Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense
| Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense | |
|---|---|
 B.P.R.D. by Guy Davis | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
| First appearance | Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (1993) |
| Created by | Mike Mignola |
| In-story information | |
| Type of organization | Government Intelligence Agency |
| Base(s) | Research facility in Colorado (film version) New Jersey |
| Leader(s) |
Director Tom Manning Professor Trevor Bruttenholm |
| Agent(s) |
Johann Krauss 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, charged with protecting America and the world from the occult, paranormal and supernatural. It maintains the services of several supernatural persons, including Hellboy. The B.P.R.D. originally appeared in the Hellboy comics but has also been featured in many stories under the B.P.R.D. title.
Fictional organization history
The BPRD was founded in late 1944 by Professor Trevor Bruttenholm to combat various occult threats uncovered in operations against Nazi Germany. It initially had strong links to the USAAF and was based at a military airbase in New Mexico, but later relocated to a custom built facility in Fairfield, Connecticut. It maintains strong links to various branches of the United States Armed Forces 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. Under Manning several "advanced skills agents" were added to the agency including Liz Sherman and Abe Sapien.
The BPRD 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. 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 BPRD 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 - The Warning, The Black Goddess, and King of Fear - saw the Bureau threatened by both an alliance of the frogs, The Black Flame, and the Hyperborean underworld, 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 on the outs with 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. The Bureau has also begun collaborating with the Russian Special Sciences Service to combat the new threats.
A vision of the future shown in King of Fear showed the apocalypse had triumphed over this larger, heavier armed BPRD.
Agents
"Enhanced Talents" agents
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Human agents
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Publication history
The Bureau made its first appearance in the pages of the Hellboy miniseries 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 overtime 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
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 | September 28, 2005 | 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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #144 | PART 2: August, 2016 | ||||||
| #145 | PART 3: September, 2016 | ||||||
| #146 | PART 4: October, 2016 | ||||||
| #147 | PART 5: November, 2016 | ||||||
Collected editions
B.P.R.D. trade paperbacks
Most of the B.P.R.D. comics have been collected by Dark Horse as trade paperbacks:
| Number | Title | Collects | Published | ISBN |
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| 1 | Hollow Earth & Other Stories |
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January 29, 2003 | ISBN 9781569718629 |
| 2 | The Soul of Venice & Other Stories |
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August 25, 2004 | ISBN 9781593071325 |
| 3 | Plague of Frogs |
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February 23, 2005 | ISBN 9781593072889 |
| 4 | The Dead |
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September 28, 2005 | ISBN 9781593073800 |
| 5 | The Black Flame |
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July 12, 2006 | ISBN 9781593075507 |
| 6 | The Universal Machine |
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January 17, 2007 | ISBN 9781593077105 |
| 7 | Garden of Souls |
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January 30, 2008 | ISBN 9781593078829 |
| 8 | Killing Ground |
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May 21, 2008 | ISBN 9781593079567 |
| 9 | 1946 |
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November 5, 2008 | ISBN 9781595821911 |
| 10 | The Warning |
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April 15, 2009 | ISBN 9781595823045 |
| 11 | The Black Goddess |
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October 21, 2009 | ISBN 9781595824110 |
| 12 | War on Frogs |
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April 28, 2010 | ISBN 9781595824806 |
| 13 | 1947 |
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July 7, 2010 | ISBN 9781595824783 |
| 14 | King of Fear |
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November 3, 2010 | ISBN 9781595825643 |
| - | Being Human |
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November 30, 2011 | ISBN 9781595827562 |
| - | 1948 |
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September 11, 2013 | ISBN 9781616551834 |
B.P.R.D. Vampire trade paperbacks
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 |
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| 1 | Vampire |
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November 27, 2013 | ISBN 9781616551964 |
B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth trade paperbacks
There is also a series of trade paperbacks collecting the Hell on Earth cycle:
| Number | Title | Collects | Published | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New World |
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August 17, 2011 | ISBN 9781595827074 |
| 2 | Gods and Monsters |
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January 11, 2012 | ISBN 9781595828224 |
| 3 | Russia |
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August 15, 2012 | ISBN 9781595829467 |
| 4 | The Devil's Engine & The Long Death |
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December 5, 2012 | ISBN 9781595829818 |
| 5 | The Pickens County Horror & Others |
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July 17, 2013 | ISBN 9781616551407 |
| 6 | The Return of the Master |
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August 7, 2013 | ISBN 9781616551933 |
| 7 | A Cold Day in Hell |
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January 22, 2014 | ISBN 9781616551995 |
| 8 | Lake of Fire |
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April 9, 2014 | ISBN 9781616554026 |
| 9 | The Reign of the Black Flame |
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September 10, 2014 | ISBN 9781616554712 |
| 10 | The Devil's Wings |
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March 18, 2015 | ISBN 9781616556174 |
| 11 | Flesh and Stone |
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September 23, 2015 | ISBN 978-1616557621 |
| 12 | Metamorphosis |
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December 23, 2015 | ISBN 978-1616557942 |
| 13 | End of Days |
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May 18, 2016 | ISBN 978-1616559106 |
| 14 | The Exorcist |
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September 21, 2016 | ISBN 978-1506700113 |
| 15 | Cometh the Hour |
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Omnibus editions
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) |
ISBN 9781595826091 (HC)[2] ISBN 9781595826756 (TPB)[3] | |
| 2 | August 17, 2011 (HC) January 21, 2015 (TPB) |
ISBN 9781595826725 (HC)[4] ISBN 9781595826763 (TPB)[5] | ||
| 3 | March 21, 2012 (HC) March 25, 2015 (TPB) |
ISBN 9781595828606 (HC)[6] ISBN 9781616556228 (TPB) | ||
| 4 | November 7, 2012 (HC) May 20, 2015 (TPB) |
ISBN 9781595829740 (HC)[7] ISBN 9781616556419 (TPB) | ||
| 1946–1948 |
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June 10, 2015 (HC) | ISBN 9781616556464 (HC) | |
In other media
Films
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 movie 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 Broom 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.
- In Hellboy II: The Golden Army, the Bureau's existence is confirmed when Hellboy reveals himself to the media.
- The film reveals there is a German branch where Johann was stationed until he became the new director of the US branch.
- It is hinted that the base may be related to military base Area 51: the number 51 appears on the walls.
Television
The B.P.R.D. Declassified was a TV special that aired on the FX Network in 2004.
Roleplaying game
The B.P.R.D. appeared in the Hellboy Sourcebook and Role Playing Game.
In popular culture
- 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
Similar organizations:
References
- ↑ Khouri, Andy. ""B.P.R.D." Renumbers From Issue #100 In October". Comics Alliance. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
- ↑ "B.P.R.D. Plague of Frogs - Volume 1". DarkHorse.com.
- ↑ . Edelweiss http://edelweiss.abovethetreeline.com/ProductDetailPage.aspx?sequence=47&group=catalog&mailingID=0&mailingGroupID=0&catalogID=250561&org=&sku=1595826750. Retrieved 16 March 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "B.P.R.D. Plague of Frogs - Volume 2". DarkHorse.com.
- ↑ . Edelweiss http://edelweiss.abovethetreeline.com/ProductDetailPage.aspx?sequence=87&group=catalog&mailingID=0&mailingGroupID=0&catalogID=250561&org=&sku=1595826769. Retrieved 16 March 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "B.P.R.D. Plague of Frogs - Volume 3". DarkHorse.com.
- ↑ "B.P.R.D. Plague of Frogs - Volume 4". DarkHorse.com.