Name: Nineteen Forty Eight
ISBN: 9781616551834

Michael Mignola

John Arcudi

Atomic-bred monsters are killing civilians in the Utah desert, prompting professor Bruttenholm, guardian of the child Hellboy, and Anders, an agent possessed by vampires, to investigate. All signs point to a mysterious glassy element discovered in the desert as the origin of these dangerous creatures entering out world.

Nineteen Forty Eight

Mike Mignola

The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense comes into its own with this collection of its early adventures. This omnibus reveals both the beginnings of the epic frog war (a saga ten years in the making) and the origin story of Abe Sapien.

B. P. R. D. - Plague of Frogs

Enrique Bernardou

"Collects B.P.R.D.: 1946 #1-5, 1947 #1-5, 1948 #1-5, 'Bishop Olek's devil' from Free Comic Book Day 2008: Hellboy, and 'And what shall I find there?' from MySpace Dark Horse Presents #23, all previously published by Dark Horse Comics"--Indicia.

B. P. R. D., 1946-1947-1948

Scordatura

Mark Anderson

Andrew Sztehlo

A story that began in the first issue of Hellboy concludes with the B.P.R.D. team set to permanently wipe out the subterranean colony of frog monsters. The team tracks down Memnan Saa's hideout, but soon find themselves in over their heads when old enemies like the Black Flame arrive to lay waste to the world. This is the fourth (of four) softcover collections of the Plague of Frogs storyline each one collecting three of the original B.P.R.D. trades.

B.P.R.D: Plague of Frogs Volume 4

In 2001, Hellboy quit the B.P.R.D., leaving Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman, and a bizarre roster of special agents to defend the world from the growing menace of the frog army. While Abe dives deeper into his origins, Liz and the B.P.R.D. fight against two of their greatest villains yet with their newest recruit, Daimio!