R.D. Vol. 1
MARCH 4 ― Heads C. Hellboy Vol.4
AUGUST 5 ― The Baba Yaga C. Hellboy Vol. 3
AUGUST 26 ― The Right Hand of Doom C. Hellboy Vol. 4
1999
AUGUST 1 ― The Vârcolac C. Hellboy Vol. 4
AUGUST 4 ― Goodbye Mr. Tod C. Hellboy Vol 4
AUGUST 11 ― Pancakes C. Hellboy Vol. 4
AUGUST 11 ― Box Full of Evil C. Hellboy Vol.4
AUGUST 11 ― The Killer in My Skull C. B.P.R.D. Vol.1
SEPTEMBER 8 ― Abe Sapien versus Science C. B.P.R.D. Vol.1
2000
FEBRUARY 16 ― The Nature of the Beast C. Hellboy Vol.4
APRIL 26 ― King Vold C. Hellboy Vol.4
2001
MAY 9 ― Conqueror Worm C. Hellboy Vol. 5
DECEMBER 5 ― B.P.R.D. Promo C. B.P.R.D. Vol.1
2002
JANUARY 30 ― Hollow Earth C. B.P.R.D. Vol. 1
JULY 24 ― The Third Wish C. Hellboy Vol. 6
2003
MAY 14 ― The Soul of Venice C. B.P.R.D. Vol.2
JULY 23 ― Dark Waters C. B.P.R.D. Vol.2
AUGUST 27 ― Dr. Carp's Experiment C. Hellboy Vol.7
SEPTEMBER 17 ― Night Train C. B.P.R.D. Vol. 2
NOVEMBER 19 ― There's Something Under My Bed C. B.P.R.D. Vol.2
2004
MARCH ― The Penanggalan C. Hellboy Vol. 7
MARCH ― Born Again C. B.P.R.D. Vol.4
MARCH 3 ― Plague of Frogs C. B.P.R.D. Vol.3
JULY 7 ― The Troll-Witch C. Hellboy Vol. 7
AUGUST 25 ― Another Day at the Office C. B.P.R.D. Vol.2
NOVEMBER 3 ― The Dead C. B.P.R.D. Vol.4
2005
JUNE 1 ― The Ghoul C. Hellboy Vol.7
JUNE 22 ― The Island C. Hellboy Vol.6
AUGUST 31 ― The Black Flame C. B.P.R.D. Vol.5
2006
FEBRUARY 1 ― Makoma C. Hellboy Vol. 7
APRIL 12 ― The Universal Machine C. B.P.R.D. Vol. 6
DECEMBER 13 ― The Hydra and the Lion C. Hellboy Vol. 7
2007
FEBRUARY 23 ― They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships C. Hellboy Vol. 10
MARCH 14 ― Garden of Souls C. B.P.R.D. Vol. 7
MAY 2 ― Darkness Calls C. Hellboy Vol. 8
AUGUST 8 ― Killing Ground C. B.P.R.D. Vol. 8
SEPTEMBER 5 ― The Iron Prometheus C. Lobster Johnson Vol. 1
OCTOBER 3 ― The Vampire of Prague C. Hellboy Vol.7
2008
JANUARY 9 ― B.P.R.D.: 1946
FEBRUARY 6 ― The Drowning C. Abe Sapien Vol.1
MARCH 5 ― Revival C. B.P.R.D. Vol.12
MAY 3 ― The Mole C. Hellboy Vol.10
MAY 3 ― Bishop Olek’s Devil C. B.P.R.D.: 1946
MAY 3 ― Out of Reach C. B.P.R.D. Vol.10
JUNE 11 ― War on Frogs #1 C. B.P.R.D. Vol. 12
JUNE 25 ― The Ectoplasmic Man C. B.P.R.D.: Being Human
JULY 2 ― The Crooked Man C. Hellboy Vol.10
JULY 9 ― The Warning C. B.P.R.D. Vol.10
AUGUST 13 ― Witchball! C. Hellboy Vol.10
OCTOBER 29 ― In the Chapel of Moloch C. Hellboy Vol. 10
NOVEMBER 5 ― Murderous Intent C. Witchfinder Vol. 1
DECEMBER 3 ― The Wild Hunt C. Hellboy Vol. 9
DECEMBER 10 ― War on Frogs #2 C. B.P.R.D. Vol.12
2009
JANUARY 14 ― The Black Goddess C. B.P.R.D. Vol. 11
JUNE 6 ― And What Shall I Find There? C. B.P.R.D.: 1947
JUNE 10 ― War on Frogs #3 C. B.P.R.D. Vol.12
JULY 1 ― In the Service of Angels C. Witchfinder Vol.1
JULY 8 ― B.P.R.D.: 1947
OCTOBER 14 ― The Burial of Katharine Baker C. Witchfinder Vol.1
OCTOBER 28 ― The Haunted Boy C. Abe Sapien Vol. 2
DECEMBER 9 ― War on Frogs #4, B.P.R.D. Vol.12
DECEMBER 23 ― The Bride of Hell, Hellboy Vol.11
2010
JANUARY 6 ― King of Fear, B.P.R.D. Vol. 14
