B.P.R.D.: 1946-1948 #[nn] for Sale - First Appearance of Varvara - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: B.P.R.D.: 1946-1948 (Dark Horse, 2020 series)
Issue: #[nn]
Publication date: February 2020
Key date: 2020-02-00
On-sale date: 2020-03-04
Indicia publisher: Dark Horse Books
Price: $24.99; 33.99 CAD
Pages: 476
Barcode: 978150671433252499
ISBN: 9781506714332; 1506714331

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Varvara - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Simon Anders - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Margaret Laine - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Baron Konig - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart	Trevor Bruttenholm, Hellboy
1	Introduction	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Scott Allie
2	And What Shall I Find There?	comic story	8	script: Mike Mignola, Joshua Dysart; pencils: Patrick Reynolds; inks: Patrick Reynolds; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Clem Robins	Trevor Bruttenholm
3	Bishop Olek's Devil	comic story	8	script: Mike Mignola, Joshua Dysart; pencils: Paul Azaceta; inks: Paul Azaceta; colors: Nick Filardi; letters: Clem Robins	Trevor Bruttenholm
4	1946	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart	Trevor Bruttenholm
5	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart	Trevor Bruttenholm
6	[1946] Chapter One	comic story	24	script: Mike Mignola, Joshua Dysart; pencils: Paul Azaceta; inks: Paul Azaceta; colors: Nick Filardi; letters: Clem Robins	Trevor Bruttenholm, Hellboy, Varvara First
7	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart	Varvara First
8	[1946] Chapter Two	comic story	24	script: Mike Mignola, Joshua Dysart; pencils: Paul Azaceta; inks: Paul Azaceta; colors: Nick Filardi; letters: Clem Robins	Trevor Bruttenholm, Vladimir Giurescu, Hellboy, Adolf Hitler, Varvara First
9	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart	Baron Konig First
10	[1946] Chapter Three	comic story	24	script: Mike Mignola, Joshua Dysart; pencils: Paul Azaceta; inks: Paul Azaceta; colors: Nick Filardi; letters: Clem Robins	Baron Konig First, Trevor Bruttenholm, Varvara First
11	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart
12	[1946] Chapter Four	comic story	24	script: Mike Mignola, Joshua Dysart; pencils: Paul Azaceta; inks: Paul Azaceta; colors: Nick Filardi; letters: Clem Robins	Baron Konig First, Trevor Bruttenholm, Adolf Hitler, Varvara First, Herman von Klempt
13	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart
14	[1946] Chapter Five	comic story	24	script: Mike Mignola, Joshua Dysart; pencils: Paul Azaceta; inks: Paul Azaceta; colors: Nick Filardi; letters: Clem Robins	Trevor Bruttenholm, Hellboy, Varvara First, Herman von Klempt
15	1947	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart	Trevor Bruttenholm, Hellboy
16	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart	Trevor Bruttenholm, Hellboy
17	[1947] Chapter One	comic story	24	script: Mike Mignola, Joshua Dysart; pencils: Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá; inks: Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Clem Robins	Simon Anders First, Baron Konig First, Trevor Bruttenholm, Margaret Laine First, Jacob Stegner, Varvara First
18	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart	Simon Anders First
19	[1947] Chapter Two	comic story	24	script: Mike Mignola, Joshua Dysart; pencils: Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá; inks: Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Clem Robins	Simon Anders First, Baron Konig First, Ilona Kákosy, Jacob Stegner
20	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart	Hecate
21	[1947] Chapter Three	comic story	24	script: Mike Mignola, Joshua Dysart; pencils: Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá; inks: Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Clem Robins	Simon Anders First, Baron Konig First, Trevor Bruttenholm, Hecate, Ilona Kákosy, Margaret Laine First, Jacob Stegner
22	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart	Simon Anders First
23	[1947] Chapter Four	comic story	24	script: Mike Mignola, Joshua Dysart; pencils: Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá; inks: Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Clem Robins	Simon Anders First, Trevor Bruttenholm, Hellboy, The Lobster, Margaret Laine First, Archibald Muraro, Jacob Stegner, Varvara First
24	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart	Simon Anders First
25	[1947] Chapter Five	comic story	24	script: Mike Mignola, Joshua Dysart; pencils: Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá; inks: Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Clem Robins	Simon Anders First, Trevor Bruttenholm, Hellboy, Margaret Laine First, Jacob Stegner, Varvara First
26	1948	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart	Trevor Bruttenholm, Hellboy
27	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dave Johnson; inks: Dave Johnson; colors: Dave Johnson	Varvara First
28	[1948] Chapter One	comic story	22	script: Mike Mignola, John Arcudi; pencils: Max Fiumara; inks: Max Fiumara; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Clem Robins	Simon Anders First, Trevor Bruttenholm, Hellboy, Archibald Muraro, Varvara First
29	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dave Johnson; inks: Dave Johnson; colors: Dave Johnson
30	[1948] Chapter Two	comic story	22	script: Mike Mignola, John Arcudi; pencils: Max Fiumara; inks: Max Fiumara; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Clem Robins	Simon Anders First, Trevor Bruttenholm, Hellboy, Margaret Laine First, Archibald Muraro, Jacob Stegner, Varvara First
31	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dave Johnson; inks: Dave Johnson; colors: Dave Johnson
32	[1948] Chapter Three	comic story	22	script: Mike Mignola, John Arcudi; pencils: Max Fiumara; inks: Max Fiumara; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Clem Robins	Simon Anders First, Trevor Bruttenholm, Hellboy, Archibald Muraro
33	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dave Johnson; inks: Dave Johnson; colors: Dave Johnson	Simon Anders First
34	[1948] Chapter Four	comic story	22	script: Mike Mignola, John Arcudi; pencils: Max Fiumara; inks: Max Fiumara; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Clem Robins	Simon Anders First, Trevor Bruttenholm, Hellboy, Margaret Laine First, Archibald Muraro, Jacob Stegner, Varvara First
35	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dave Johnson; inks: Dave Johnson; colors: Dave Johnson	Trevor Bruttenholm
36	[1948] Chapter Five	comic story	22	script: Mike Mignola, John Arcudi; pencils: Max Fiumara; inks: Max Fiumara; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Clem Robins	Simon Anders First, Simon Anders First, Trevor Bruttenholm, Trevor Bruttenholm, Hellboy, Hellboy, Margaret Laine First, Archibald Muraro, Archibald Muraro, Jacob Stegner, Varvara First, Varvara First
37	Afterword	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Chris Roberson; pencils: Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá; inks: Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá; colors: Dave Stewart	Hellboy
38	1946 Sketchbook	illustration	9	script: Scott Allie; pencils: Mike Mignola, Paul Azaceta; inks: Paul Azaceta
39	1947 Sketchbook	illustration	32	script: Gabriel Bá, Fábio Moon; pencils: Gabriel Bá, Fábio Moon, Mike Mignola; inks: Gabriel Bá, Fábio Moon, Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart
40	1948 Sketchbook	illustration	19	script: Scott Allie; pencils: Dave Johnson, Max Fiumara; inks: Dave Johnson, Max Fiumara; colors: Dave Johnson

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Sources

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