# Hellboy Junior
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{{Infobox comic book title
| image = Hellboy_Junior.jpg
| caption = Trade Paperback Cover
| format = [One-shot](/source/one-shot_(comics))
[Mini-series](/source/Limited_series_(comics))
| 1shot = y
| limited = y
| issues = 1
2
| Horror = y
| publisher = [Dark Horse Comics](/source/Dark_Horse_Comics)
| date= October, [1997](/source/1997_in_comics)
October–November, 1999
| main_char_team = [Hellboy](/source/Hellboy)
| writers = {{plainlist|
* [Bill Wray](/source/William_Wray_(artist))
* [Mike Mignola](/source/Mike_Mignola)
}}
| artists = {{plainlist|
* Bill Wray
* [Stephen DeStefano](/source/Stephen_DeStefano)
* [Hilary Barta](/source/Hilary_Barta)
* [Dave Cooper](/source/Dave_Cooper)
* [Kevin Nowlan](/source/Kevin_Nowlan)
}}
| letterers = [John Costanza](/source/John_Costanza)
| colorists = {{plainlist|
* Bill Wray
* [Dave Stewart](/source/Dave_Stewart_(artist))
* Dan Jackson
}}
| creators = [Mike Mignola](/source/Mike_Mignola)
| editors = [Scott Allie](/source/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](/source/one-shot_(comics)) and two-issue comic book [mini-series](/source/Limited_series_(comics)) published by American company [Dark Horse Comics](/source/Dark_Horse_Comics). Written and drawn by [Bill Wray](/source/William_Wray_(artist)), [Mike Mignola](/source/Mike_Mignola) and others, it features a younger version of the fictional character [Hellboy](/source/Hellboy).
==Publication history==
===Comics===
====Halloween Special====
''Hellboy Junior Halloween Special'' (October 15, 1997) featured a wrap-around cover by Bill Wray.[{{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 = }}][{{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 }}]
Mignola won the [1998](/source/1998_in_comics) "Best Writer/Artist: Drama" [Eisner Award](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/German_folklore).
|}
====Issue 1====
''Hellboy Junior'' issue 1 (October 20, 1999) with a wrap-around cover Bill Wray.[{{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 = }}][{{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 }}]
{| class="wikitable"
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! Title !! Creators
|-
|colspan="6" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|
|-
| ''Magical Mushroom Trip'' || {{flatlist|
* Story: Bill Wray
* Art: [Dave Cooper](/source/Dave_Cooper)
}}
|-
|colspan="6"| Hellboy Jr. trades [Idi Amin](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Glenn_Barr_(artist))
|-
|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](/source/ichthyologist) Pr. Plankton Tidepool attempts to outwit [Death](/source/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](/source/Hilary_Barta).[{{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 = }}][{{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 }}]
{| class="wikitable"
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! 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](/source/2004_in_comics)) collects all the material from ''Hellboy Junior Halloween Special'', ''Hellboy Junior #1'' and ''Hellboy Junior #2'' plus original material.[{{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 = }}][{{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 }}]
*''Hellboy Jr. vs Hitler''
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Hellboy}}
Category:Fantasy comics
Category:1997 comics debuts
Category:1999 comics debuts
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