Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense

The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (the B.P.R.D. or BPRD) is a fictional organization in the comic book work of Mike Mignola. The B.P.R.D. originally appeared in the Hellboy comics and has since become a major part of its expanded universe, where it was supposedly founded by the United States and United Kingdom governments, and charged with researching the occult, paranormal and supernatural, and also defending against their dangers.

Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense
B.P.R.D. Logo.
Publication information
Publisher	Dark Horse Comics
First appearance	Seed of Destruction #1 (March 1994)
Created by	Mike Mignola
In-story information
Type of organization	Intelligence agency
Base(s)	Research facility in Colorado (film version) New Jersey
Leader(s)	Director Tom Manning Professor Trevor Bruttenholm
Agent(s)	Johann Kraus Liz Sherman Abe Sapien Kate Corrigan Captain Ben Daimio Hellboy Roger the Homunculus

In 2002, Dark Horse Comics launched the B.P.R.D. comic series, and in 2014 the Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. series.

Fictional organization history

In the Hellboy comics, the B.P.R.D. was founded in 1945 by Professor Trevor Bruttenholm to combat various occult threats uncovered in operations against Nazi Germany. It initially had strong links to the United States Army Air Forces and was based at a military airbase in New Mexico, but in 1947 later relocated to a custom built facility in Fairfield, Connecticut. It maintains strong links to various branches of the US military to this day. It is a private organization that receives funding from several major governments (mostly the United States and United Kingdom, although other countries including Canada, Japan, France, and Italy have been mentioned).

Professor Bruttenholm served as director until the late 1950s when he stepped down to return to field work. The current director is Dr. Thomas Manning. Over the years, the Bureau has added several agents with "enhanced skills" to its ranks including Hellboy in 1952, Liz Sherman in 1980, and Abe Sapien in 1981.

The B.P.R.D. is a well known and respected organization that has excellent relations with most international governments and United States government agencies, with the exceptions of China and the CIA^{[citation needed]}.

The Plague of Frogs Cycle

The Bureau was the United States' only defense against an onslaught of frog creatures (originally featured in Seed of Destruction). Though the "frogs" began operating on the East Coast, they spread west on both sides of the US-Canada border. To cut costs, the Bureau moved from its traditional headquarters in Connecticut to an abandoned research facility in Colorado. This facility was last used to house Nazi scientists who defected to America after World War II. As such, the facility contains vast quantities of secret files that the B.P.R.D. has yet to explore.

The frog monster invasion reached its peak during the events of The Black Flame during which a Neo-Nazi madman adopted the persona of the World War II era supervillain the Black Flame and insinuated himself as the leader of the frogs. Together they raised the gigantic Katha-Hem (one of the Ogdru Hem, the 369 spawn of the Ogdru Jahad) which ran rampant across the American heartland until Liz Sherman used an ancient artifact to amplify her pyrokinetic powers a thousandfold. After Katha-Hem was destroyed, the frog monsters dragged the Black Flame into a vast pit and the invasion appeared to come to an end.

A series of incidents—featured in The Warning, The Black Goddess, and King of Fear—saw the Bureau threatened by both an alliance of the frogs, the Black Flame, and creatures from the Hollow Earth, united to bring about an apocalypse and the birth of a new human race; and also the villain Memnan Saa, who abducted Liz in an attempt to use her powers to conquer the Earth so he could prevent the Apocalypse. This crisis saw half of Munich destroyed, the Bureau discredited in the eyes of the American military, and Abe Sapien revealed to be an example of the next stage of the frog's evolution. Finally, Liz Sherman exhausted all of her powers in destroying the underworld alliance. This inadvertently caused massive volcanic disasters across the world, devastating Malaysia and causing the destruction of Borneo (wiping out the nations of Indonesia and Brunei), and also causing the rise of a large, immobile monster in California, spewing out a gas across America and Mexico that mutates people. In the wake of this new crisis, the United Nations Security Council drafted the Bureau to work directly for them, with "blank cheque" funding.

A vision of the future shown in King of Fear showed the apocalypse had triumphed over this larger, more heavily armed B.P.R.D.

The Hell on Earth Cycle

In the wake of the events of King of Fear, the world enters an apocalyptic era as natural disasters and vicious monsters crawl out of the Earth. Society is pushed to the brink of madness as many new cults arise to worship the creatures, while other supernatural forces begin shifting their plans in response to the global chaos. The B.P.R.D. agents face their own struggles during this time - Johann claims revenge on Ben Daimio for the destruction of his new body, while Abe is shot in the head by a panicked psychic girl named Fenix. Fortunately for the B.P.R.D., they gain new allies as well in the form of the Russian Special Sciences Service (S.S.S.), with their director Iosif Nichayko.

