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Image Bibliography

Hellboy as Christ 

Image 1 Cover of Hellboy volume 1: "Seed of destruction"

Image 2 Page 18 of Hellboy volume 1: "Seed of destruction"

Image 3 Page 92 Hellboy volume 1: "Seed of destruction"

Image 4 Page 59 Hellboy volume 3: "The chained coffin and others"

Image 5 Page 56 Hellboy volume 3: "The chained coffin and others"

Slide show contains images from Hellboy volumes 1-3

 

Liz Sherman: The Holy Spirit

Image 1 page 68 Hellboy volume 2: "Wake the devil"

 

The disciples of the B.P.R.D.

Image 1 Page 46 Hellboy volume 1: "Seed of destruction"

Image 2 Page 55 Hellboy volume 1: "Seed of destruction"

Image 3 Page 113 B.P.R.D. volume 8: "Killing ground"

Image 4 Page 70 Hellboy volume 2: "Wake the devil"

image 5 Page 130 Hellboy volume 3: "The chained coffin and others"

Image 6 Cover B.P.R.D. volume 1: "Plague of frogs"

 

Rasputin

Image 1 Page 57 Hellboy volume 1: "Seed of destruction"

Image 2 page 39 Hellboy volume 2: "Wake the devil"

Image 3 Page 104 Hellboy volume 1: "Seed of destruction"

 

God of Science

Image 1 Page 158 Hellboy volume 3: "The chained coffin and others"

Image 2 Page 131 Hellboy volume 3: "The chained coffin and others"

Image 3 Page 161 Hellboy volume 3: "The chained coffin and others"

 

Hecate

Image 1 Page 86 Hellboy volume 2: "Wake the devil"

Image 2 Page 87 Hellboy volume 2: "Wake the devil"

Rasputn Image 1
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