Hellboy: The Chained Coffin and Others
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Hellboy: The Chained Coffin and Others is the third trade paperback collection in the Hellboy
series created by Mike Mignola
published by Dark Horse Comics
on August 5, 1998
which collects various mini-series, one-shots and back-up features featuring fictional paranormal detective Hellboy
.
This story by Mike Mignola based on the Irish folktale Teig O'Kane and the Corpse was originally serialized in two-page instalments in Capital City's Advance Comics #75-#82 and was reprinted in full for the first time in the one-shot The Corpse and the Iron Shoes (January 1, 1996
) along with back-up feature Iron Shoes.
Mignola has stated that when he first completed the story he thought that the limitations of the two-page format meant that it was the worst he had ever written, but feedback from people he respects has caused him to change his mind and he now believes it is one of the best.
In the story Hellboy travels to Ireland
in 1959, where a young couple enlist his support after their child Alice is replaced with a changeling
. Hellboy is entrusted with the corpse of Tam O'Clannie and told he must give it a Christian burial
by daybreak to recover the missing child. Hellboy battles with malicious fairy (and future nemesis) Gruagach
and aquatic nightmare Jenny Greenteeth
before finally laying the corpse to rest and recovering the baby.
The story was later reprinted in the one-shot Hellboy: The Corpse (March 24, 2004
) published to tie-in with the release of the first Hellboy
film with behind-the-scenes art from a sequence it inspired.
).
In the story Hellboy is in Ireland in 1961 for a story introduced by folklorists Edwin D. Wolf and Katherine Boggs in which he battles with the demonic Iron Shoes
and delivers it to a local parish church for its destruction.
The story was adapted into the 2007
3-min animated short Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes, directed by Tad Stones
and starring Ron Perlman
and Dan Castellaneta
, as part of the Hellboy Animated franchise and included as an extra on the Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron DVD.
mini-series by Art Adams
but delays to that title meant that in premiered in this collection.
In the story Hellboy travels to a cemetery near Bereznik, Russia in 1964 where he battles with Russian witch the Baba Yaga shooting out her eye in an incident originally mentioned in Hellboy: Wake the Devil
.
he created with Gary Gianni.
In the story Hellboy travels to England
on Christmas Eve
1989 where he descends through a passage in a graveyard in search of the daughter of a dying woman who is married to a prince of the underworld.
issue 2.
In the story Hellboy travels back to East Bromwich
where he has a vision of a priest and a nun standing vigil over the chained coffin of their mother to protect her soul but when the demon arrives to collect it they are defeated and he turns to Hellboy referring to him as "my favourite son".
This story by Mike Mignola was his first Hellboy story written without the scripting assistance of John Byrne and was originally serialised in eight-page installments as a back-up feature in Dark Horse Presents
(issues 88-91, August-November 1994
) and was collected in trade paperback Hellboy: The Wolves of Saint August (November 1995
) with some additional pages to smooth out the rough edges.
Mignola has stated that the story, based on an Irish folktale about St. Patrick cursing a group of pagans, was written on the advice of editor Barbara Kesel
to prove to the audience that the creator was committed to turning Hellboy into an ongoing franchise.
In the story Hellboy and Corrigan travel to Griart, The Balkans in 1994 to find the town decimated by the angry ghosts of werewolves and their associate Father Kelly murdered by a living werewolf.
The trade paperback won the 1996
"Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work" Harvey Award
.
) with back-up feature Autopsy in B-flat by Gary Gianni
.
In the story Hellboy and Corrigan search for the rogue homunculus Roger
who has encountered his 'brother', a more crude homunculus created before himself. The brother seeks to take revenge on humanity using a colossal homunculus that he created from human fat and captures Corrigan as a sacrifice. Roger uses Sherman's power over fire to melt the giant body and slay his brother. Roger then returns to the B.P.R.D. base to restore Sherman and return to his comatose state.
Mignola won the 1998
"Best Writer/Artist: Drama" Eisner Award in part for his work on this mini-series.