Unfortunately, Zinco and the last remnants of Project Ragnarok inadvertently resurrect a new and more powerful Black Flame, who proceeds to take control of New York and reawaken many slumbering Ogdru Hem all over the globe. Abe recovers from his near-fatal wound in time to see the world in an even worse state than last he saw, and he goes AWOL from the B.P.R.D. to go on a journey of self-discovery. Liz regains her powers and rejoins the B.P.R.D., while Johann transfers his spirit into the WWII Sledgehammer suit and together they fight the Ogdru Hem as they run rampant. Eventually they take on the new Black Flame in New York, but their victory only proves hollow as one of the seven Ogdru Jahad lands in Kansas, spawning an army of Ogdru Hem as it tears its way across the land. Johann ends up sacrificing himself to defeat the dragon, paralyzing all the Ogdru Hem around the world and giving the world a moment of peaceful respite.

B.P.R.D. Agents

 

Members of the B.P.R.D. (from left to right: Johann Kraus, Liz Sherman, Abe Sapien, Roger, and Kate Corrigan), as illustrated by Guy Davis

Enhanced Talents Taskforce

• Hellboy / Anung Un Rama, Cambion (a half-Demon)
• Abraham Sapien, amphibious man
• Elizabeth Sherman, pyrokinetic
• Roger the Homunculus, artificial human
• Johann Kraus, ectoplasmic physical medium
• Captain Benjamin Daimio, were-jaguar
• Panya, ageless mummy
• Fenix Espejo, psychic
• Ted Howards (Gall Dennar), warrior with a Hyperborean sword
• Susan Xiang, psychic
• Josephine T. Gant, psychic
• Garrett Omatta, psychic

Human Agents

• Professor Trevor Bruttenholm, former director (deceased)
• Dr. Tom Manning, director
• Dr. Kate Corrigan, liaison to enhanced talents agents
• Dr. Howard Eaton, occult specialist, assistant to Prof. Bruttenholm
• Professor James Henry O'Donnell, occult specialist
• Andrew Devon, field agent
• Sal Tasso, field agent
• Carla Giarocco, field agent
• Ashley Strode, exorcist and field agent
• Pauline Raskin, former field agent
• Joseph Vaughn, field agent
• Rebecca Gervesh, field agent
• Agent Nichols, field agent
• Agent Enos, field agent
• Rachel Turner, London field agent

Allies

• Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder, a witch hunter who had his own spin-off series
• Lobster Johnson, a vigilante ghost
• Michael Mathers, also known as The Visitor, an extraterrestrial assassin sent to Earth to kill Hellboy
• Alice Monaghan, a young woman, who was kidnapped by fairies as a baby, then saved by Hellboy, retained some magical abilities and now works as a psychic
• Iosif Nichayko, a Russian zombie super soldier and Director of the Russian Special Sciences Service
• Daryl Tynon, a human hunter who was turned into a wendigo
• Varvara, a little girl possessed by a demon and former director of the Special Sciences Service

Publication history

See also: List of Hellboy comics

The Bureau made its first appearance in the pages of the Hellboy miniseries Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (4 issues, March–June 1994) and was a major part of the comic until Hellboy leaves the B.P.R.D. at the end of Conqueror Worm. At this point the B.P.R.D. series began, following the agents of the B.P.R.D. such as Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman, Roger and Johann Krauss.

B.P.R.D. was once considered a "series of miniseries", with each story reading as a stand-alone story easily enough, but over time, an overarching story began to develop. When a new story cycle began, the series was retitled B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth, then two years later when the series hit its 100th issue, it was restructured as an ongoing monthly comic. This was done for many reasons, most notably to make the reading order simpler to the uninitiated.^[1]

Stories

B.P.R.D. began as a series of miniseries, but it also had an ongoing numbering on the inside cover of its issues. For the 100th issue the internal numbering shifted to the front cover as the series became a monthly ongoing comic.

