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Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense
B.P.R.D. logo
Publication information
PublisherDark Horse Comics
First appearanceSeed of Destruction #1 (March 1994)
Created byMike Mignola
In-story information
Type of organizationIntelligence agency
Base(s)Research facility in Colorado (film version) New Jersey
Leader(s)Director Tom Manning
Professor Trevor Bruttenholm
Agent(s)Johann Kraus
Liz Sherman
Abe Sapien
Kate Corrigan
Captain Ben Daimio
Hellboy
Roger the Homunculus

The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (the B.P.R.D. or BPRD) is a fictional organization in the comic book work of Mike Mignola. The B.P.R.D. originally appeared in the Hellboy comics and has since become a major part of its expanded universe, where it was supposedly founded by the United States and United Kingdom governments, and charged with researching the occult, paranormal and supernatural, and also defending against their dangers.

In 2002, Dark Horse Comics launched the B.P.R.D. comic series, and in 2014 the Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. series.

Fictional organization history

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In the Hellboy comics, the B.P.R.D. was founded in 1945 by Professor Trevor Bruttenholm to combat various occult threats uncovered in operations against Nazi Germany. It initially had strong links to the United States Army Air Forces and was based at a military airbase in New Mexico, but in 1947 later relocated to a custom built facility in Fairfield, Connecticut. It maintains strong links to various branches of the US military to this day. It is a private organization that receives funding from several major governments (mostly the United States and United Kingdom, although other countries including Canada, Japan, France, and Italy have been mentioned).

Professor Bruttenholm served as director until the late 1950s when he stepped down to return to field work. The current director is Dr. Thomas Manning. Over the years, the Bureau has added several agents with "enhanced skills" to its ranks including Hellboy in 1952, Liz Sherman in 1980, and Abe Sapien in 1981.

The B.P.R.D. is a well known and respected organization that has excellent relations with most international governments and United States government agencies, with the exceptions of China and the CIA[citation needed].

The Plague of Frogs Cycle

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The Bureau was the United States' only defense against an onslaught of frog creatures (originally featured in Seed of Destruction). Though the "frogs" began operating on the East Coast, they spread west on both sides of the US-Canada border. To cut costs, the Bureau moved from its traditional headquarters in Connecticut to an abandoned research facility in Colorado. This facility was last used to house Nazi scientists who defected to America after World War II. As such, the facility contains vast quantities of secret files that the B.P.R.D. has yet to explore.

The frog monster invasion reached its peak during the events of The Black Flame during which a Neo-Nazi madman adopted the persona of the World War II era supervillain the Black Flame and insinuated himself as the leader of the frogs. Together they raised the gigantic Katha-Hem (one of the Ogdru Hem, the 369 spawn of the Ogdru Jahad) which ran rampant across the American heartland until Liz Sherman used an ancient artifact to amplify her pyrokinetic powers a thousandfold. After Katha-Hem was destroyed, the frog monsters dragged the Black Flame into a vast pit and the invasion appeared to come to an end.

A series of incidents—featured in The Warning, The Black Goddess, and King of Fear—saw the Bureau threatened by both an alliance of the frogs, the Black Flame, and creatures from the Hollow Earth, united to bring about an apocalypse and the birth of a new human race; and also the villain Memnan Saa, who abducted Liz in an attempt to use her powers to conquer the Earth so he could prevent the Apocalypse. This crisis saw half of Munich destroyed, the Bureau discredited in the eyes of the American military, and Abe Sapien revealed to be an example of the next stage of the frog's evolution. Finally, Liz Sherman exhausted all of her powers in destroying the underworld alliance. This inadvertently caused massive volcanic disasters across the world, devastating Malaysia and causing the destruction of Borneo (wiping out the nations of Indonesia and Brunei), and also causing the rise of a large, immobile monster in California, spewing out a gas across America and Mexico that mutates people. In the wake of this new crisis, the United Nations Security Council drafted the Bureau to work directly for them, with "blank cheque" funding.

A vision of the future shown in King of Fear showed the apocalypse had triumphed over this larger, more heavily armed B.P.R.D.

The Hell on Earth Cycle

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In the wake of the events of King of Fear, the world enters an apocalyptic era as natural disasters and vicious monsters crawl out of the Earth. Society is pushed to the brink of madness as many new cults arise to worship the creatures, while other supernatural forces begin shifting their plans in response to the global chaos. The B.P.R.D. agents face their own struggles during this time - Johann claims revenge on Ben Daimio for the destruction of his new body, while Abe is shot in the head by a panicked psychic girl named Fenix. Fortunately for the B.P.R.D., they gain new allies as well in the form of the Russian Special Sciences Service (S.S.S.), with their director Iosif Nichayko.