, Dave Johnson, Kevin Nowlan
, Thierry Robin
, and Matt Smith
.
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...
series created 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...
published by Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...
on August 5, 1998
1998 in comics
-Spring:* Gay Comix , with issue #25, publishes its final issue -October:* Toy Biz buys Marvel Comics* Excalibur is canceled by Marvel with issue #125.-November:...
which collects various mini-series, one-shots and back-up features featuring fictional paranormal detective 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 Corpse
1996 in comics
-Year overall:* Malcolm Jones III commits suicide at circa age 37.* Boody Rogers, creator of Sparky Watts, dies at c. age 92-January:* January 19: Bernard Baily, co-creator of The Spectre and Hourman, dies at age 79.* January 28:...
) along with back-up feature Iron Shoes.
Mignola has stated that when he first completed the story he thought that the limitations of the two-page format meant that it was the worst he had ever written, but feedback from people he respects has caused him to change his mind and he now believes it is one of the best.
In the story Hellboy travels to Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
in 1959, where a young couple enlist his support after their child Alice is replaced with a changeling
Changeling
A changeling is a creature found in Western European folklore and folk religion. It is typically described as being the offspring of a fairy, troll, elf or other legendary creature that has been secretly left in the place of a human child. Sometimes the term is also used to refer to the child who...
. Hellboy is entrusted with the corpse of Tam O'Clannie and told he must give it a Christian burial
Christian burial
A Christian burial is the burial of a deceased person with specifically Christian ecclesiastical rites; typically, in consecrated ground. Until recent times Christians generally objected to cremation, and practised inhumation almost exclusively, but this opposition has weakened, and now vanished...
by daybreak to recover the missing child. Hellboy battles with malicious fairy (and future nemesis) Gruagach
Gruagach (Hellboy)
Gruagach is a fictional character, created by writer-artist Mike Mignola. He first appeared as the main antagonist in the short story Hellboy: The Corpse, and then reappeared in Hellboy: Strange Places, developing into a major antagonist similar to Prince Nuada, the antagonist of the film Hellboy...
and aquatic nightmare Jenny Greenteeth
Jenny Greenteeth
Jenny Greenteeth is a figure in English folklore. A river hag, similar to Peg Powler, she would pull children or the elderly into the water and drown them. She was often described as green-skinned, with long hair, and sharp teeth...
before finally laying the corpse to rest and recovering the baby.
The story was later reprinted in the one-shot Hellboy: The Corpse (March 24, 2004
2004 in comics
-February:*February 6: Marvel Enterprises and Electronic Arts announce a multi-year agreement in which EA will develop a new generation of fighting video games pitting Marvel superheroes against a new, original set of EA heroes....
) published to tie-in with the release of the first Hellboy
Hellboy (film)
Hellboy is a 2004 supernatural superhero film, starring Ron Perlman, John Hurt and Selma Blair, directed by Guillermo del Toro. The film is based on the Dark Horse Comics work Hellboy: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola. It was produced by Revolution Studios, and distributed by Columbia Pictures...
film with behind-the-scenes art from a sequence it inspired.
Iron Shoes
This story by Mike Mignola was created as a back-up feature for the one-shot release of The Corpse as according to Mignola he didn't want to expand that story any further and he liked the sound of the title The Corpse and the Iron Shoes (January 1, 19961996 in comics
-Year overall:* Malcolm Jones III commits suicide at circa age 37.* Boody Rogers, creator of Sparky Watts, dies at c. age 92-January:* January 19: Bernard Baily, co-creator of The Spectre and Hourman, dies at age 79.* January 28:...
).
In the story Hellboy is in Ireland in 1961 for a story introduced by folklorists Edwin D. Wolf and Katherine Boggs in which he battles with the demonic Iron Shoes
Redcap
A Red Cap or Redcap, also known as a powrie or dunter, is a type of malevolent murderous dwarf, goblin, elf or fairy found in Border Folklore. They are said to inhabit ruined castles found along the border between England and Scotland...
and delivers it to a local parish church for its destruction.