Issue	Title	Date	Story	Art	Colors	Cover	Collection
#1	Hollow Earth	PART 1: January 30, 2002	Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden & Tom Sniegoski	Ryan Sook	Dave Stewart	Mike Mignola	B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 1 Hollow Earth & Other Stories B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS VOLUME 1
#2		PART 2: April 17, 2002		PENCILS & INKS Ryan Sook INKS Curtis Arnold
#3		PART 3: June 5, 2002		PENCILS Ryan Sook INKS Curtis Arnold
#4	The Soul of Venice	May 14, 2003	Miles Gunther & Michael Avon Oeming with Mike Mignola	Michael Avon Oeming	Dave Stewart	Michael Avon Oeming	B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 2 The Soul of Venice & Other Stories B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS VOLUME 1
#5	Dark Waters	July 23, 2003	Brian Augustyn	Guy Davis	Dave Stewart	Guy Davis
#6	Night Train	September 17, 2003	Geoff Johns & Scott Kolins	Scott Kolins & Dave Stewart	Dave Stewart	Scott Kolins & Dave Stewart
#7	There's Something Under My Bed	November 19, 2003	Joe Harris	PENCILS Adam Pollina INKS Guillermo Zubiaga	Lee Loughridge	PENCILS Adam Pollina INKS Guillermo Zubiaga
—	Another Day at the Office	August 25, 2004	Mike Mignola	Cameron Stewart	Michelle Madsen	—
#8	Plague of Frogs	PART 1: March 3, 2004	Mike Mignola	Guy Davis	Dave Stewart	Guy Davis	B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 3 Plague of Frogs B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS VOLUME 1
#9		PART 2: April 7, 2004
#10		PART 3: May 5, 2004
#11		PART 4: June 2, 2004
#12		PART 5: July 7, 2004
—	Born Again	March, 2004	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Guy Davis	Dave Stewart	—	B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 4 The Dead B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS VOLUME 2
#13	The Dead	PART 1: November 3, 2004	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Guy Davis	Dave Stewart	Guy Davis
#14		PART 2: December 8, 2004
#15		PART 3: January 19, 2005
#16		PART 4: February 23, 2005
#17		PART 5: March 30, 2005
#18	The Black Flame	PART 1: August 31, 2005	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Guy Davis	Dave Stewart	Mike Mignola	B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 5 The Black Flame B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS VOLUME 2
#19		PART 2: September 28, 2005
#20		PART 3: October 26, 2005
#21		PART 4: November 30, 2005
#22		PART 5: December 28, 2005
#23		PART 6: January 25, 2006
#24	The Universal Machine	PART 1: April 12, 2006	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Guy Davis	Dave Stewart	Mike Mignola	B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 6 The Universal Machine B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS VOLUME 3
#25		PART 2: May 3, 2006
#26		PART 3: June 7, 2006
#27		PART 4: July 5, 2006
#28		PART 5: August 2, 2006		Guy Davis with Mike Mignola
#29	Garden of Souls	PART 1: March 14, 2007	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Guy Davis	Dave Stewart	Mike Mignola	B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 7 Garden of Souls B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS VOLUME 3
#30		PART 2: April 11, 2007
#31		PART 3: May 23, 2007
#32		PART 4: June 13, 2007
#33		PART 5: July 11, 2007
#34	Killing Ground	PART 1: August 8, 2007	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Guy Davis	Dave Stewart	Guy Davis	B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 8 Killing Ground B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS VOLUME 3
#35		PART 2: September 12, 2007
#36		PART 3: October 10, 2007
#37		PART 4: November 14, 2007
#38		PART 5: December 12, 2007
#39	1946	PART 1: January 9, 2008	Mike Mignola and Joshua Dysart	Paul Azaceta	Nick Filardi	Mike Mignola	B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 9 1946 B.P.R.D. 1946–1948
#40		PART 2: February 13, 2008
#41		PART 3: March 12, 2008
#42		PART 4: April 9, 2008
#43		PART 5: May 14, 2008
—	Bishop Olek’s Devil	May 3, 2008	Mike Mignola and Joshua Dysart	Paul Azaceta	Nick Filardi	—
—	Revival	PART 1: April 28, 2010	John Arcudi	Guy Davis	Dave Stewart	DIGITAL EDITION Mike Mignola	B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 12 War on Frogs B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS VOLUME 2
		PART 2: March 5, 2008
		PART 3: April 2, 2008
#44	War on Frogs #1	June 11, 2008	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	PENCILS Herb Trimpe INKS Guy Davis	Dave Stewart	Mike Mignola
