Issue | #1 |
Published | December 1997 |
Cover Price | 3.95 USD; 5.55 CAD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | Scott Allie |
Notes | 14th issue of Hellboy per title page. Printed in Canada per indicia. |
Characters | Hellboy; Benedict; Suda (figure on mantle); Ernie (figure on mantle); Big Guy (figure on mantle) |
Genre | Occult; Christmas |
Pencils | Gary Gianni |
Inks | Gary Gianni |
Letters | Kevin Nowlan (logo); Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset |
Notes | Copyright 1997 Gary Gianni per indicia. |
Letters | Kevin Nowlan (logo); Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset |
Notes | The inside front cover has logo, credits, and indicia. |
Characters | Hellboy; unnamed priest; Evelyn Margaret Hatch (introduction; death); Father Christmas (vision); Annie Hatch (introduction); unnamed creature |
Synopsis | Hellboy visits an old English manor on Christmas Eve, 1989, where the dying Mrs. Hatch urges him to give her lost daughter Annie a tin box. |
Genre | Occult; Adventure; Christmas |
Script | Mike Mignola |
Pencils | Mike Mignola |
Inks | Mike Mignola |
Colors | James Sinclair |
Letters | Pat Brosseau; Mike Mignola (see Notes) |
Notes | Copyright 1997 Michael Mignola per indicia. // Mignola hand-drew some display lettering and balloons. |
Characters | Ernie; Suda; other citizens of Toybox |
Synopsis | The Citizens of Toybox Community Glee Club sing a carol for the holidays. |
Genre | Horror; Holiday |
Script | Steve Purcell |
Pencils | Steve Purcell |
Inks | Steve Purcell |
Colors | Steve Purcell |
Letters | Lois Buhalis |
Notes | Copyright 1997 Steve Purcell per indicia. // Illustration is accompanied by lyrics. |
Characters | Gary Gianni (narrator); Charles Dickens (illustration) |
Synopsis | Gianni tells a strange story that involves writer's block, the year 1870, Charles Dickens, Christmas, and Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel A Strange Story. |
Genre | Autobiography; Christmas |
Script | Gary Gianni |
Pencils | Gary Gianni |
Inks | Gary Gianni |
Letters | Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset |
Notes | Copyright 1997 Gary Gianni per indicia. |
Characters | Santa Claus; Bourbon Thret? |
Genre | Science Fiction; Christmas |
Pencils | Geof Darrow |
Inks | Geof Darrow |
Colors | Dave Stewart |
Notes | Copyright 1997 Geof Darrow per indicia. Double-page spread. // Title from inside front cover. Feature from indicia. |
Characters | Ernie; Suda; Visitor [Santa Claus] |
Synopsis | Ernie and Suda seek refuge in a cottage on a holiday eve, where Ernie battles a giant spider. |
Genre | Horror; Holiday |
Script | Steve Purcell |
Pencils | Steve Purcell |
Inks | Steve Purcell |
Colors | Steve Purcell |
Letters | Lois Buhalis |
Notes | Copyright 1997 Steve Purcell per indicia. |
Characters | Benedict; Lawrence St. George; Hoke Hodgson (introduction); Baron Grodak (introduction; death); Santa Claus? |
Synopsis | Benedict, St. George, and Hodgson rid a chamber in Grodak's home of strange creatures. |
Genre | Occult; Adventure; Christmas |
Script | Gary Gianni |
Pencils | Gary Gianni |
Inks | Gary Gianni |
Letters | Sean Konot |
Notes | Copyright 1997 Gary Gianni per indicia. |
Characters | Hellboy |
Synopsis | Mignola thanks his contributors and recommends "a few great Christmas ghost stories". |
Script | Mike Mignola |
Pencils | Mike Mignola |
Inks | Mike Mignola |
Colors | Dave Stewart |
Letters | Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset |
Notes | Copyright 1997 Michael Mignola per indicia. |
Pencils | Mike Mignola; ? (photo) |
Inks | Mike Mignola; ? (photo) |
Colors | various |
Letters | Kevin Nowlan (logo); Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset |
Notes | The last interior page advertises various Hellboy publications and merchandise with art and photos. |
Characters | Abe Sapien; Hellboy (inset) |
Genre | Occult; Adventure |
Pencils | Mike Mignola |
Inks | Mike Mignola |
Colors | ? (graytones) |
Letters | Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset |
Notes | The inside back cover promotes the upcoming Abe Sapien: Drums of the Dead. |
Reprinted | from Abe Sapien: Drums of the Dead (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #[nn] [as preview] |
Characters | Hellboy |
Genre | Occult; Adventure; Christmas |
Pencils | Mike Mignola |
Inks | Mike Mignola |
Colors | Dave Stewart ? |
Letters | Mike Mignola (design); Cary Grazzini (design) |
Notes | The back cover has a skull in a stocking hat against previously published promo art of Hellboy. |