The story was adapted into the 2007
2007 in film
This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...
3-min animated short Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes, directed by Tad Stones
Tad Stones
Tad Stones is an American animator, screenwriter, producer and director best known for his work for The Walt Disney Company, where he worked from 1974 to 2003...
and starring Ron Perlman
Ron Perlman
Ronald N. "Ron" Perlman is an American television, film and voice over actor. He is known for having played Vincent in the TV series Beauty and the Beast , a Deathstroke figure known as Slade in the animated series Teen Titans, Clarence "Clay" Morrow in Sons of Anarchy, the comic book character...
and Dan Castellaneta
Dan Castellaneta
Daniel Louis "Dan" Castellaneta is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter. Noted for his long-running role as Homer Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons, he voices many other characters on The Simpsons, including Abraham "Grampa" Simpson, Barney Gumble,...
, as part of the Hellboy Animated franchise and included as an extra on the Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron DVD.
The Baba Yaga
This story by Mike Mignola was planned as a back-up feature for the Monkeyman and O'BrienMonkeyman and O'Brien
Monkeyman and O'Brien is an American comic book series created by artist Art Adams in 1993. The series was published from 1993 to 1999 by Dark Horse Comics in various types of installments including short features in anthologies, backup stories in other series, a three issue limited series, a two...
mini-series by Art Adams
Art Adams
Arthur "Art" Adams is an American comic book artist and writer. He first broke into the American comic book industry with the 1985 Marvel Comics miniseries Longshot...
but delays to that title meant that in premiered in this collection.
In the story Hellboy travels to a cemetery near Bereznik, Russia in 1964 where he battles with Russian witch the Baba Yaga shooting out her eye in an incident originally mentioned in Hellboy: Wake the Devil
Hellboy: Wake the Devil
Hellboy: Wake the Devil is a five-issue comic book mini-series in the Hellboy franchise, conceived and illustrated by Mike Mignola and published by Dark Horse Comics...
.
A Christmas Underground
This story by Mike Mignola based on an old folktale that he gave a more sinister twist to was first published in the Hellboy Christmas SpecialHellboy Christmas Special
Hellboy Christmas Special is an Eisner award winning Dark Horse Comics one-shot comic book horror anthology edited by Scott Allie and featuring the work of Mike Mignola, Gary Gianni and Steve Purcell.-Creation:...
he created with Gary Gianni.
In the story Hellboy travels to England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
on Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve refers to the evening or entire day preceding Christmas Day, a widely celebrated festival commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth that takes place on December 25...
1989 where he descends through a passage in a graveyard in search of the daughter of a dying woman who is married to a prince of the underworld.
The Chained Coffin
This story by Mike Mignola based on an old folktale was first published in Dark Horse Present 100Dark Horse Presents
Dark Horse Presents was the first comic book published by Dark Horse Comics in 1986 and was their flagship title until its September 2000 cancellation. The second incarnation was published on MySpace, running from July 2007 until August 2010...
issue 2.
In the story Hellboy travels back to East Bromwich
East Bromwich
East Bromwich is a fictional English village in the Hellboy series of comics, named in reference to West Bromwich. It is the location of Hellboy's arrival on Earth after his summoning by Rasputin....
where he has a vision of a priest and a nun standing vigil over the chained coffin of their mother to protect her soul but when the demon arrives to collect it they are defeated and he turns to Hellboy referring to him as "my favourite son".
The Wolves of Saint August
Dark Horse Presents
Dark Horse Presents was the first comic book published by Dark Horse Comics in 1986 and was their flagship title until its September 2000 cancellation. The second incarnation was published on MySpace, running from July 2007 until August 2010...
(issues 88-91, August-November 1994
1994 in comics
-Year overall:* Huge changes in the marketplace force many retailers and small publishers out of business...