Unfortunately, Zinco and the last remnants of Project Ragnarok inadvertently resurrect a new and more powerful Black Flame, who proceeds to take control of New York and reawaken many slumbering Ogdru Hem all over the globe. Abe recovers from his near-fatal wound in time to see the world in an even worse state than last he saw, and he goes AWOL from the B.P.R.D. to go on a journey of self-discovery. Liz regains her powers and rejoins the B.P.R.D., while Johann transfers his spirit into the WWII Sledgehammer suit and together they fight the Ogdru Hem as they run rampant. Eventually they take on the new Black Flame in New York, but their victory only proves hollow as one of the seven Ogdru Jahad lands in Kansas, spawning an army of Ogdru Hem as it tears its way across the land. Johann ends up sacrificing himself to defeat the dragon, paralyzing all the Ogdru Hem around the world and giving the world a moment of peaceful respite.

B.P.R.D. Agents

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Members of the B.P.R.D. (from left to right: Johann Kraus, Liz Sherman, Abe Sapien, Roger, and Kate Corrigan), as illustrated by Guy Davis

Enhanced Talents Taskforce

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Human Agents

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  • Professor Trevor Bruttenholm, former director (deceased)
  • Dr. Tom Manning, director
  • Dr. Kate Corrigan, liaison to enhanced talents agents
  • Dr. Howard Eaton, occult specialist, assistant to Prof. Bruttenholm
  • Professor James Henry O'Donnell, occult specialist
  • Andrew Devon, field agent
  • Sal Tasso, field agent
  • Carla Giarocco, field agent
  • Ashley Strode, exorcist and field agent
  • Pauline Raskin, former field agent
  • Joseph Vaughn, field agent
  • Rebecca Gervesh, field agent
  • Agent Nichols, field agent
  • Agent Enos, field agent
  • Rachel Turner, London field agent

Allies

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  • Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder, a witch hunter who had his own spin-off series
  • Lobster Johnson, a vigilante ghost
  • Michael Mathers, also known as The Visitor, an extraterrestrial assassin sent to Earth to kill Hellboy
  • Alice Monaghan, a young woman, who was kidnapped by fairies as a baby, then saved by Hellboy, retained some magical abilities and now works as a psychic
  • Iosif Nichayko, a Russian zombie super soldier and Director of the Russian Special Sciences Service
  • Daryl Tynon, a human hunter who was turned into a wendigo
  • Varvara, a little girl possessed by a demon and former director of the Special Sciences Service

Publication history

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The Bureau made its first appearance in the pages of the Hellboy miniseries Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (4 issues, March–June 1994) and was a major part of the comic until Hellboy leaves the B.P.R.D. at the end of Conqueror Worm. At this point the B.P.R.D. series began, following the agents of the B.P.R.D. such as Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman, Roger and Johann Krauss.

B.P.R.D. was once considered a "series of miniseries", with each story reading as a stand-alone story easily enough, but over time, an overarching story began to develop. When a new story cycle began, the series was retitled B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth, then two years later when the series hit its 100th issue, it was restructured as an ongoing monthly comic. This was done for many reasons, most notably to make the reading order simpler to the uninitiated.[1]

Stories

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B.P.R.D. began as a series of miniseries, but it also had an ongoing numbering on the inside cover of its issues. For the 100th issue the internal numbering shifted to the front cover as the series became a monthly ongoing comic.

Issue Title Date Story Art Colors Cover Collection
#1 Hollow Earth PART 1:
January 30, 2002
Mike Mignola,
Christopher Golden
& Tom Sniegoski
Ryan Sook Dave Stewart Mike Mignola B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 1
Hollow Earth
& Other Stories


B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS
VOLUME 1
#2 PART 2:
April 17, 2002
PENCILS & INKS
Ryan Sook
INKS
Curtis Arnold
#3 PART 3:
June 5, 2002
PENCILS
Ryan Sook
INKS
Curtis Arnold
#4 The Soul of Venice May 14, 2003 Miles Gunther
& Michael Avon Oeming
with Mike Mignola
Michael Avon Oeming Dave Stewart Michael Avon Oeming B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 2
The Soul of Venice
& Other Stories