MAY 5 ― Hellboy in Mexico (or A Drunken Blur), Hellboy Vol. 11
JUNE 30 ― The Abyssal Plain, Abe Sapien Vol.2
JULY 7 ― The Storm, Hellboy Vol.12
AUGUST 11 ― New World, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol.1
OCTOBER 11 ― The Whittier Legacy, Hellboy Vol. 11
NOVEMBER 17 ― Double Feature of Evil: Sullivan's Reward & The House of Sebek, Hellboy Vol.11
DECEMBER 29 ― The Sleeping and the Dead, Hellboy Vol. 11
2011
JANUARY 12 ― Gods, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol.2
FEBRUARY 2 ― Lost and Gone Forever, Witchfinder Vol. 2
MARCH 4 ― Seattle, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol. 1
APRIL 6 ― The Dead Remembered, B.P.R.D.: Being Human
APRIL 13 ― Buster Oakley Gets His Wish, Hellboy Vol.11
MAY 11 ― B.P.R.D.: Being Human
JUNE 1 ― The Fury, Hellboy Vol.12
JULY 1 ― Casualties, B.P.R.D.: Being Human
JULY 13 ― Monsters, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol. 2
SEPTEMBER 21 ― Russia, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol. 3
SEPTEMBER 28 ― The Devil Does Not Jest, Abe Sapien Vol. 2
NOVEMBER 2 ― House of the Living Dead
DECEMBER 21 ― Hellboy versus the Aztec Mummy (uncollected)
2012
JANUARY 11 ― The Burning Hand, Lobster Johnson Vol. 2
FEBRUARY 1 ― An Unmarked Grave, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol.3
FEBRUARY 15 ― The Long Death, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol. 4
FEBRUARY 22 ― Tony Masso’s Finest Hour, Lobster Johnson Vol.3
MARCH 28 ― The Pickens County Horror, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol.5
MAY 16 ― The Devil’s Engine B.P.R.D., Hell on Earth Vol. 4
MAY 30 ― The Transformation of J.H. O'Donnell B.P.R.D., Hell on Earth Vol. 5
JUNE 27 ― Exorcism (Uncollected, 2 issues)
AUGUST 22 ― The Prayer of Neferu, Lobster Johnson Vol. 3
AUGUST 29 ― The Return of the Master, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol.6
SEPTEMBER 19 ― Caput Mortuum, Lobster Johnson Vol.3
OCTOBER 17 ― B.P.R.D.: 1948
DECEMBER 5 ― Hellboy in Hell, Hellboy in Hell Vol. 1
2013
JANUARY 9 ― The Abyss of Time, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol.5
MARCH 13 ― Sledgehammer 44, Sledgehammer 44 Vol. 1
MARCH 20 ― A Cold Day in Hell, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol. 7
MARCH 27 ― B.P.R.D. Vampire
APRIL 3 ― Dark and Terrible, Abe Sapien Vol. 3
MAY 15 ― Wasteland, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol.7
MAY 22 ― Satan Smells a Rat, Lobster Johnson Vol.3
JULY 3 ― The New Race of Man, Abe Sapien Vol. 3
JULY 24 ― A Scent of Lotus, Lobster Johnson Vol. 3
AUGUST 21 ― Lake of Fire, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol. 8
OCTOBER 16 ― The Shape of Things to Come, tbc in Abe Sapien Vol. 4
OCTOBER 23 ― The Midnight Circus
NOVEMBER 27 ― Sledgehammer 44: Lightning War, Sledgehammer 44 Vol. 1
DECEMBER 4 ― Hellboy in Hell: The Three Gold Whips, Hellboy in Hell Vol.1
DECEMBER 11 ― The Land of the Dead (uncollected)
DECEMBER 18 ― Hellboy Gets Married (uncollected)
2014
