Babe was a four-issue comic book

Comic book

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 mini-series

Limited series

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 published by Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Comics

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 under their Legend imprint from July 1994 - October 1994. It was written by John Byrne, with pencils and inks by Byrne, and covers by Gary Cody.

Babe was set in the same universe as Hellboy

Hellboy

Hellboy is a comic book superhero created by writer-artist Mike Mignola. The character first appeared in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2 , and has since appeared in various eponymous miniseries, one-shots and intercompany crossovers...

, The Torch of Liberty, and Danger Unlimited

Danger Unlimited

Danger Unlimited was a comic book series written and drawn by John Byrne. It ran only four issues, with print publication dates of March to June 1994...

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Plot

In the first issue, a super-strong Babe appears to Ralph Rowan, with no memory of where she came from, how she ended up on the beach, why she's so incredibly strong, or why nothing hurts her. In issues #2 and #3, she is snatched up by aliens, and teams up with guest The Blonde Bombshell (former partner of Torch of Liberty). After escaping the alien spacecraft in issue #3, Babe and company come back to Earth along with the survivors of a mysterious plane crash, who have some strange connection to Babe. Issue #3 also feature the first appearance of John Byrne's creation, the Prototykes. Babe's origin is finally revealed in issue #4, which features the Prototykes again, and Babe's final showdown with villain Gideon Longshadow.

A 2-issue mini-series titled Babe 2 followed in 1995. Babe 2 finds Babe battling the Shrewmanoid, and also features a guest appearance by 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...

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Collected editions

The series has been collected into a trade paperback

Trade paperback (comics)

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 bringing together all the stories set in the Danger Unlimited universe:

• Danger Unlimited (collects Babe #1-4 and Babe 2 #1-2, also includes Danger Unlimited #1-4, IDW Publishing
  IDW Publishing
  IDW Publishing, also known as Idea + Design Works, LLC and IDW, is an American publisher of comic books and comic strip collections. The company was founded in 1999 and has been awarded the title "Publisher of the Year Under 5% Market Share" for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 by Diamond Comic...
  
  , 244 pages, softcover, March 2009, ISBN 1600103634)