#45	The Ectoplasmic Man	June 25, 2008	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Ben Stenbeck	Dave Stewart	Mike Mignola	B.P.R.D. Being Human
—	Out of Reach	May 3, 2008	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Guy Davis	Dave Stewart	—	B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 10 The Warning B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS VOLUME 4
#46	The Warning	PART 1: July 9, 2008	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Guy Davis	Dave Stewart	PENCILS Mike Mignola INKS Kevin Nowlan
#47		PART 2: August 13, 2008
#48		PART 3: September 10, 2008
#49		PART 4: October 8, 2008
#50		PART 5: November 12, 2008
#51	War on Frogs #2	December 10, 2008	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	John Severin	Dave Stewart	Mike Mignola	B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 12 War on Frogs B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS VOLUME 2
#52	The Black Goddess	PART 1: January 14, 2009	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Guy Davis	Dave Stewart	Kevin Nowlan	B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 11 The Black Goddess B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS VOLUME 4
#53		PART 2: February 11, 2009
#54		PART 3: March 11, 2009
#55		PART 4: April 8, 2009
#56		PART 5: May 13, 2009
#57	War on Frogs #3	June 10, 2009	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Karl Moline	Dave Stewart	Mike Mignola	B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 12 War on Frogs B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS VOLUME 2
—	And What Shall I Find There?	June 6, 2009	Mike Mignola and Joshua Dysart	Patric Reynolds	Dave Stewart	—	B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 13 1947 B.P.R.D. 1946–1948
#57 (58)	1947	PART 1: July 8, 2009	Mike Mignola and Joshua Dysart	Gabriel Bá & Fábio Moon	Dave Stewart	Mike Mignola
#58 (59)		PART 2: August 12, 2009
#60		PART 3: September 9, 2009
#61		PART 4: October 14, 2009
#62		PART 5: November 11, 2009
#63	War on Frogs #4	December 9, 2009	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Peter Snejbjerg	Bjarne Hansen	Mike Mignola	B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 12 War on Frogs B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS VOLUME 2
#64	King of Fear	PART 1: January 6, 2010	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Guy Davis	Dave Stewart	Mike Mignola	B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 14 King of Fear B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS VOLUME 4
#65		PART 2: February 10, 2010
#66		PART 3: March 10, 2010
#67		PART 4: April 14, 2010		Guy Davis with Mike Mignola
#68		PART 5: May 12, 2010		Guy Davis
#69	HELL ON EARTH New World	PART 1: August 11, 2010	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Guy Davis	Dave Stewart	Guy Davis	B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 1 New World B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 1
#70		PART 2: September 8, 2010
#71		PART 3: October 13, 2010
#72		PART 4: November 10, 2010
#73		PART 5: December 8, 2010
—	HELL ON EARTH Seattle	March 4, 2011	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Guy Davis	Dave Stewart	Guy Davis
#74	HELL ON EARTH Gods	PART 1: January 12, 2011	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Guy Davis	Dave Stewart	Ryan Sook VARIANT Guy Davis	B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 2 Gods and Monsters B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 1
#75		PART 2: February 9, 2011				Ryan Sook
#76		PART 3: March 9, 2011
#77	The Dead Remembered	PART 1: April 6, 2011	Mike Mignola and Scott Allie	PENCILS Karl Moline INKS Andy Owens	Dave Stewart	Jo Chen VARIANT Karl Moline	B.P.R.D. Being Human
#78		PART 2: May 4, 2011				Jo Chen
#79		PART 3: June 1, 2011
—	Casualties	July 1, 2011	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Guy Davis	Dave Stewart	—
#80	HELL ON EARTH Monsters	PART 1: July 13, 2011	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Tyler Crook	Dave Stewart	Ryan Sook VARIANT Francesco Francavilla	B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 2 Gods and Monsters B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 1
#81		PART 2: August 10, 2011				Ryan Sook
#82	HELL ON EARTH Russia	PART 1: September 21, 2011	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Tyler Crook	Dave Stewart	Dave Johnson	B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 3 Russia B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 1