JANUARY 8 ― To the Last Man, tbc in Abe Sapien Vol. 4
JANUARY 15 ― The Reign of the Black Flame, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol.9
FEBRUARY 5 ― Get the Lobster -tbc Lobster Johnson Vol.4
MARCH 22 ― The Coffin Man (Uncollected)
MAY 14 ― The Garden, tbc in Abe Sapien 5
MAY 14 ― Hellboy in Hell: The Death Card, tbc in Hellboy in Hell Vol.2
MAY 21 ― Beware the Ape(uncollected)
JUNE 11 ― The Healer -Abe Sapien 5
JUNE 18 ― The Devil's Wings B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth 10
JULY 9 ― Visions, Dreams, and Fishin' Abe Sapien 5
AUGUST 20 ― The Broken Equation B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth 10
SEPTEMBER 10 ― Sacred Places Abe Sapien 5
OCTOBER 15 ― Grind B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth 10
NOVEMBER 19 ― Flesh and Stone -Published, 1 of 5 issues / B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth 11
Chronological:
Forth coming!
I'll preface this whole thing by say that Hellboy is by far my favorite comic ever created and as such it's pretty fair to say I'm far from the most unbiased observer. However, in reading these issues again I am going attempt to be as objective as possible in terms of how I rate the stories and art so this is far from an echo chamber styled appreciation thread so if you've tried Hellboy before and couldn't get into it or you just plain hated it I not only encourage you to speak your piece but I'm looking forward to it!
By Publication date:(from middenway @cbr)
1993
AUGUST 19 ― Hellboy Promo #1 collected in Hellboy Vol.1
1994
MARCH 1 ― Seed of Destruction collected in Hellboy Vol. 1
MAY 20 ― Hellboy Promo #2 collected in Hellboy Vol.1
AUGUST 1 ― The Wolves of Saint August collected in Hellboy Vol. 3
1995
MARCH ― The Corpse collected in Hellboy Vol. 3
AUGUST 2 ― The Chained Coffin Collected in Hellboy Vol. 3
1996
JANUARY 1 ― The Iron Shoes collected in Hellboy Vol.3
JUNE 1 ― Wake the Devil collected in Hellboy Vol.2
1997
JUNE 25 ― Almost Colossus C. Hellboy Vol.3
DECEMBER 3 ― A Christmas Underground C. Hellboy Vol.3
1998
MARCH 4 ― Drums of the Dead C. B.P.R.D. Vol. 1
MARCH 4 ― Heads C. Hellboy Vol.4
AUGUST 5 ― The Baba Yaga C. Hellboy Vol. 3
AUGUST 26 ― The Right Hand of Doom C. Hellboy Vol. 4
1999
AUGUST 1 ― The Vârcolac C. Hellboy Vol. 4
AUGUST 4 ― Goodbye Mr. Tod C. Hellboy Vol 4
AUGUST 11 ― Pancakes C. Hellboy Vol. 4
AUGUST 11 ― Box Full of Evil C. Hellboy Vol.4
AUGUST 11 ― The Killer in My Skull C. B.P.R.D. Vol.1
SEPTEMBER 8 ― Abe Sapien versus Science C. B.P.R.D. Vol.1
2000
FEBRUARY 16 ― The Nature of the Beast C. Hellboy Vol.4
APRIL 26 ― King Vold C. Hellboy Vol.4
2001
MAY 9 ― Conqueror Worm C. Hellboy Vol. 5
DECEMBER 5 ― B.P.R.D. Promo C. B.P.R.D. Vol.1
2002
JANUARY 30 ― Hollow Earth C. B.P.R.D. Vol. 1
JULY 24 ― The Third Wish C. Hellboy Vol. 6
2003
MAY 14 ― The Soul of Venice C. B.P.R.D. Vol.2
JULY 23 ― Dark Waters C. B.P.R.D. Vol.2
AUGUST 27 ― Dr. Carp's Experiment C. Hellboy Vol.7
SEPTEMBER 17 ― Night Train C. B.P.R.D. Vol. 2
