Hellboy Junior

{{Infobox comic book title

| image = Hellboy_Junior.jpg | caption = Trade Paperback Cover | format = One-shot<br />Mini-series | 1shot = y | limited = y | issues = 1<br />2 | Horror = y | publisher = Dark Horse Comics | date= October, 1997<br />October–November, 1999 | main_char_team = Hellboy | writers = {{plainlist| * Bill Wray * Mike Mignola }} | artists = {{plainlist| * Bill Wray * Stephen DeStefano * Hilary Barta * Dave Cooper * Kevin Nowlan }} | letterers = John Costanza | colorists = {{plainlist| * Bill Wray * Dave Stewart * Dan Jackson }} | creators = Mike Mignola | editors = Scott Allie | TPB = Hellboy Junior | ISBN = 978-1-56971-862-9 | subcat = Dark Horse Comics | addpubcat1 = Hellboy titles | sort = Hellboy Junior }} '''''Hellboy Junior''''' is a one-shot and two-issue comic book mini-series published by American company Dark Horse Comics. Written and drawn by Bill Wray, Mike Mignola and others, it features a younger version of the fictional character Hellboy.

==Publication history==

===Comics===

====Halloween Special==== ''Hellboy Junior Halloween Special'' (October 15, 1997) featured a wrap-around cover by Bill Wray.<ref name="DHHBJHS">{{cite web |url = http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/96-841/The-Hellboy-Junior-Halloween-Special |title = Hellboy Junior Halloween Special |accessdate = February 18, 2009 |author = |last = |first = |author-link = |date = |year = |format = |publisher = Dark Horse Comics |pages = |doi = |quote = }}</ref><ref name="HBHBJHS">{{cite web|url=http://www.hellboy.com/_rev1/comic_1997-hbjrhs.html |title=Hellboy Junior Halloween Special |accessdate=February 18, 2009 |publisher=Hellboy.com |archiveurl=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090707113634/http://www.hellboy.com/_rev1/comic_1997-hbjrhs.html|archivedate=2009-07-07|url-status=dead }}</ref>

Mignola won the 1998 "Best Writer/Artist: Drama" Eisner Award in part for his work on this one-shot.

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Title !! Creators |- |colspan="6" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|  |- | ''Maggots, Maggots, Everywhere'' || Story & Art: Bill Wray |- |colspan="6"| A hell ridden Hellboy Jr. becomes bored of his all maggot diet and is encouraged by Adolf Hitler to go to the surface to hunt. |- |colspan="6" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|  |- | ''Wheezy The Sick Little Witch'' || {{flatlist| * Story: Bill Wray * Art: Stephan DeStefano }} |- |colspan="6"| After a sick Wheezy Witch spread her plague germs to all her forest friends she turns to Jasper the friendly ghost for a cure. |- |colspan="6" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|  |- | ''The Ginger-Beef Boy'' || {{flatlist| * Story: Bill Wray * Art: Hilary Barta }} |- |colspan="6"| A barren Chinese couple name Jackie and Bruce Lee fashion a child from beef who comes alive and runs away from home. |- |colspan="6" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|  |- | ''The Creation of Hellboy Jr.'' || Story & Art: Bill Wray & Mike Mignola |- |colspan="6"| Bill and Mike battle it out dressed as their book creations in this behind the scenes look at the creative process. |- |colspan="6" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|  |- | ''Somnambo The Sleeping Giant'' || Story & Art: Bill Wray |- |colspan="6"| Eric the Unclean advises the people of Poobie Caca how to wake the sleeping guardian to protect them from rampaging trolls. |- |colspan="6" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|  |- | ''Hellboy Jr. Pinup'' || Art: Kevin Nowlan |- |colspan="6"| Full page pinup. |- |colspan="6" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|  |- | ''The Devil Don’t Smoke'' || Story & Art: Mike Mignola & Bill Wray |- |colspan="6"| Hellboy Jr. ascend to the mortal world to further his studies with an examination of man in this story based on German folklore. |}

