B.P.R.D.: Garden of Souls is a five-issue B.P.R.D. comic book

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 mini-series

Limited series

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, written by Mike Mignola

Mike Mignola

Michael Joseph "Mike" Mignola is an American comic book artist and writer who created the comic book series Hellboy for Dark Horse Comics. He has worked for animation projects such as Atlantis: The Lost Empire and the adaptation of his one shot comic book, The Amazing Screw-On Head.-Career:Mignola...

, with art by Guy Davis and published by Dark Horse Comics

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Issue #1

The first issue (March 14, 2007) featured a cover by Guy Davis.

In this issue, the ageless mummy, Panya, is introduced, the team continues to mourn the loss of Roger

Roger (Hellboy)

Roger the Homunculus is a fictional character featured in the Hellboy and B.P.R.D. comic books published by Dark Horse Comics. He is an unusually large homunculus, a humanoid being said to be created by means of alchemy....

, and Abe Sapien

Abe Sapien

Abraham "Abe" Sapien is a fictional character in the comic book series Hellboy, created by Mike Mignola. He takes his name from "Icthyo sapiens," the fanciful species designation chosen for him by his colleagues in the 19th-century Oannes Club, and from Abraham Lincoln, on whose assassination date...

 receives a strange map that may hold clues to his past life as Dr. Langdon Everett Caul.

Issue #2

The second issue (April 11, 2007) featured a cover by Guy Davis.

Abe and Ben Daimio

Ben Daimio

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 travel to Balikpapan

Balikpapan

Balikpapan is a seaport city on the eastern coast of the island of Borneo, Indonesia, in the East Kalimantan province, a resource-rich region well known for its timber, mining, and petroleum export products. Two harbors, Semayang and Kariangau , and the Sepinggan International Airport are the main...

, Indonesia

Indonesia

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 to search for the mysterious sender of Abe's cigar case. Liz Sherman

Liz Sherman

Elizabeth 'Liz' Sherman is a fictional character appearing in the Hellboy comic book series created by Mike Mignola.-Fictional character history:...

 continues to have apocalyptic visions, and begins to question whether or not she can trust her teammates. Johann Kraus

Johann Kraus

Johann Kraus is a fictional character in the Hellboy universe, created by Mike Mignola. He is featured in the comic book B.P.R.D., published by Dark Horse Comics....

 discovers a startling secret about a Nazi war criminal known as The Crimson Lotus.

Issue #3

The third issue (May 23, 2007) featured a cover by Guy Davis.

In this issue, Abe is drawn to a small island where he discovers the members of Langdon Caul's Oannes Society are still alive. They have been maintaining their bodies in modified Victorian diving suits, but plan to transfer their consciousnesses to newly grown bodies in the near future. Johann confides in Liz and Kate his suspicions regarding a familial connection between Ben and The Crimson Lotus.

Issue #4

The fourth issue (June 13, 2007) featured a cover by Guy Davis.

In this issue, Abe discovers the living mummy, Panya, is being held by Caul's former friends. She relates her experience of living in Victorian England and being kidnapped by the Oannes Society (They believe her to be the sea goddess Naunet

Naunet

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). The Oannes society reveal their plan the create a massive tsunami by triggering several explosives across the East Pacific. By killing millions of people, they will harvest the power of their departed souls.

Issue #5

The fifth issue (July 11, 2007) featured a cover by Guy Davis.

Abe is able to foil the plans of the Oannes Society by destroying the artificial bodies they have grown to contain the souls of their intended victims. Ben manages to locate and disarm the bombs planted by the society. Panya is freed from her captors and relocated to the B.P.R.D.

Collected edition

The five issues were compiled and reprinted in the trade paperback

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 B.P.R.D.: Garden of Souls (January 30, 2008

2008 in comics

-January:*January 9: Teen Titans: The Lost Annual, delayed since 2003, is published.*January 23: Hellblazer #240, marking the 20th anniversary of the series, is released.-February:...

, ISBN 978-1-59307-882-9), which also included extensive original sketches from Davis.