NOVEMBER 19 ― There's Something Under My Bed C. B.P.R.D. Vol.2
2004
MARCH ― The Penanggalan C. Hellboy Vol. 7
MARCH ― Born Again C. B.P.R.D. Vol.4
MARCH 3 ― Plague of Frogs C. B.P.R.D. Vol.3
JULY 7 ― The Troll-Witch C. Hellboy Vol. 7
AUGUST 25 ― Another Day at the Office C. B.P.R.D. Vol.2
NOVEMBER 3 ― The Dead C. B.P.R.D. Vol.4
2005
JUNE 1 ― The Ghoul C. Hellboy Vol.7
JUNE 22 ― The Island C. Hellboy Vol.6
AUGUST 31 ― The Black Flame C. B.P.R.D. Vol.5
2006
FEBRUARY 1 ― Makoma C. Hellboy Vol. 7
APRIL 12 ― The Universal Machine C. B.P.R.D. Vol. 6
DECEMBER 13 ― The Hydra and the Lion C. Hellboy Vol. 7
2007
FEBRUARY 23 ― They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships C. Hellboy Vol. 10
MARCH 14 ― Garden of Souls C. B.P.R.D. Vol. 7
MAY 2 ― Darkness Calls C. Hellboy Vol. 8
AUGUST 8 ― Killing Ground C. B.P.R.D. Vol. 8
SEPTEMBER 5 ― The Iron Prometheus C. Lobster Johnson Vol. 1
OCTOBER 3 ― The Vampire of Prague C. Hellboy Vol.7
2008
JANUARY 9 ― B.P.R.D.: 1946
FEBRUARY 6 ― The Drowning C. Abe Sapien Vol.1
MARCH 5 ― Revival C. B.P.R.D. Vol.12
MAY 3 ― The Mole C. Hellboy Vol.10
MAY 3 ― Bishop Olek’s Devil C. B.P.R.D.: 1946
MAY 3 ― Out of Reach C. B.P.R.D. Vol.10
JUNE 11 ― War on Frogs #1 C. B.P.R.D. Vol. 12
JUNE 25 ― The Ectoplasmic Man C. B.P.R.D.: Being Human
JULY 2 ― The Crooked Man C. Hellboy Vol.10
JULY 9 ― The Warning C. B.P.R.D. Vol.10
AUGUST 13 ― Witchball! C. Hellboy Vol.10
OCTOBER 29 ― In the Chapel of Moloch C. Hellboy Vol. 10
NOVEMBER 5 ― Murderous Intent C. Witchfinder Vol. 1
DECEMBER 3 ― The Wild Hunt C. Hellboy Vol. 9
DECEMBER 10 ― War on Frogs #2 C. B.P.R.D. Vol.12
2009
JANUARY 14 ― The Black Goddess C. B.P.R.D. Vol. 11
JUNE 6 ― And What Shall I Find There? C. B.P.R.D.: 1947
JUNE 10 ― War on Frogs #3 C. B.P.R.D. Vol.12
JULY 1 ― In the Service of Angels C. Witchfinder Vol.1
JULY 8 ― B.P.R.D.: 1947
OCTOBER 14 ― The Burial of Katharine Baker C. Witchfinder Vol.1
OCTOBER 28 ― The Haunted Boy C. Abe Sapien Vol. 2
DECEMBER 9 ― War on Frogs #4, B.P.R.D. Vol.12
DECEMBER 23 ― The Bride of Hell, Hellboy Vol.11
2010
JANUARY 6 ― King of Fear, B.P.R.D. Vol. 14
MAY 5 ― Hellboy in Mexico (or A Drunken Blur), Hellboy Vol. 11
JUNE 30 ― The Abyssal Plain, Abe Sapien Vol.2
JULY 7 ― The Storm, Hellboy Vol.12
AUGUST 11 ― New World, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol.1
OCTOBER 11 ― The Whittier Legacy, Hellboy Vol. 11
NOVEMBER 17 ― Double Feature of Evil: Sullivan's Reward & The House of Sebek, Hellboy Vol.11
DECEMBER 29 ― The Sleeping and the Dead, Hellboy Vol. 11
2011
JANUARY 12 ― Gods, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol.2
FEBRUARY 2 ― Lost and Gone Forever, Witchfinder Vol. 2
MARCH 4 ― Seattle, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol. 1
APRIL 6 ― The Dead Remembered, B.P.R.D.: Being Human
APRIL 13 ― Buster Oakley Gets His Wish, Hellboy Vol.11
MAY 11 ― B.P.R.D.: Being Human
JUNE 1 ― The Fury, Hellboy Vol.12
JULY 1 ― Casualties, B.P.R.D.: Being Human
JULY 13 ― Monsters, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol. 2