B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS
VOLUME 1
#5 Dark Waters July 23, 2003 Brian Augustyn Guy Davis Dave Stewart Guy Davis
#6 Night Train September 17, 2003 Geoff Johns
& Scott Kolins
Scott Kolins
& Dave Stewart
Dave Stewart Scott Kolins
& Dave Stewart
#7 There's Something Under My Bed November 19, 2003 Joe Harris PENCILS
Adam Pollina
INKS
Guillermo Zubiaga
Lee Loughridge PENCILS
Adam Pollina
INKS
Guillermo Zubiaga
Another Day at the Office August 25, 2004 Mike Mignola Cameron Stewart Michelle Madsen
#8 Plague of Frogs PART 1:
March 3, 2004
Mike Mignola Guy Davis Dave Stewart Guy Davis B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 3
Plague of Frogs

B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS
VOLUME 1
#9 PART 2:
April 7, 2004
#10 PART 3:
May 5, 2004
#11 PART 4:
June 2, 2004
#12 PART 5:
July 7, 2004
Born Again March, 2004 Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Guy Davis Dave Stewart B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 4
The Dead

B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS
VOLUME 2
#13 The Dead PART 1:
November 3, 2004
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Guy Davis Dave Stewart Guy Davis
#14 PART 2:
December 8, 2004
#15 PART 3:
January 19, 2005
#16 PART 4:
February 23, 2005
#17 PART 5:
March 30, 2005
#18 The Black Flame PART 1:
August 31, 2005
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Guy Davis Dave Stewart Mike Mignola B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 5
The Black Flame

B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS
VOLUME 2
#19 PART 2:
September 28, 2005
#20 PART 3:
October 26, 2005
#21 PART 4:
November 30, 2005
#22 PART 5:
December 28, 2005
#23 PART 6:
January 25, 2006
#24 The Universal Machine PART 1:
April 12, 2006
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Guy Davis Dave Stewart Mike Mignola B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 6
The Universal Machine

B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS
VOLUME 3
#25 PART 2:
May 3, 2006
#26 PART 3:
June 7, 2006
#27 PART 4:
July 5, 2006
#28 PART 5:
August 2, 2006
Guy Davis
with Mike Mignola
#29 Garden of Souls PART 1:
March 14, 2007
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Guy Davis Dave Stewart Mike Mignola B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 7
Garden of Souls

B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS
VOLUME 3
#30 PART 2:
April 11, 2007
#31 PART 3:
May 23, 2007
#32 PART 4:
June 13, 2007
#33 PART 5:
July 11, 2007
#34 Killing Ground PART 1:
August 8, 2007
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Guy Davis Dave Stewart Guy Davis B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 8
Killing Ground

B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS
VOLUME 3
#35 PART 2:
September 12, 2007
#36 PART 3:
October 10, 2007
#37 PART 4:
November 14, 2007
#38 PART 5:
December 12, 2007
#39 1946 PART 1:
January 9, 2008
Mike Mignola
and Joshua Dysart
Paul Azaceta Nick Filardi Mike Mignola B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 9
1946

B.P.R.D. 1946–1948
#40 PART 2:
February 13, 2008
#41 PART 3:
March 12, 2008
#42 PART 4:
April 9, 2008
#43 PART 5:
May 14, 2008
Bishop Olek’s Devil May 3, 2008 Mike Mignola
and Joshua Dysart
Paul Azaceta Nick Filardi
Revival PART 1:
April 28, 2010
John Arcudi Guy Davis Dave Stewart DIGITAL EDITION
Mike Mignola
B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 12
War on Frogs

B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS
VOLUME 2
PART 2:
March 5, 2008
PART 3:
April 2, 2008
#44 War on Frogs #1 June 11, 2008 Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
PENCILS
Herb Trimpe
INKS
Guy Davis
Dave Stewart Mike Mignola
#45 The Ectoplasmic Man June 25, 2008 Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Ben Stenbeck Dave Stewart Mike Mignola B.P.R.D.
Being Human
Out of Reach May 3, 2008 Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Guy Davis Dave Stewart B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 10
The Warning

B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS
VOLUME 4
#46 The Warning PART 1:
July 9, 2008
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Guy Davis Dave Stewart PENCILS
Mike Mignola
INKS
Kevin Nowlan
#47 PART 2:
August 13, 2008
#48 PART 3:
September 10, 2008
#49 PART 4:
October 8, 2008
#50 PART 5:
November 12, 2008
#51 War on Frogs #2 December 10, 2008 Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
John Severin Dave Stewart Mike Mignola B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 12
War on Frogs

B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS
VOLUME 2
#52 The Black Goddess PART 1:
January 14, 2009
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Guy Davis Dave Stewart Kevin Nowlan B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 11
The Black Goddess