#83		PART 2: October 19, 2011
#84		PART 3: November 23, 2011
#85		PART 4: December 21, 2011
#86		PART 5: January 25, 2012
—	HELL ON EARTH An Unmarked Grave	February 1, 2012	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Duncan Fegredo	Dave Stewart	Duncan Fegredo
#87	HELL ON EARTH The Long Death	PART 1: February 15, 2012	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	James Harren	Dave Stewart	Duncan Fegredo VARIANT Mike Mignola	B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 4 The Devil's Engine & The Long Death B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 2
#88		PART 2: March 21, 2012				Duncan Fegredo
#90		PART 3: April 18, 2012
#89	HELL ON EARTH The Pickens County Horror	PART 1: March 28, 2012	Mike Mignola and Scott Allie	Jason Latour	Dave Stewart	Becky Cloonan VARIANT Mike Mignola	B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 5 The Pickens County Horror & Others B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 2
#91		PART 2: April 25, 2012				Becky Cloonan
#93	HELL ON EARTH The Transformation of J.H. O'Donnell	May 30, 2012	Mike Mignola and Scott Allie	Max Fiumara	Dave Stewart	Max Fiumara VARIANT Mike Mignola
#92	HELL ON EARTH The Devil's Engine	PART 1: May 16, 2012	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Tyler Crook	Dave Stewart	Duncan Fegredo	B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 4 The Devil's Engine & The Long Death B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 2
#94		PART 2: June 20, 2012
#96		PART 3: July 18, 2012				Duncan Fegredo VARIANT Mike Mignola
#95	HELL ON EARTH Exorcism	PART 1: June 27, 2012	Mike Mignola and Cameron Stewart	Cameron Stewart	Dave Stewart	Viktor Kalvachev	B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 14 The Exorcist B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 4
#97		PART 2: July 25, 2012
#98	HELL ON EARTH The Return of the Master	PART 1: August 29, 2012	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Tyler Crook	Dave Stewart	Ryan Sook VARIANT Mike Mignola	B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 6 The Return of the Master B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 2
#99		PART 2: September 26, 2012				Ryan Sook
#100		PART 3: October 31, 2012
#101		PART 4: November 28, 2012				Ryan Sook VARIANT Mike Mignola
#102		PART 5: December 19, 2012				Ryan Sook
—	1948	PART 1: October 17, 2012	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Max Fiumara	Dave Stewart	Dave Johnson VARIANT Mike Mignola	B.P.R.D. 1948 B.P.R.D. 1946–1948
		PART 2: November 21, 2012				Dave Johnson
		PART 3: December 19, 2012
		PART 4: January 16, 2013
		PART 5: February 20, 2013
#103	HELL ON EARTH The Abyss of Time	PART 1: January 9, 2013	Mike Mignola and Scott Allie	James Harren	Dave Stewart	James Harren	B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 5 The Pickens County Horror & Others B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 2
#104		PART 2: February 13, 2013
—	Vampire	PART 1: March 27, 2013	Mike Mignola, Gabriel Bá & Fábio Moon	Gabriel Bá & Fábio Moon	Dave Stewart	Fábio Moon	B.P.R.D. VAMPIRE – VOLUME 1
		PART 2: April 24, 2013
		PART 3: May 29, 2013
		PART 4: June 26, 2013
		PART 5: July 31, 2013
#105	HELL ON EARTH A Cold Day in Hell	PART 1: March 20, 2013	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Peter Snejbjerg	Dave Stewart	Dave Johnson	B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 7 A Cold Day in Hell B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 3
#106		PART 2: April 17, 2013
#107	HELL ON EARTH Wasteland	PART 1: May 15, 2013	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Laurence Campbell	Dave Stewart	Dave Johnson
#108		PART 2: June 19, 2013
#109		PART 3: July 17, 2013
#110	HELL ON EARTH Lake of Fire	PART 1: August 21, 2013	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Tyler Crook	Dave Stewart	Rafael Albuquerque	B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 8 Lake of Fire B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 3
#111		PART 2: September 18, 2013
#112		PART 3: October 16, 2013
#113		PART 4: November 20, 2013
#114		PART 5: December 18, 2013
#115	HELL ON EARTH The Reign of the Black Flame	PART 1: January 15, 2014	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	James Harren	Dave Stewart	Rafael Albuquerque VARIANT Mike Mignola	B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 9 The Reign of the Black Flame B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 3