) and was collected in trade paperback Hellboy: The Wolves of Saint August (November 1995
1995 in comics
-January:*After Xavier: The Age of Apocalypse is launched. All X-titles change to different names for the next four months.* Thor marks his 400th appearance in Marvel Comics with issue #482....
) with some additional pages to smooth out the rough edges.
Mignola has stated that the story, based on an Irish folktale about St. Patrick cursing a group of pagans, was written on the advice of editor Barbara Kesel
Barbara Kesel
Barbara Randall Kesel is an American writer and editor of comic books; her bibliography includes work for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Crossgen, Image Comics and Dark Horse Comics.-Biography:...
to prove to the audience that the creator was committed to turning Hellboy into an ongoing franchise.
In the story Hellboy and Corrigan travel to Griart, The Balkans in 1994 to find the town decimated by the angry ghosts of werewolves and their associate Father Kelly murdered by a living werewolf.
The trade paperback won the 1996
1996 in comics
-Year overall:* Malcolm Jones III commits suicide at circa age 37.* Boody Rogers, creator of Sparky Watts, dies at c. age 92-January:* January 19: Bernard Baily, co-creator of The Spectre and Hourman, dies at age 79.* January 28:...
"Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work" Harvey Award
Harvey Award
The Harvey Awards, named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman and founded by Gary Groth, President of the publisher Fantagraphics, are given for achievement in comic books. The Harveys were created as part of a successor to the Kirby Awards which were discontinued after 1987.The Harvey Awards are...
.
Almost Colossus
This story by Mike Mignola was originally published in two-issue mini-series Hellboy: Almost Colossus (June-July 19971997 in comics
-January:*Avengers #3 - Marvel Comics*Captain America #3 - Marvel Comics*Fantastic Four #3 - Marvel Comics*Iron Man #3 - Marvel Comics-February:...
) with back-up feature Autopsy in B-flat by Gary Gianni
Gary Gianni
Gary Gianni is an American comics artist best known for the syndicated newspaper comic Prince Valiant.-Biography:Gianni graduated from the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts in 1976...
.
In the story Hellboy and Corrigan search for the rogue homunculus 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....
who has encountered his 'brother', a more crude homunculus created before himself. The brother seeks to take revenge on humanity using a colossal homunculus that he created from human fat and captures Corrigan as a sacrifice. Roger uses Sherman's power over fire to melt the giant body and slay his brother. Roger then returns to the B.P.R.D. base to restore Sherman and return to his comatose state.
Mignola won the 1998
1998 in comics
-Spring:* Gay Comix , with issue #25, publishes its final issue -October:* Toy Biz buys Marvel Comics* Excalibur is canceled by Marvel with issue #125.-November:...
"Best Writer/Artist: Drama" Eisner Award in part for his work on this mini-series.
Gallery
This collection includes a pinup gallery featuring art by B.C. Boyer, Duncan FegredoDuncan Fegredo
Duncan Fegredo is a British comic book artist born in Leicester in 1964.-Career:Fegredo first managed to get into comics after showing his portfolio around UKCAC in 1987 and meeting Dave Thorpe. Together they worked on a strip for a short lived British magazine called Heartbreak Hotel...
, Dave Johnson, Kevin Nowlan
Kevin Nowlan
Kevin Nowlan is an American comic-book artist who works as penciler, inker, colorist and letterer.He has been called "one of the few artists who can be called 'artists's artist'", a master of the various disciplines of comic production, from "design to draftsmanship to dramatics".-Biography:Kevin...
, Thierry Robin
Thierry Robin
Thierry "Titi" Robin , is a French musician influenced by gypsy, tzigane and Arabic music, and by the musicians Camaron de la Isla and Iraqi oud player Munir Bashir. Robin plays the guitar, oud, and bouzouki...
, and Matt Smith
Matt Smith (comics)
Matt Smith is the editor of long-running British science fiction weekly anthology comic 2000 AD, and the sister title Judge Dredd Megazine. He has also written two novels.-Biography:...
.