B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS
VOLUME 4
#53 PART 2:
February 11, 2009
#54 PART 3:
March 11, 2009
#55 PART 4:
April 8, 2009
#56 PART 5:
May 13, 2009
#57 War on Frogs #3 June 10, 2009 Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Karl Moline Dave Stewart Mike Mignola B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 12
War on Frogs

B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS
VOLUME 2
And What Shall I Find There? June 6, 2009 Mike Mignola
and Joshua Dysart
Patric Reynolds Dave Stewart B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 13
1947

B.P.R.D. 1946–1948
#57 (58) 1947 PART 1:
July 8, 2009
Mike Mignola
and Joshua Dysart
Gabriel Bá
& Fábio Moon
Dave Stewart Mike Mignola
#58 (59) PART 2:
August 12, 2009
#60 PART 3:
September 9, 2009
#61 PART 4:
October 14, 2009
#62 PART 5:
November 11, 2009
#63 War on Frogs #4 December 9, 2009 Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Peter Snejbjerg Bjarne Hansen Mike Mignola B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 12
War on Frogs

B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS
VOLUME 2
#64 King of Fear PART 1:
January 6, 2010
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Guy Davis Dave Stewart Mike Mignola B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 14
King of Fear

B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS
VOLUME 4
#65 PART 2:
February 10, 2010
#66 PART 3:
March 10, 2010
#67 PART 4:
April 14, 2010
Guy Davis
with Mike Mignola
#68 PART 5:
May 12, 2010
Guy Davis
#69 HELL ON EARTH
New World
PART 1:
August 11, 2010
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Guy Davis Dave Stewart Guy Davis B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 1
New World

B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH
VOLUME 1
#70 PART 2:
September 8, 2010
#71 PART 3:
October 13, 2010
#72 PART 4:
November 10, 2010
#73 PART 5:
December 8, 2010
HELL ON EARTH
Seattle
March 4, 2011 Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Guy Davis Dave Stewart Guy Davis
#74 HELL ON EARTH
Gods
PART 1:
January 12, 2011
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Guy Davis Dave Stewart Ryan Sook
VARIANT
Guy Davis
B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 2
Gods and Monsters

B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH
VOLUME 1
#75 PART 2:
February 9, 2011
Ryan Sook
#76 PART 3:
March 9, 2011
#77 The Dead Remembered PART 1:
April 6, 2011
Mike Mignola
and Scott Allie
PENCILS
Karl Moline
INKS
Andy Owens
Dave Stewart Jo Chen
VARIANT
Karl Moline
B.P.R.D.
Being Human
#78 PART 2:
May 4, 2011
Jo Chen
#79 PART 3:
June 1, 2011
Casualties July 1, 2011 Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Guy Davis Dave Stewart
#80 HELL ON EARTH
Monsters
PART 1:
July 13, 2011
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Tyler Crook Dave Stewart Ryan Sook
VARIANT
Francesco Francavilla
B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 2
Gods and Monsters

B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH
VOLUME 1
#81 PART 2:
August 10, 2011
Ryan Sook
#82 HELL ON EARTH
Russia
PART 1:
September 21, 2011
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Tyler Crook Dave Stewart Dave Johnson B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 3
Russia

B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH
VOLUME 1
#83 PART 2:
October 19, 2011
#84 PART 3:
November 23, 2011
#85 PART 4:
December 21, 2011
#86 PART 5:
January 25, 2012
HELL ON EARTH
An Unmarked Grave
February 1, 2012 Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Duncan Fegredo Dave Stewart Duncan Fegredo
#87 HELL ON EARTH
The Long Death
PART 1:
February 15, 2012
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
James Harren Dave Stewart Duncan Fegredo
VARIANT
Mike Mignola
B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 4
The Devil's Engine
& The Long Death


B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH
VOLUME 2
#88 PART 2:
March 21, 2012
Duncan Fegredo
#90 PART 3:
April 18, 2012
#89 HELL ON EARTH
The Pickens County Horror
PART 1:
March 28, 2012
Mike Mignola
and Scott Allie
Jason Latour Dave Stewart Becky Cloonan
VARIANT
Mike Mignola
B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 5
The Pickens County Horror
& Others


B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH
VOLUME 2
#91 PART 2:
April 25, 2012
Becky Cloonan
#93 HELL ON EARTH
The Transformation of J.H. O'Donnell
May 30, 2012 Mike Mignola
and Scott Allie
Max Fiumara Dave Stewart Max Fiumara
VARIANT
Mike Mignola
#92 HELL ON EARTH
The Devil's Engine
PART 1:
May 16, 2012
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Tyler Crook Dave Stewart Duncan Fegredo B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 4
The Devil's Engine
& The Long Death


