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Issue: Hellboy: Wake the Devil #5 [11]
Publication Date: October 1996
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Issues: #5 [11] of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDark Horse
Brand: Dark Horse Comics; LegendView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dark Horse Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 76156894424200511
Price: $4.15 CAD
$2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Scott Allie
Disclose Notes: 11th issue of Hellboy per title page. Printed in Canada.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color (cover and interiors)
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy (cover); Matte (interior)
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Limited Series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola (signed)
Inker(s): Mike Mignola (signed)
Colorist(s): James Sinclair
Letterer(s): Kevin Nowlan (logo); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, occult
Feature(s): Hellboy
Character(s): Hellboy [Anung un Rama]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagHellboy #[2] published June 2003
In Issue: FlagHellboy: Edición Integral #1 published January 2011
In Content Item: FlagHellboy #[2] [First Printing; First Cover] published May 1997
as Hellboy: Wake the Devil #5 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy Library Edition #1 published May 2008
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Hellboy 11

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): Kevin Nowlan (logo); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The inside front cover is title page with logo, credits and indicia.
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Wake the Devil [Chapter Five]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Mignola
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
Colorist(s): James Sinclair (guides); Dave Stewart [as David Stewart] (separations)
Letterer(s): Pat Brosseau; Mike Mignola (see Notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, occult
Feature(s): Hellboy
Character(s): Hellboy [Anung un Rama] (revelation of true name and supposed destiny); Clark (death); Abe Sapien; other BPRD personnel [Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense]; Grigori Rasputin; Hecate; the Baba Yaga; Dagda; Sir Edward (introduction; see Notes); Dr. Kate Corrigan; Roderick Zinco (apparent death); Leopold Kurtz (corpse); Prof. Dr. Karl Ruprect Kroenen (apparent death); Prof. Dr. Herman von Klempt (apparent death)
Synopsis: Hellboy's signal is traced to a Romanian church, where Rasputin confronts Abe and speaks of revenge against those who killed him. Giurescu and then Hecate face Hellboy at the crossroads. Hecate tells him about his destiny as Anung un Rama, the Beast of the Apocalypse, a mysterious cloaked figure, and Dagda look on. Kate Corrigan arrives to extract Hellboy and tell him what has befallen the other teams. Rasputin appears at the Norwegian castle headquarters of Project Ragna Rok and strikes Zinco blind, causing him to stumble into a detonator that destroys the castle.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagHellboy #[2] published June 2003
In Issue: FlagHellboy: Edición Integral #1 published January 2011
In Content Item: FlagHellboy: Despierta al Demonio #[nn] published January 1996
as Despierta al Demonio Capítulo Cinco [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy #[2] [First Printing; First Cover] published May 1997
as Chapter Five [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHellboy Library Edition #1 published May 2008
as Chapter Five [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: Mignola hand-drew some display lettering and balloons. // Dagda was previously seen in "The Corpse" and is named in Hellboy: Box Full of Evil (Dark Horse, 1999 series) #2, as is Sir Edward, the supernatural being seen here with Dagda, king of the Irish fairies, and the Baba Yaga; his relationship to the Sir Edward Grey introduced in Wake the Devil #1 is as yet unexplained. // Copyright 1996 Michael Mignola per indicia.
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Grave [Part 5]: "Like One, That on a Lonesome Road Doth Walk in Fear and Dread, and Having Once Turned Round Walks On, and Turns No More His Head; Because He Knows, a Frightful Fiend Doth Close Behind Him Tread."

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gary Gianni
Penciller(s): Gary Gianni
Inker(s): Gary Gianni
Colorist(s): James Sinclair (guides); Dave Stewart [as David Stewart] (separations)
Letterer(s): Sean Konot
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, occult
Feature(s): The MonsterMen
Character(s): Benedict; Lawrence St. George; Oakum McGrew; Sunset Lane; Daphne Dumont (ghost); Crulk
Synopsis: The supernatural conflagration of Benedict and McGrew's melee destroys Adler's house. St. George is disappointed in Sunset's disbelief after all she's seen, but a final encounter with Daphne's spirit compels her to report as much of the story as possible. Benedict tells St. George to brace for more encounters with the forces of darkness.
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In Issue: FlagCorpus Monstrum #1 published July 2002
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Subtitle is from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Benedict's name is revealed here. // Copyright 1996 Gary Gianni per indicia.
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Coming in 1997

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola; Gary Gianni (inset)
Inker(s): Mike Mignola; Gary Gianni (inset)
Letterer(s): Kevin Nowlan (Hellboy logo); Todd Klein (MonsterMen logo); Cary Grazzini (design); typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hellboy
Character(s): Roger the Homunculus (silhouette); Benedict (inset)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The inside back cover advertises the upcoming Hellboy: Almost Colossus.
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Back Cover

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Hurlbut ?
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
Colorist(s): Cary Grazzini ?
Letterer(s): Cary Grazzini (design); typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, occult
Feature(s): Hellboy
Character(s): Hellboy; Vladimir Giurescu
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The back cover has a detail of Giurescu from cover against previously published promo art of Hellboy, with quote from the film Bride of Frankenstein.

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