''Hellboy: Weird Tales'' is a

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bimonthly eight-issue comic book

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that offered a variety of guest writers and artists the chance to give their own take on the ''

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'' characters created by Mike Mignola whilst he was in

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working on the first ''

'' movie. The issues were published bi-monthly to alternate with a series of ''B.P.R.D.'' one-shots and were collected in two trade paperback volumes.

Issues

Issue #1

Published February 26, 2003. Cover by John Cassaday.

Issue #2

Published April 23, 2003. Cover by

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Issue #3

Published June 25, 2003. Cover by

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Issue #4

Published August 27, 2003. Cover by Leinil Francis Yu.

Issue #5

Published October 15, 2003. Cover by J.H. Williams III.

Issue #6

Published December 10, 2003, Cover by Frank Cho.

Issue #7

Published February 11, 2004 cover by Phil Noto.

Issue #8

Published April 14, 2004 cover by Michael William Kaluta.

Collected editions

The series has been collected into two trade paperback (comics), trade paperbacks and one hardcover edition: *''Volume 1'' (collects ''Hellboy: Weird Tales'' #1-4, February 2003, ) *''Volume 2'' (collects ''Hellboy: Weird Tales'' #5-8, October 2004, ) *''HC - Hardcover'' (collects ''Hellboy: Weird Tales'' #1-8 (Volume 1 & 2) and the "How Koshchei Became Deathless" and "Baba Yaga's Feast" back-ups from ''Hellboy: The Wild Hunt'' #2-4, December 2014, )

Awards

*The character Hellboy in ''Hellboy: Weird Tales'' was nominated for the 2003 in comics, 2003 "Favourite Hero" Wizard Fan Awards, Wizard Fan Award. *John Cassady won the 2004 in comics, 2004 "Best Artist/Penciller/Inker" Eisner Award#Best Artist/Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team, Eisner Award in part for his work on this title.

Notes

References

* * {{Hellboy 2003 comics debuts 2004 comics endings Fantasy comics