B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH
VOLUME 2
#94 PART 2:
June 20, 2012
#96 PART 3:
July 18, 2012
Duncan Fegredo
VARIANT
Mike Mignola
#95 HELL ON EARTH
Exorcism
PART 1:
June 27, 2012
Mike Mignola
and Cameron Stewart
Cameron Stewart Dave Stewart Viktor Kalvachev B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 14
The Exorcist

B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH
VOLUME 4
#97 PART 2:
July 25, 2012
#98 HELL ON EARTH
The Return of the Master
PART 1:
August 29, 2012
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Tyler Crook Dave Stewart Ryan Sook
VARIANT
Mike Mignola
B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 6
The Return of the Master

B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH
VOLUME 2
#99 PART 2:
September 26, 2012
Ryan Sook
#100 PART 3:
October 31, 2012
#101 PART 4:
November 28, 2012
Ryan Sook
VARIANT
Mike Mignola
#102 PART 5:
December 19, 2012
Ryan Sook
1948 PART 1:
October 17, 2012
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Max Fiumara Dave Stewart Dave Johnson
VARIANT
Mike Mignola
B.P.R.D.
1948

B.P.R.D. 1946–1948
PART 2:
November 21, 2012
Dave Johnson
PART 3:
December 19, 2012
PART 4:
January 16, 2013
PART 5:
February 20, 2013
#103 HELL ON EARTH
The Abyss of Time
PART 1:
January 9, 2013
Mike Mignola
and Scott Allie
James Harren Dave Stewart James Harren B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 5
The Pickens County Horror
& Others


B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH
VOLUME 2
#104 PART 2:
February 13, 2013
Vampire PART 1:
March 27, 2013
Mike Mignola,
Gabriel Bá
& Fábio Moon
Gabriel Bá
& Fábio Moon
Dave Stewart Fábio Moon B.P.R.D. VAMPIRE – VOLUME 1
PART 2:
April 24, 2013
PART 3:
May 29, 2013
PART 4:
June 26, 2013
PART 5:
July 31, 2013
#105 HELL ON EARTH
A Cold Day in Hell
PART 1:
March 20, 2013
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Peter Snejbjerg Dave Stewart Dave Johnson B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 7
A Cold Day in Hell

B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH
VOLUME 3
#106 PART 2:
April 17, 2013
#107 HELL ON EARTH
Wasteland
PART 1:
May 15, 2013
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Laurence Campbell Dave Stewart Dave Johnson
#108 PART 2:
June 19, 2013
#109 PART 3:
July 17, 2013
#110 HELL ON EARTH
Lake of Fire
PART 1:
August 21, 2013
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Tyler Crook Dave Stewart Rafael Albuquerque B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 8
Lake of Fire

B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH
VOLUME 3
#111 PART 2:
September 18, 2013
#112 PART 3:
October 16, 2013
#113 PART 4:
November 20, 2013
#114 PART 5:
December 18, 2013
#115 HELL ON EARTH
The Reign of the Black Flame
PART 1:
January 15, 2014
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
James Harren Dave Stewart Rafael Albuquerque
VARIANT
Mike Mignola
B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 9
The Reign of the Black Flame

B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH
VOLUME 3
#116 PART 2:
February 19, 2014
Rafael Albuquerque
VARIANT
Richard Corben
#117 PART 3:
March 19, 2014
Rafael Albuquerque
VARIANT
James Harren
#118 PART 4:
April 16, 2014
Rafael Albuquerque
VARIANT
Ryan Sook
#119 PART 5:
May 21, 2014
Rafael Albuquerque
VARIANT
Kevin Nowlan
#120 HELL ON EARTH
The Devil's Wings
PART 1:
June 18, 2014
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Laurence Campbell Dave Stewart Laurence Campbell B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 10
The Devil's Wings

B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH
VOLUME 4
#121 PART 2:
July 16, 2014
#122 HELL ON EARTH
The Broken Equation
PART 1:
August 20, 2014
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Joe Querio Dave Stewart Laurence Campbell
#123 PART 2:
September 17, 2014
#124 HELL ON EARTH
Grind
October 15, 2014 Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Tyler Crook Dave Stewart Laurence Campbell
#125 HELL ON EARTH
Flesh and Stone
PART 1:
November 19, 2014
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
James Harren Dave Stewart Laurence Campbell B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 11
Flesh and Stone