====Issue 1==== ''Hellboy Junior'' issue 1 (October 20, 1999) with a wrap-around cover Bill Wray.<ref name="DHHBJ1">{{cite web |url = http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/98-048/Hellboy-Junior-1-of-2 |title = Hellboy Junior #1 (of 2) |accessdate = February 18, 2009 |author = |last = |first = |author-link = |date = |year = |format = |publisher = Dark Horse Comics |pages = |doi = |quote = }}</ref><ref name="HBHBJ1">{{cite web|url=http://www.hellboy.com/_rev1/comic_1999-hbjr1.html |title=Hellboy Junior #1 (of 2) |accessdate=February 18, 2009 |publisher=Hellboy.com |archiveurl=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090707122540/http://www.hellboy.com/_rev1/comic_1999-hbjr1.html|archivedate=2009-07-07|url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Title !! Creators |- |colspan="6" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|  |- | ''Magical Mushroom Trip'' || {{flatlist| * Story: Bill Wray * Art: Dave Cooper }} |- |colspan="6"| Hellboy Jr. trades Idi Amin’s gold teeth a grow your own mushrooms kit that sends him on a psychedelic trip through hell with a beetle called Brad. |- |colspan="6" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|  |- | ''The Wolvertons'' || {{flatlist| * Story: Bill Wray * Art: Pat McEown }} |- |colspan="6"| Alaskan lumberjack Sven Wolverton and Harriet his crash-landed alien wife watch over the twisted love lives of their deformed half-breed children Brad and Tiffany. |- |colspan="6" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|  |- | ''Hellboy Jr. Pinup'' || Art: Glenn Barr |- |colspan="6"| Full page pinup. |- |- |colspan="6" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|  |- | ''Huge Retarded Duck Pinup'' || Art: Stephan DeStefano |- |colspan="6"| Full page pinup. |- |colspan="6" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|  |- | ''Squid of Man'' || {{flatlist| * Story: Bill Wray * Art: Mike Mignola }} |- |colspan="6"| Rogue ichthyologist Pr. Plankton Tidepool attempts to outwit Death when he breathes life into his creations squidman and lobster lady. |}

====Issue 2==== ''Hellboy Junior'' issue 2 (November 17, 1999) with cover by Hilary Barta.<ref name="DHHBJ2">{{cite web |url = http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/99-051/Hellboy-Junior-2-of-2 |title = Hellboy Junior #2 (of 2) |accessdate = February 18, 2009 |author = |last = |first = |author-link = |date = |year = |format = |publisher = Dark Horse Comics |pages = |doi = |quote = }}</ref><ref name="HBHBJ2">{{cite web|url=http://www.hellboy.com/_rev1/comic_1999-hbjr2.html |title=Hellboy Junior #2 (of 2) |accessdate=February 18, 2009 |publisher=Hellboy.com |archiveurl=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090707112947/http://www.hellboy.com/_rev1/comic_1999-hbjr2.html|archivedate=2009-07-07|url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Title !! Creators |- |colspan="6" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|  |- | ''The House of Candy Pain'' || {{flatlist| * Story: Bill Wray * Art: Hilary Barta }} |- |colspan="6"| Hellboy Jr. travel to the Forbidden Forest of Festible Dwellings with his demonic pal Donnie where he falls under a witch's spell. |- |colspan="6" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|  |- | ''Sparky Bear'' || Story & Art: Bill Wray |- |colspan="6"| Fire prevention mascot Sparky goes rogue after his marriage to a humane female breaks down and he loses his job. |- |colspan="6" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|  |- | ''Huge Retarded Duck'' || {{flatlist| * Story: Bill Wray * Art: Stephan DeStefano }} |- |colspan="6"| When Huge Retarded Duck runs away from home after a family argument he has a series of encounters that mean the tables are turned when he finally returns. |- |colspan="6" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|  |- | ''Hellboy Jr. Gets a Car'' || Story & Art: Mike Mignola |- |colspan="6"| When Hellboy Jr. test drives Duke Barbator's new car for Gorgalac he finds himself getting into some serious trouble that could spell the end. |}

===Collected editions=== ''Hellboy Junior'' trade paperback (January 21, 2004) collects all the material from ''Hellboy Junior Halloween Special'', ''Hellboy Junior #1'' and ''Hellboy Junior #2'' plus original material.<ref name="DHHBJTPB">{{cite web |url = http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/12-569/Hellboy-Junior-TPB |title = Hellboy Junior |accessdate = February 18, 2009 |author = |last = |first = |author-link = |date = |year = |format = |publisher = Dark Horse Comics |pages = |doi = |quote = }}</ref><ref name="HBHBJTPB">{{cite web|url=http://www.hellboy.com/_rev1/tpb_2004-hbjr.html |title=Hellboy Junior |accessdate=February 18, 2009 |publisher=Hellboy.com |archiveurl=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090707110800/http://www.hellboy.com/_rev1/tpb_2004-hbjr.html|archivedate=2009-07-07|url-status=dead }}</ref> *''Hellboy Jr. vs Hitler''

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