#116		PART 2: February 19, 2014				Rafael Albuquerque VARIANT Richard Corben
#117		PART 3: March 19, 2014				Rafael Albuquerque VARIANT James Harren
#118		PART 4: April 16, 2014				Rafael Albuquerque VARIANT Ryan Sook
#119		PART 5: May 21, 2014				Rafael Albuquerque VARIANT Kevin Nowlan
#120	HELL ON EARTH The Devil's Wings	PART 1: June 18, 2014	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Laurence Campbell	Dave Stewart	Laurence Campbell	B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 10 The Devil's Wings B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 4
#121		PART 2: July 16, 2014
#122	HELL ON EARTH The Broken Equation	PART 1: August 20, 2014	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Joe Querio	Dave Stewart	Laurence Campbell
#123		PART 2: September 17, 2014
#124	HELL ON EARTH Grind	October 15, 2014	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Tyler Crook	Dave Stewart	Laurence Campbell
#125	HELL ON EARTH Flesh and Stone	PART 1: November 19, 2014	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	James Harren	Dave Stewart	Laurence Campbell	B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 11 Flesh and Stone B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 4
#126		PART 2: December 17, 2014
#127		PART 3: January 21, 2015
#128		PART 4: February 18, 2015
#129		PART 5: March 18, 2015
#130	HELL ON EARTH Nowhere, Nothing, Never	PART 1: April 15, 2015	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Peter Snejbjerg	Dave Stewart	Laurence Campbell	B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 12 Metamorphosis B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 5
#131		PART 2: May 20, 2015
#132		PART 3: June 17, 2015
#133	HELL ON EARTH Modern Prometheus	PART 1: July 22, 2015	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Julián Totino Tedesco	Dave Stewart	Laurence Campbell
#134		PART 2: August 19, 2015
#135	HELL ON EARTH End of Days	PART 1: September 16, 2015	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Laurence Campbell	Dave Stewart	Laurence Campbell VARIANT Mike Mignola	B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 13 End of Days B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 5
#136		PART 2: October 21, 2015				Laurence Campbell
#137		PART 3: November 18, 2015
#138		PART 4: December 16, 2015
#139		PART 5: January 20, 2016
#140	HELL ON EARTH The Exorcist	PART 1: April 20, 2016	Mike Mignola, Cameron Stewart, and Chris Roberson	Mike Norton	Dave Stewart	Duncan Fegredo VARIANT David Mack	B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 14 The Exorcist B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 4
#141		PART 2: May 18, 2016				Duncan Fegredo
#142		PART 3: June 15, 2016
#143	HELL ON EARTH Cometh the Hour	PART 1: July 20, 2016	Mike Mignola and John Arcudi	Laurence Campbell	Dave Stewart	Duncan Fegredo	B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH – VOLUME 15 Cometh the Hour B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 5
#144		PART 2: August, 2016
#145		PART 3: September, 2016
#146		PART 4: October, 2016
#147		PART 5: November, 2016
#148	THE DEVIL YOU KNOW #1–5 Messiah	PART 1: July 26, 2017^[2]	Mike Mignola and Scott Allie	Laurence Campbell	Dave Stewart	Duncan Fegredo VARIANT Mike Mignola	B.P.R.D. THE DEVIL YOU KNOW – VOLUME 1 Messiah
#149		PART 2: August 30, 2017^[3]				Duncan Fegredo
#150		PART 3: October 25, 2017^[4]
#151		PART 4: November 29, 2017^[5]
#152		PART 5: December 27, 2017^[6]
#153	THE DEVIL YOU KNOW #6–10 Pandemonium	PART 1: May 9, 2018^[7]	Mike Mignola and Scott Allie	Sebastián Fiumara with Mike Mignola	Dave Stewart	Max Fiumara and Sebastián Fiumara VARIANT Mike Mignola	B.P.R.D. THE DEVIL YOU KNOW – VOLUME 2 Pandemonium
#154		PART 2: June 13, 2018^[8]		Sebastián Fiumara		Max Fiumara
#155		PART 3: July 11, 2018^[9]
#156		PART 4: August 8, 2018^[10]		Laurence Campbell
#157		PART 5: September 12, 2018^[11]
#158	THE DEVIL YOU KNOW #11–15 Ragna Rok	PART 1: December 5, 2018^[12]	Mike Mignola and Scott Allie	Laurence Campbell and Christopher Mitten	Dave Stewart	Mike Mignola VARIANT Mike Mignola	B.P.R.D. THE DEVIL YOU KNOW – VOLUME 3 Ragna Rok
#159		PART 2: January 2, 2019^[13]		Laurence Campbell		Mike Mignola
#160		PART 3: February 6, 2019
#161		PART 4: March 20, 2019
#162		PART 5: April 17, 2019		Laurence Campbell and Mike Mignola