B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH
VOLUME 4
#126 PART 2:
December 17, 2014
#127 PART 3:
January 21, 2015
#128 PART 4:
February 18, 2015
#129 PART 5:
March 18, 2015
#130 HELL ON EARTH
Nowhere, Nothing, Never
PART 1:
April 15, 2015
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Peter Snejbjerg Dave Stewart Laurence Campbell B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 12
Metamorphosis

B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH
VOLUME 5
#131 PART 2:
May 20, 2015
#132 PART 3:
June 17, 2015
#133 HELL ON EARTH
Modern Prometheus
PART 1:
July 22, 2015
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Julián Totino Tedesco Dave Stewart Laurence Campbell
#134 PART 2:
August 19, 2015
#135 HELL ON EARTH
End of Days
PART 1:
September 16, 2015
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Laurence Campbell Dave Stewart Laurence Campbell
VARIANT
Mike Mignola
B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 13
End of Days

B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH
VOLUME 5
#136 PART 2:
October 21, 2015
Laurence Campbell
#137 PART 3:
November 18, 2015
#138 PART 4:
December 16, 2015
#139 PART 5:
January 20, 2016
#140 HELL ON EARTH
The Exorcist
PART 1:
April 20, 2016
Mike Mignola,
Cameron Stewart,
and Chris Roberson
Mike Norton Dave Stewart Duncan Fegredo
VARIANT
David Mack
B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 14
The Exorcist

B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH
VOLUME 4
#141 PART 2:
May 18, 2016
Duncan Fegredo
#142 PART 3:
June 15, 2016
#143 HELL ON EARTH
Cometh the Hour
PART 1:
July 20, 2016
Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi
Laurence Campbell Dave Stewart Duncan Fegredo B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 15
Cometh the Hour

B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH
VOLUME 5
#144 PART 2:
August, 2016
#145 PART 3:
September, 2016
#146 PART 4:
October, 2016
#147 PART 5:
November, 2016
#148 THE DEVIL YOU KNOW #1–5
Messiah
PART 1:
July 26, 2017[2]
Mike Mignola
and Scott Allie
Laurence Campbell Dave Stewart Duncan Fegredo
VARIANT
Mike Mignola
B.P.R.D. THE DEVIL YOU KNOW – VOLUME 1
Messiah
#149 PART 2:
August 30, 2017[3]
Duncan Fegredo
#150 PART 3:
October 25, 2017[4]
#151 PART 4:
November 29, 2017[5]
#152 PART 5:
December 27, 2017[6]
#153 THE DEVIL YOU KNOW #6–10
Pandemonium
PART 1:
May 9, 2018[7]
Mike Mignola
and Scott Allie
Sebastián Fiumara
with Mike Mignola
Dave Stewart Max Fiumara
and Sebastián Fiumara
VARIANT
Mike Mignola
B.P.R.D. THE DEVIL YOU KNOW – VOLUME 2
Pandemonium
#154 PART 2:
June 13, 2018[8]
Sebastián Fiumara Max Fiumara
#155 PART 3:
July 11, 2018[9]
#156 PART 4:
August 8, 2018[10]
Laurence Campbell
#157 PART 5:
September 12, 2018[11]
#158 THE DEVIL YOU KNOW #11–15
Ragna Rok
PART 1:
December 5, 2018[12]
Mike Mignola
and Scott Allie
Laurence Campbell
and Christopher Mitten
Dave Stewart Mike Mignola
VARIANT
Mike Mignola
B.P.R.D. THE DEVIL YOU KNOW – VOLUME 3
Ragna Rok
#159 PART 2:
January 2, 2019[13]
Laurence Campbell Mike Mignola
#160 PART 3:
February 6, 2019
#161 PART 4:
March 20, 2019
#162 PART 5:
April 17, 2019
Laurence Campbell
and Mike Mignola

Collected editions

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B.P.R.D. trade paperbacks

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Most of the B.P.R.D. comics have been collected by Dark Horse as trade paperbacks:

Number Title Collects Published ISBN
1 Hollow Earth & Other Stories
  • Hollow Earth
    (3-issue miniseries)
  • B.P.R.D.
    (promotional piece)
  • Lobster Johnson:
    The Killer in My Skull

    (from Hellboy: Box Full of Evil #1)
  • Abe Sapien versus Science
    (from Hellboy: Box of Evil #2)
  • Abe Sapien:
    Drums of the Dead

