Bprd The Soul Of Venice

Miles Gunter and Michael Avon Oeming, creators of _Bastard Samurai_, kick off a series of new adventures featuring Mike Mignola's team of paranormal investigators in _B.P.R.D.: The Soul of Venice_! Something's wrong with the water in Venicesomething so unusual that the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense have come to investigate. Exploding statues of a local goddess lead them to the haunted mansion of an ancient vampire and a grand marquis of hell. Mike Mignola lends a hand with the writing on this action-packed and eerie one-shot, with a cover by _Powers_ artist Michael Avon Oeming.

After holding it a secret for ten years, Hellboy creator Mike Mignola finally reveals Abe Sapien's bizarre history. Introduced in the first Hellboy book and featured prominently in the film, Abe Sapien has remained one of the most intriguing mysteries of Mignola's celebrated work. The Hellboy film steered clear of any origin story for Abe so that the tale could be told in Plague of Frogs. The story of Abe's origins unfolds as the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense try to stop the monstrous frog men from the first Hellboy graphic novel, Seed of Destruction. The plague begins its spread across America, lending an apocalyptic new direction to Mignola's stories. • Collects the five-issue miniseries. • With art by Guy Davis and a behind-the-scenes look at his sketchbook, this third volume of B.P.R.D. sees Mignola taking over writing chores for the first time and reveals secrets he's kept under wraps since the beginning of the Hellboy saga, and changes that world completely.

In _B.P.R.D.: There's Something under My Bed_, children have been disappearing from their bedrooms under circumstances so mysterious that local police call in the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. The kids find cold comfort from fish-man Abe Sapien and the disembodied ghost of Johann Krausbut when the innocent fantasy world of monsters and magic they used to enjoy becomes engulfed in terror and nightmares, the bizarre strangers who show up to help don't seem quite so scary after all. Mike Mignola's _B.P.R.D._ goes into bizarre new territory with Joe Harris, screenwriter of _Darkness Falls_, and Adam Pollina, artist of DC's _Big Daddy Danger_.

In 2001, Hellboy quit the B.P.R.D., leaving Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman, and a bizarre roster of special agents to defend the world from any occult threats and the growing menace of the frog army. Collects B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth & Other Stories,B.P.R.D.: The Soul of Venice & Other Stories, and B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs.

From the pages of Mike Mignola's award-winning Hellboy come the further adventures of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense.

Join Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and a slew of talented writers and artists as they bring you the first volume in a series of omnibuses that collect the main B.P.R.D. storyline. In 2001, Hellboy quit the B.P.R.D., leaving its roster of special agents to defend the world from any occult threats, and the growing menace of the frog army. Now their adventures are collected in one continuous saga, following the exploits of Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman, Roger the Homunculus, Johann Krauss, Kate Corrigan, Ashley Strode, and many more from the war on frogs through the end of Ragna Rok. Collects B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth & Other Stories, B.P.R.D.: The Soul of Venice & Other Stories, and B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs.

In _B.P.R.D.: The Dead_ #1, Abe Sapien digs up more details of his origin, as one of the biggest secrets in _Hellboy_ comics continues to unravel. The other members of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense meet their new team leader, a formerly dead Pentagon special operative, as they move in to their new command center to combat the ongoing plague of frogs. John Arcudi (_Doom Patrol_, _JLA_) joins the team as cowriter, mixing his bizarre brand of action and humor with Mignola's own unique writing style. "Guy Davis' knack for atmospheric horror keeps the mood creepy throughout."_Wizard_

The explosive conclusion to the B.P.R.D. series is collected in full for the first time in paperback! Lovecraftian monsters ravage an apocalyptic earth as the B.P.R.D. fights to save what little of humanity they can. But even Hellboy is not who he once was, and whether anyone survives Varvara and the long-awaited Ragna Rok remains to be seen. This book collects the end of the B.P.R.D. as we know it. Includes B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know TPB volumes 1-3 and bonus material.

Follow Hellboy's adventures with the B.P.R.D. before Seed of Destruction! Pressure is mounting within the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense to uncover the Soviets' secret plans for recovered Nazi occult weapons. But a suspicious cover-up leads one agent off the radar in search of answers. meanwhile, demonic Soviet occult leader Varvara pushes her team to follow her own whims, and Hellboy is sent on the mission that led to his infamous misadventures in Mexico. But even more clandestine plots are at work--both inside the B.P.R.D. and out! This volume collects Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1956 issues #1-#5, the one-shot Hellboy vs. Lobster Johnson: The Ring of Death, and bonus sketchbook material. Joining Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson, three stellar artists (Yishan Li of Buffy: The High School Years, Michael Avon Oeming of Attack on Titan, and Mike Norton of Battlepug and Revival) follow three adrenaline-fueled storylines that intertwine toward an explosive finale! Also includes the double-barreled one-shot featuring Hellboy as a villain in a Lobster Johnson luchador movie, with art by Mike Norton and Paul Grist! Collects Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1956 issues #1-#5.