SEPTEMBER 21 ― Russia, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol. 3
SEPTEMBER 28 ― The Devil Does Not Jest, Abe Sapien Vol. 2
NOVEMBER 2 ― House of the Living Dead
DECEMBER 21 ― Hellboy versus the Aztec Mummy (uncollected)
2012
JANUARY 11 ― The Burning Hand, Lobster Johnson Vol. 2
FEBRUARY 1 ― An Unmarked Grave, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol.3
FEBRUARY 15 ― The Long Death, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol. 4
FEBRUARY 22 ― Tony Masso’s Finest Hour, Lobster Johnson Vol.3
MARCH 28 ― The Pickens County Horror, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol.5
MAY 16 ― The Devil’s Engine B.P.R.D., Hell on Earth Vol. 4
MAY 30 ― The Transformation of J.H. O'Donnell B.P.R.D., Hell on Earth Vol. 5
JUNE 27 ― Exorcism (Uncollected, 2 issues)
AUGUST 22 ― The Prayer of Neferu, Lobster Johnson Vol. 3
AUGUST 29 ― The Return of the Master, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol.6
SEPTEMBER 19 ― Caput Mortuum, Lobster Johnson Vol.3
OCTOBER 17 ― B.P.R.D.: 1948
DECEMBER 5 ― Hellboy in Hell, Hellboy in Hell Vol. 1
2013
JANUARY 9 ― The Abyss of Time, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol.5
MARCH 13 ― Sledgehammer 44, Sledgehammer 44 Vol. 1
MARCH 20 ― A Cold Day in Hell, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol. 7
MARCH 27 ― B.P.R.D. Vampire
APRIL 3 ― Dark and Terrible, Abe Sapien Vol. 3
MAY 15 ― Wasteland, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol.7
MAY 22 ― Satan Smells a Rat, Lobster Johnson Vol.3
JULY 3 ― The New Race of Man, Abe Sapien Vol. 3
JULY 24 ― A Scent of Lotus, Lobster Johnson Vol. 3
AUGUST 21 ― Lake of Fire, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol. 8
OCTOBER 16 ― The Shape of Things to Come, tbc in Abe Sapien Vol. 4
OCTOBER 23 ― The Midnight Circus
NOVEMBER 27 ― Sledgehammer 44: Lightning War, Sledgehammer 44 Vol. 1
DECEMBER 4 ― Hellboy in Hell: The Three Gold Whips, Hellboy in Hell Vol.1
DECEMBER 11 ― The Land of the Dead (uncollected)
DECEMBER 18 ― Hellboy Gets Married (uncollected)
2014
JANUARY 8 ― To the Last Man, tbc in Abe Sapien Vol. 4
JANUARY 15 ― The Reign of the Black Flame, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Vol.9
FEBRUARY 5 ― Get the Lobster -tbc Lobster Johnson Vol.4
MARCH 22 ― The Coffin Man (Uncollected)
MAY 14 ― The Garden, tbc in Abe Sapien 5
MAY 14 ― Hellboy in Hell: The Death Card, tbc in Hellboy in Hell Vol.2
MAY 21 ― Beware the Ape(uncollected)
JUNE 11 ― The Healer -Abe Sapien 5
JUNE 18 ― The Devil's Wings B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth 10
JULY 9 ― Visions, Dreams, and Fishin' Abe Sapien 5
AUGUST 20 ― The Broken Equation B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth 10
SEPTEMBER 10 ― Sacred Places Abe Sapien 5
OCTOBER 15 ― Grind B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth 10
NOVEMBER 19 ― Flesh and Stone -Published, 1 of 5 issues / B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth 11
Chronological:
Forth coming!