    (one-shot)
January 29, 2003 9781569718629
2 The Soul of Venice & Other Stories
  • The Soul of Venice
    (one-shot)
  • Dark Waters
    (one-shot)
  • Night Train
    (one-shot)
  • There's Something Under My Bed
    (one-shot)
  • Another Day at the Office
    (short story)
August 25, 2004 9781593071325
3 Plague of Frogs
  • Plague of Frogs
    (5-issue miniseries)
February 23, 2005 9781593072889
4 The Dead
  • Born Again
    (short story)
  • The Dead
    (5-issue miniseries)
September 28, 2005 9781593073800
5 The Black Flame
  • The Black Flame
    (6-issue miniseries)
July 12, 2006 9781593075507
6 The Universal Machine
  • The Universal Machine
    (5-issue miniseries)
January 17, 2007 9781593077105
7 Garden of Souls
  • Garden of Souls
    (5-issue miniseries)
January 30, 2008 9781593078829
8 Killing Ground
  • Killing Ground
    (5-issue miniseries)
May 21, 2008 9781593079567
9 1946
  • 1946
    (5-issue miniseries)
  • Bishop Olek's Devil
    (short story)
November 5, 2008 9781595821911
10 The Warning
  • Out of Reach
    (short story)
  • The Warning
    (5-issue miniseries)
April 15, 2009 9781595823045
11 The Black Goddess
  • The Black Goddess
    (5-issue miniseries)
October 21, 2009 9781595824110
12 War on Frogs April 28, 2010 9781595824806
13 1947
  • 1947
    (5-issue miniseries)
  • And What Shall I Find There?
    (short story)
July 7, 2010 9781595824783
14 King of Fear
  • King of Fear
    (5-issue miniseries)
November 3, 2010 9781595825643
Being Human
  • The Dead Remembered
    (3-issue miniseries)
  • Casualties
    (short story)
  • Hellboy: Being Human
    (one shot)
  • The Ectoplasmic Man
    (one shot)
November 30, 2011 9781595827562
1948
  • 1948
    (5-issue miniseries)
September 11, 2013 9781616551834

B.P.R.D. Vampire trade paperbacks

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In all ways this appears to be another regular B.P.R.D. trade save for the details on the spine that indicate it is the first in a new line. Only one has been published so far, but there are plans for more in the future.

Number Title Collects Published ISBN
1 Vampire
  • Vampire
    (5-issue miniseries)
November 27, 2013 9781616551964

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth trade paperbacks

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There is also a series of trade paperbacks collecting the Hell on Earth cycle:

Number Title Collects Published ISBN
1 New World
  • New World
    (5-issue miniseries)
  • Seattle
    (short story)
August 17, 2011 9781595827074
2 Gods and Monsters
  • Gods
    (3-issue miniseries)
  • Monsters
    (2-issue miniseries)
January 11, 2012 9781595828224
3 Russia
  • Russia
    (5-issue miniseries)
  • An Unmarked Grave
    (short story)
August 15, 2012 9781595829467
4 The Devil's Engine & The Long Death
  • The Devil's Engine
    (3-issue miniseries)
  • The Long Death
    (3-issue miniseries)
December 5, 2012 9781595829818
5 The Pickens County Horror & Others
  • The Pickens County Horror
    (2-issue miniseries)
  • The Transformation of J.H. O'Donnell
    (one-shot)
  • The Abyss of Time
    (2-issue miniseries)
July 17, 2013 9781616551407
6 The Return of the Master
  • The Return of the Master
    (5-issue arc)
August 7, 2013 9781616551933
7 A Cold Day in Hell
  • Wasteland
    (3-issue arc)
  • A Cold Day in Hell
    (2-issue arc)
January 22, 2014 9781616551995
8 Lake of Fire
  • Lake of Fire
    (5-issue arc)
April 9, 2014 9781616554026
9 The Reign of the Black Flame
  • The Reign of the Black Flame
    (5-issue arc)
September 10, 2014 9781616554712
10 The Devil's Wings
  • The Devil's Wings
    (2-issue arc)
  • The Broken Equation
    (2-issue arc)
  • Grind
    (one-shot)
March 18, 2015 9781616556174
11 Flesh and Stone
  • Flesh and Stone
    (5-issue arc)
September 23, 2015 9781616557621
12 Metamorphosis
  • Nowhere, Nothing, Never
    (3-issue arc)
  • Modern Prometheus
    (2-issue arc)
December 23, 2015 9781616557942
13 End of Days
  • End of Days
    (5-issue arc)
May 18, 2016 9781616559106
14 The Exorcist
  • Exorcism
    (2-issue arc)
  • The Exorcist
    (3-issue arc)
September 21, 2016 9781506700113
15 Cometh the Hour
  • Cometh the Hour
    (5-issue arc)
March 29, 2017 9781506701318

