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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

B.P.R.D. Logo.

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-Canadian 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.

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

Human Agents

  • Dr. Tom Manning, director
  • Dr. Kate Corrigan, liaison to enhanced talents agents
  • Professor Trevor Bruttenholm, former director
  • Dr. Howard Eaton, occult specialist, assistant to Prof. Butternholm
  • Professor James Henry O'Donnell, occult specialist
  • Andrew Devon, field agent
  • Sal Tasso, field agent
  • Agent Clark, field agent
  • Agent Van Fleet, field agent, former Navy Seal
  • Carla Giarocco, field agent
  • Ashley Strode, field agent
  • Pauline Raskin
  • Agent Howards, field agent
  • Agent Vaughn, field agent
  • Agent Nichols, field agent
  • Rebecca Gervesh, field agent

Publication History

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See also: List of Hellboy comics

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
#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:
February 17, 2016		 Mike Mignola
and Cameron Stewart		 Cameron Stewart Dave Stewart Duncan Fegredo
VARIANT
David Mack
#141 PART 2:
March, 2016		 Duncan Fegredo
#142 PART 3:
April, 2016
#143 HELL ON EARTH PART 1:
May, 2016		 Mike Mignola
and John Arcudi		 Laurence Campbell Dave Stewart Laurence Campbell
#144 PART 2:
June, 2016
#145 PART 3:
July, 2016
#146 PART 4:
August, 2016
#147 PART 5:
September, 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
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 ISBN 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 ISBN 9781593071325
3 Plague of Frogs
  • Plague of Frogs
    (5-issue miniseries)
 February 23, 2005 ISBN 9781593072889
4 The Dead
  • Born Again
    (short story)
  • The Dead
    (5-issue miniseries)
 September 28, 2005 ISBN 9781593073800
5 The Black Flame
  • The Black Flame
    (6-issue miniseries)
 July 12, 2006 ISBN 9781593075507
6 The Universal Machine
  • The Universal Machine
    (5-issue miniseries)
 January 17, 2007 ISBN 9781593077105
7 Garden of Souls
  • Garden of Souls
    (5-issue miniseries)
 January 30, 2008 ISBN 9781593078829
8 Killing Ground
  • Killing Ground
    (5-issue miniseries)
 May 21, 2008 ISBN 9781593079567
9 1946
  • 1946
    (5-issue miniseries)
  • Bishop Olek's Devil
    (short story)
 November 5, 2008 ISBN 9781595821911
10 The Warning
  • Out of Reach
    (short story)
  • The Warning
    (5-issue miniseries)
 April 15, 2009 ISBN 9781595823045
11 The Black Goddess
  • The Black Goddess
    (5-issue miniseries)
 October 21, 2009 ISBN 9781595824110
12 War on Frogs April 28, 2010 ISBN 9781595824806
13 1947
  • 1947
    (5-issue miniseries)
  • And What Shall I Find There?
    (short story)
 July 7, 2010 ISBN 9781595824783
14 King of Fear
  • King of Fear
    (5-issue miniseries)
 November 3, 2010 ISBN 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 ISBN 9781595827562
- 1948
  • 1948
    (5-issue miniseries)
 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
1 Vampire
  • Vampire
    (5-issue miniseries)
 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
  • New World
    (5-issue miniseries)
  • Seattle
    (short story)
 August 17, 2011 ISBN 9781595827074
2 Gods and Monsters
  • Gods
    (3-issue miniseries)
  • Monsters
    (2-issue miniseries)
 January 11, 2012 ISBN 9781595828224
3 Russia
  • Russia
    (5-issue miniseries)
  • An Unmarked Grave
    (short story)
 August 15, 2012 ISBN 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 ISBN 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 ISBN 9781616551407
6 The Return of the Master
  • The Return of the Master
    (5-issue arc)
 August 7, 2013 ISBN 9781616551933
7 A Cold Day in Hell
  • Wasteland
    (3-issue arc)
  • A Cold Day in Hell
    (2-issue arc)
 January 22, 2014 ISBN 9781616551995
8 Lake of Fire
  • Lake of Fire
    (5-issue arc)
 April 9, 2014 ISBN 9781616554026
9 The Reign of the Black Flame
  • The Reign of the Black Flame
    (5-issue arc)
 September 10, 2014 ISBN 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 ISBN 9781616556174
11 Flesh and Stone
  • Flesh and Stone
    (5-issue arc)
 September 23, 2015 ISBN 978-1616557621
12 Metamorphosis
  • Nowhere, Nothing, Never
    (3-issue arc)
  • Modern Prometheus
    (2-issue arc)
 December 23, 2015 ISBN 978-1616557942
13 End of Days
  • End of Days
    (5-issue arc)
 May 18, 2016 ISBN 978-1616559106

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
  • 1946
  • 1947
  • 1948
 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 movie 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

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External links

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