Format Trade Paperback Creator(s) Mike Mignola Publisher Dark Horse Comics | Publication date October 3, 2007 Writer Mike Mignola | |
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Artist(s) Mike Mignola
P. Craig Russell
Richard Corben Letterer(s) Clem Robins
Galen Showman
Pat Brosseau Colorist(s) Dave Stewart
Lovern Kindzierski Main characters Hellboy, Kate Corrigan, Roger, Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman Similar Hellboy: The Crooked, Hellboy: Darkness Calls, Hellboy: Strange Places, Hellboy: Conqueror Worm, Hellboy: The Wild Hunt | ||
Hellboy: The Troll Witch and Others is the seventh trade paperback collection in the Hellboy series (created by Mike Mignola) and published by Dark Horse Comics on October 3, 2007. It collects various mini-series, one-shots and back-up features featuring fictional paranormal detective Hellboy.
Contents
The Penanggalan
This story by Mike Mignola was originally published by Dark Horse Comics and Wizard Press as the lead story in Hellboy Premier Edition (March 2004) along with B.P.R.D.: Born Again which was a promotional for Wizard available in three different covers:
The edition also included some pages from a sketchbook of monsters Mignola drew for pleasure during his spare time while assisting on the pre-production of the Hellboy movie in Prague.
In the story, Hellboy travels to Malaysia in 1958 where a village devoid of Bomah shamans has fallen victim to a demonic penanggalan. A young guide leads him to the demon's cave, where Hellboy is met with a betrayal.
The Hydra and the Lion
This story by Mike Mignola was originally published in one-shot anthology The Dark Horse Book of Monsters (December 13, 2006).
In the story Hellboy travels to Alaska in 1961, where he finds not only the grave of the recently deceased Hercules (who lived out the final years of his life in anonymity as a school janitor) but a monstrous hydra. Hellboy's battle with the creature is interrupted by a mysterious lion girl that generates more than a few theories amongst the experts of the B.P.R.D.
The Troll Witch
This story by Mike Mignola was originally published in one-shot anthology The Dark Horse Book of Witchcraft (July 7, 2004).
In the story Hellboy travels to Norway in 1963 to seek the legendary troll witch, who, armed with only a wooden spoon, had ridden into battle against a group of trolls on the back of a goat.
Dr. Carp's Experiment
This story by Mike Mignola was originally published in one-shot anthology The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings (August 27, 2003) and was Mignola's only original Hellboy comic book work that year.
In the story Hellboy travel to Long Island, New York in 1991, to investigate the haunted house of former Master of the Heliopic Brotherhood of Ra, Dr. Carp, who vanished in 1902. In a secret basement room Hellboy uncovers the remains of the doctor's experiments and the source of the haunting.
The Ghoul
This story by Mike Mignola was originally published in one-shot anthology The Dark Horse Book of the Dead (June 1, 2005).
In the story Hellboy travels to London in 1992 to hunt down the ghoulish poetry-reciting grave robber Edward Stokes who is at work in the city’s Hammersmith cemetery. Concurrently, B.P.R.D. agent Pauline Raskin encounters the innocent Mrs. Stokes, who is watching a puppet theatre production of Shakespeare's “Hamlet” on television.
The Vampire of Prague
This story (written by Mike Mignola and illustrated by P. Craig Russell) was created specially for the collection.
In the story Hellboy arrives in Prague on August 19, 1982, to challenge the former verger of St. Peter’s Church, a vampiric gambler who was cursed for playing cards with the dead when he ran out of living opponents. Hellboy must beat him at his own game to end the reign of terror.
Makoma
This story by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben was originally published as the two-issue mini-series Hellboy: Makoma (February–March 2006).