B.P.R.D. The Devil You Know trade paperbacks

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There is also a series of trade paperbacks collecting The Devil You Know cycle:

Number Title Collects Published ISBN
1 Messiah
  • The Devil You Know #1–5
  • Broken Vessels
April 11, 2018 9781506701967
2 Pandemonium
  • The Devil You Know #6–10
February 6, 2019 9781506706535
3 Ragna Rok
  • The Devil You Know #11–15
July 17, 2019 9781506708140

Omnibus editions

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Dark Horse have also released a series of omnibus editions:

Story Cycle Volume Collects Published ISBN
Plague of Frogs 1 January 19, 2011 (HC)
October 22, 2014 (TPB)
9781595826091 (HC)[14]
9781595826756 (TPB)[15]
2 August 17, 2011 (HC)
January 21, 2015 (TPB)
9781595826725 (HC)[16]
9781595826763 (TPB)[17]
3 March 21, 2012 (HC)
March 25, 2015 (TPB)
9781595828606 (HC)[18]
9781616556228 (TPB)
4 November 7, 2012 (HC)
May 20, 2015 (TPB)
9781595829740 (HC)[19]
9781616556419 (TPB)
1946–1948
  • 1946
  • 1947
  • 1948
June 10, 2015 (HC)
March 17, 2020 (TPB)
9781616556464 (HC)[20]
9781506714332 (TPB)
Hell on Earth 1
  • New World
  • Gods and Monsters
  • Russia
December 27, 2017 (HC)
April 6, 2021 (TPB)
9781506703602 (HC)
9781506719702 (TPB)
2
  • The Devil's Engine & The Long Death
  • The Pickens County Horror & Others
  • The Return of the Master
April 18, 2018 (HC)
August 17, 2021 (TPB)
9781506703886 (HC)
9781506724294 (TPB)
3
  • A Cold Day in Hell
  • Lake of Fire
  • The Reign of the Black Flame
October 24, 2018 (HC) 9781506704906 (HC)
4
  • The Devil's Wings
  • Flesh and Stone
  • The Exorcist
December 26, 2018 (HC) 9781506706542 (HC)
9781506724317 (TPB)
5
  • Metamorphosis
  • End of Days
  • Cometh the Hour
March 13, 2019 (HC) 9781506708157 (HC)
9781506724324 (TPB)

In other media

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Films

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The Bureau appeared in the 2004 film Hellboy and its 2008 sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army, both directed by Guillermo del Toro, where it differs from the agency in the comics.

  • In the film it is a secret United States Government agency, created by Roosevelt to combat Hitler's growing mastery of the occult, and strongly affiliated with the FBI. Professor Bruttenholm claims that the BPRD fought the Occult Wars that ended in 1958 with the death of Adolf Hitler.
  • Several personnel are federal agents, including Manning and new character Special Agent John Myers whilst the director is still Professor Bruttenholm, who refers to the bureau as "the ones who bump back", in reference to "things that go bump in the night".
  • The BPRD uses the motto "In Absentia Luci, Tenebrae Vincunt", Latin for "In the Absence of Light, Darkness Prevails"—though this motto is grammatically incorrect—Luci should read "Lucis" for the desired meaning.[original research?]
  • In Hellboy II: The Golden Army, the Bureau's existence is confirmed when Hellboy reveals himself to the media after battling vicious tooth-fairies. The film reveals there is a German branch where Johann was stationed until he became the new director of the US branch.
  • In the 2019 reboot, the Bureau is a public multinational agency.
  • It is hinted that the base may be related to military base Area 51 as the number 51 appears on the walls.[original research?]

Television

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The B.P.R.D. Declassified was a TV special that aired on the FX in 2004.

Roleplaying game

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The B.P.R.D. appeared in the Hellboy Sourcebook and Role Playing Game.

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  • In the film Blade II, Blade's young assistant, Scud, wears a shirt bearing the B.P.R.D. logo. Guillermo del Toro, who directed Blade II, is a fan of Hellboy, and later he directed the film adaptation and its sequel.
  • In the comic shop in The Big Bang Theory, the B.P.R.D. comic is prominently and repeatedly featured.
  • In the show Hawaii 5-0 a B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth: New World poster is on the wall of Dr. Max Bergman's (played by Masi Oka) apartment.

See also

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Similar organizations

References

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  14. ^ "B.P.R.D. Plague of Frogs - Volume 1". DarkHorse.com.
  15. ^ "Edelweiss+". Edelweiss. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
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  19. ^ "B.P.R.D. Plague of Frogs - Volume 4". DarkHorse.com.
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