Collected editions

B.P.R.D. trade paperbacks

Most of the B.P.R.D. comics have been collected by Dark Horse as trade paperbacks:

Number	Title	Collects	Published	ISBN
1	Hollow Earth & Other Stories	Hollow Earth (3-issue miniseries) B.P.R.D. (promotional piece) Lobster Johnson: The Killer in My Skull (from Hellboy: Box Full of Evil #1) Abe Sapien versus Science (from Hellboy: Box of Evil #2) Abe Sapien: Drums of the Dead (one-shot)	January 29, 2003	9781569718629
2	The Soul of Venice & Other Stories	The Soul of Venice (one-shot) Dark Waters (one-shot) Night Train (one-shot) There's Something Under My Bed (one-shot) Another Day at the Office (short story)	August 25, 2004	9781593071325
3	Plague of Frogs	Plague of Frogs (5-issue miniseries)	February 23, 2005	9781593072889
4	The Dead	Born Again (short story) The Dead (5-issue miniseries)	September 28, 2005	9781593073800
5	The Black Flame	The Black Flame (6-issue miniseries)	July 12, 2006	9781593075507
6	The Universal Machine	The Universal Machine (5-issue miniseries)	January 17, 2007	9781593077105
7	Garden of Souls	Garden of Souls (5-issue miniseries)	January 30, 2008	9781593078829
8	Killing Ground	Killing Ground (5-issue miniseries)	May 21, 2008	9781593079567
9	1946	1946 (5-issue miniseries) Bishop Olek's Devil (short story)	November 5, 2008	9781595821911
10	The Warning	Out of Reach (short story) The Warning (5-issue miniseries)	April 15, 2009	9781595823045
11	The Black Goddess	The Black Goddess (5-issue miniseries)	October 21, 2009	9781595824110
12	War on Frogs	War on Frogs (4-issue miniseries) Revival (from MySpace Dark Horse Presents #8-9)	April 28, 2010	9781595824806
13	1947	1947 (5-issue miniseries) And What Shall I Find There? (short story)	July 7, 2010	9781595824783
14	King of Fear	King of Fear (5-issue miniseries)	November 3, 2010	9781595825643
—	Being Human	The Dead Remembered (3-issue miniseries) Casualties (short story) Hellboy: Being Human (one shot) The Ectoplasmic Man (one shot)	November 30, 2011	9781595827562
—	1948	1948 (5-issue miniseries)	September 11, 2013	9781616551834

B.P.R.D. Vampire trade paperbacks

In all ways this appears to be another regular B.P.R.D. trade save for the details on the spine that indicate it is the first in a new line. Only one has been published so far, but there are plans for more in the future.

Number	Title	Collects	Published	ISBN
1	Vampire	Vampire (5-issue miniseries)	November 27, 2013	9781616551964

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth trade paperbacks

There is also a series of trade paperbacks collecting the Hell on Earth cycle:

Number	Title	Collects	Published	ISBN
1	New World	New World (5-issue miniseries) Seattle (short story)	August 17, 2011	9781595827074
2	Gods and Monsters	Gods (3-issue miniseries) Monsters (2-issue miniseries)	January 11, 2012	9781595828224
3	Russia	Russia (5-issue miniseries) An Unmarked Grave (short story)	August 15, 2012	9781595829467
4	The Devil's Engine & The Long Death	The Devil's Engine (3-issue miniseries) The Long Death (3-issue miniseries)	December 5, 2012	9781595829818
5	The Pickens County Horror & Others	The Pickens County Horror (2-issue miniseries) The Transformation of J.H. O'Donnell (one-shot) The Abyss of Time (2-issue miniseries)	July 17, 2013	9781616551407
6	The Return of the Master	The Return of the Master (5-issue arc)	August 7, 2013	9781616551933
7	A Cold Day in Hell	Wasteland (3-issue arc) A Cold Day in Hell (2-issue arc)	January 22, 2014	9781616551995
8	Lake of Fire	Lake of Fire (5-issue arc)	April 9, 2014	9781616554026
9	The Reign of the Black Flame	The Reign of the Black Flame (5-issue arc)	September 10, 2014	9781616554712
10	The Devil's Wings	The Devil's Wings (2-issue arc) The Broken Equation (2-issue arc) Grind (one-shot)	March 18, 2015	9781616556174
11	Flesh and Stone	Flesh and Stone (5-issue arc)	September 23, 2015	9781616557621
12	Metamorphosis	Nowhere, Nothing, Never (3-issue arc) Modern Prometheus (2-issue arc)	December 23, 2015	9781616557942
13	End of Days	End of Days (5-issue arc)	May 18, 2016	9781616559106
14	The Exorcist	Exorcism (2-issue arc) The Exorcist (3-issue arc)	September 21, 2016	9781506700113
15	Cometh the Hour	Cometh the Hour (5-issue arc)	March 29, 2017	9781506701318

B.P.R.D. The Devil You Know trade paperbacks

There is also a series of trade paperbacks collecting The Devil You Know cycle:

Number	Title	Collects	Published	ISBN
1	Messiah	The Devil You Know #1–5 Broken Vessels	April 11, 2018	9781506701967
2	Pandemonium	The Devil You Know #6–10	February 6, 2019	9781506706535
3	Ragna Rok	The Devil You Know #11–15	July 17, 2019	9781506708140

Omnibus editions

Dark Horse have also released a series of omnibus editions:

Story Cycle	Volume	Collects	Published	ISBN
Plague of Frogs	1	Hollow Earth & Other Stories The Soul of Venice & Other Stories Plague of Frogs	January 19, 2011 (HC) October 22, 2014 (TPB)	9781595826091 (HC)^[14] 9781595826756 (TPB)^[15]
	2	The Dead War on Frogs The Black Flame	August 17, 2011 (HC) January 21, 2015 (TPB)	9781595826725 (HC)^[16] 9781595826763 (TPB)^[17]
	3	The Universal Machine Garden of Souls Killing Ground	March 21, 2012 (HC) March 25, 2015 (TPB)	9781595828606 (HC)^[18] 9781616556228 (TPB)
	4	The Warning The Black Goddess King of Fear	November 7, 2012 (HC) May 20, 2015 (TPB)	9781595829740 (HC)^[19] 9781616556419 (TPB)
1946–1948		1946 1947 1948	June 10, 2015 (HC) March 17, 2020 (TPB)	9781616556464 (HC)^[20] 9781506714332 (TPB)
Hell on Earth	1	New World Gods and Monsters Russia	December 27, 2017 (HC) April 6, 2021 (TPB)	9781506703602 (HC) 9781506719702 (TPB)
	2	The Devil's Engine & The Long Death The Pickens County Horror & Others The Return of the Master	April 18, 2018 (HC) August 17, 2021 (TPB)	9781506703886 (HC) 9781506724294 (TPB)
	3	A Cold Day in Hell Lake of Fire The Reign of the Black Flame	October 24, 2018 (HC)	9781506704906 (HC)
	4	The Devil's Wings Flesh and Stone The Exorcist	December 26, 2018 (HC)	9781506706542 (HC) 9781506724317 (TPB)
	5	Metamorphosis End of Days Cometh the Hour	March 13, 2019 (HC)	9781506708157 (HC) 9781506724324 (TPB)

In other media

Films

The Bureau appeared in the 2004 film Hellboy and its 2008 sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army, both directed by Guillermo del Toro, where it differs from the agency in the comics.

• In the film it is a secret United States Government agency, created by Roosevelt to combat Hitler's growing mastery of the occult, and strongly affiliated with the FBI. Professor Bruttenholm claims that the BPRD fought the Occult Wars that ended in 1958 with the death of Adolf Hitler.
• Several personnel are federal agents, including Manning and new character Special Agent John Myers whilst the director is still Professor Bruttenholm, who refers to the bureau as "the ones who bump back", in reference to "things that go bump in the night".
• The BPRD uses the motto "In Absentia Luci, Tenebrae Vincunt", Latin for "In the Absence of Light, Darkness Prevails"—though this motto is grammatically incorrect—Luci should read "Lucis" for the desired meaning.^{[original research?]}
• In Hellboy II: The Golden Army, the Bureau's existence is confirmed when Hellboy reveals himself to the media after battling vicious tooth-fairies. The film reveals there is a German branch where Johann was stationed until he became the new director of the US branch.
• In the 2019 reboot, the Bureau is a public multinational agency.
• It is hinted that the base may be related to military base Area 51 as the number 51 appears on the walls.^{[original research?]}

Television

The B.P.R.D. Declassified was a TV special that aired on the FX in 2004.

Roleplaying game

The B.P.R.D. appeared in the Hellboy Sourcebook and Role Playing Game.

In popular culture

• In the film Blade II, Blade's young assistant, Scud, wears a shirt bearing the B.P.R.D. logo. Guillermo del Toro, who directed Blade II, is a fan of Hellboy, and later he directed the film adaptation and its sequel.
• In the comic shop in The Big Bang Theory, the B.P.R.D. comic is prominently and repeatedly featured.
• In the show Hawaii 5-0 a B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth: New World poster is on the wall of Dr. Max Bergman's (played by Masi Oka) apartment.

See also

Similar organizations

• Bureau 13
• Vector 13
• Delta Green
• SCP Foundation

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External links

• The B.P.R.D. Declassified at IMDb