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Issue Details

Issue #6
Published December 2003
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 4.99 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Scott Stuart Allie [as Scott Allie]; Matt Dryer (assistant editor)

Cover Details

Characters Hellboy
Genre occult; horror
Pencils Frank Cho
Inks Frank Cho
Colors Dave Stewart
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #2

1 page Hellboy credits "HELLBOY WEIRD TALES"

Genre occult; horror
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover indicia/credits page

8 page Hellboy story "COMMAND PERFORMANCE"

Characters Hellboy; André; Hans; Claude; Abraham Sapien; Paul Noury
Synopsis Hellboy tries to stop a monster theatre troupe from killing their fans.
Genre occult; horror
Script Will Pfeifer [miscredited as Will Pfiefer on credits page]
Pencils P. Craig Russell
Inks P. Craig Russell
Colors Lovern Kindzierski
Letters Galen Showman
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #2

5 page advertisement

Notes ads: TIME CRISIS 3 PlayStation game (Namco); Spawn: Armageddon video game (Namco); 2 page ad for Sword of Mana Game Boy Advance game (SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.); back cover: I-Ninja video game (Namco)

3 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes colour house ads for: Devil's Footprints, The; Freaks of the Heartland; inside back cover B&W house ad for Fray

6 page B.P.R.D. story "FRIDAY"

Characters Elizabeth Sherman; Abraham Sapien
Synopsis Liz Sherman and Abe Sapien fight with a monster in an aquarium.
Genre occult; horror
Script Douglas Petrie [as Doug Petrie]
Pencils Gene Colan (signed)
Inks none ?
Colors Dave Stewart
Letters Michael Heisler
Notes art looks like it was colourized directly from pencils
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #2

8 page Hellboy story "My Vacation in hell"

Characters Charon; Hellboy; Eternal Custodian of Purgatory; Sexy Angels; Lake of Fire Symphony; Army of Goats; the Legion Swine; Cerberus [as Doggies]; Leviathan
Synopsis Spoof story about Hellboy taking a vacation in Hell.
Genre occult; horror
Script Craig Thompson
Pencils Craig Thompson
Inks Craig Thompson
Colors Craig Thompson ?
Letters Craig Thompson ?
Notes includes a reference to the Winsor McCay strip "Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend"
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #2

1 page Hellboy; Toybox illustration "PINUP"

Characters Hellboy: Ernie; Suda
Synopsis Colour pinup of Hellboy with characters from Steve Purcell's Toybox strip.
Genre occult; horror
Pencils Steve Purcell (painting)
Inks Steve Purcell (painting)
Colors Steve Purcell (painting)
Letters Steve Purcell (signature)
Notes title taken from credits page
Reprinted in Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #2

2 page Lobster Johnson story "DOC HOLLOW'S GRAND VIBRO-DESTRUCTO MACHINE Episode 6:"

Characters Lobster Johnson
Synopsis Lobster Johnson and his assistant try to stop the Nazis from escaping with the vibro-destructo machine.
Genre super-hero
Script John Cassaday
Pencils John Cassaday
Inks John Cassaday
Colors Nick Derington
Letters Jason Hvam
Notes title taken from credits page; sixth 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 Hellboy
Genre occult; horror
Script Paul Dale Roberts; Martin Pierre-Hugues; BethAnn Marsten; Maarten Bouw; Michael Russell; Scott Stuart Allie [as Scott Allie]
Pencils Phil Noto
Inks Phil Noto
Colors Phil Noto ?
Letters typeset
Notes letter column; includes a preview of the cover art for issue #7 of this series