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{{Infobox comic book title <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics--> 
| title = B.P.R.D.:<br>Hollow Earth<br>& Other Stories
| image = B.P.R.D._Hollow_Earth_and_Other_Stories.jpg 
| caption = Trade Paperback Cover
| format = [[Trade paperback (comics)|Trade Paperback]]
| Adventure = y
| Horror = y
| multigenre = y
| publisher = [[Dark Horse Comics]]
| date= January 29, [[2003 in comics|2003]]
| main_char_team = {{flatlist|
* Kate Corrigan
* [[Lobster Johnson]]
* [[Johann Kraus]]
* [[Roger (Hellboy)|Roger]]
* [[Abe Sapien]]
* [[Liz Sherman]]
}}
| writers =
{{flatlist|
* [[Mike Mignola]]
* [[Christopher Golden]]
* [[Tom Sniegoski]]
* [[Brian McDonald (screenwriter)|Brian McDonald]]
}}
| artists = 
{{flatlist|
* [[Mike Mignola]]
* [[Ryan Sook]]
* [[Matthew Dow Smith]]
* Derek Thompson
}}
| inkers= Curtis Arnold
| letterers={{flatlist|
* Clem Robins
* Dan Jackson
* Pat Brosseau
}}
| colorists={{flatlist|
* [[Dave Stewart (artist)|Dave Stewart]]
* James Sinclair
}}
| creators = [[Mike Mignola]]
| editors = [[Scott Allie]]
| TPB=B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth & Other Stories
| ISBN=978-1-56971-862-9
| subcat=Hellboy
| sort=B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth and Other Stories
}}
'''''B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth & Other Stories''''' is the first [[trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]] collection in the ''[[Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense]]'' (B.P.R.D.) series.

==Collected stories==
===''Hollow Earth''===
This was the first ''B.P.R.D.'' mini-series. Three issues long, it was written by [[Mike Mignola]], [[Christopher Golden]] and [[Tom Sniegoski]] with art by [[Ryan Sook]] and Curtis Arnold. It was published from January to June 2002.<ref name=HEBook>{{cite book | first=Mike | last=Mignola | year= 2006 | title=B.P.R.D. Vol. 1: Hollow Earth and Other Stories | publisher=Dark Horse Comics }}</ref><ref name="HE1">{{cite web |url = http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/11-548/Mike-Mignolas-B-P-R-D-Hollow-Earth-1-of-3 |title = Mike Mignola's B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth #1 (of 3) |access-date = February 18, 2009 |publisher = Dark Horse Comics | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090222204543/http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/11-548/Mike-Mignolas-B-P-R-D-Hollow-Earth-1-of-3| archive-date= 22 February 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="HE2">{{cite web |url = http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/11-553/Mike-Mignolas-B-P-R-D-Hollow-Earth-2-of-3 |title = Mike Mignola's B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth #2 (of 3) |access-date = February 18, 2009 |publisher = Dark Horse Comics }}</ref><ref name="HE3">{{cite web |url = http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/11-555/Mike-Mignolas-B-P-R-D-Hollow-Earth-3-of-3 |title = Mike Mignola's B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth #3 (of 3) |access-date = February 18, 2009 |publisher = Dark Horse Comics }}</ref>

Hellboy novelist Golden and his long-time writing partner Sniegoski wrote the story with regular input from Mignola. Sook was chosen to draw the book following a meeting with Mignola at a convention in [[Oakland, CA]] in 1995 and saw it as a chance to have a book all to himself although Arnold joined as inker when schedules started running tight halfway through production.<ref name=HEBook />

The story features Dr. Kate Corrigan, [[Abe Sapien]], [[Roger (Hellboy)|Roger]] the [[Homunculus]], and newcomer [[Johann Kraus]] on a mission to rescue [[Liz Sherman]]. [[Hellboy]] also makes appearances via flashbacks.<ref name=HEBook />

===''B.P.R.D. Promo''===
A newspaper-format promotional teaser for the series titled ''B.P.R.D.''. It was published as three single-page installments in ''[[Dark Horse Extra]]'' from December 2001 to February 2002, featuring the first appearance of [[Johann Kraus]].

===''The Killer in My Skull''===
Originally published as a back-up feature in ''[[Hellboy: Box Full of Evil]]'' #1 (September [[1999 in comics|1999]]).<ref name="BFE1">{{cite web |url = http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/98-306/Hellboy-Box-Full-of-Evil-1-of-2 |title = Hellboy: Box Full of Evil #1 (of 2) |access-date = February 18, 2009 |publisher = Dark Horse Comics }}</ref> [[Lobster Johnson]] made his first appearance in this written by Mike Mignola, with pencils by [[Matthew Dow Smith]] and inks by [[Ryan Sook]] (in his first contribution to the series).

In the story, Johnson and his [[sidekick]] investigate a series of bizarre deaths which appear to have been committed using [[telekinesis]].<ref name=HEBook />

===''Abe Sapien versus Science''===
Originally published in 1999 as a back-up feature in ''[[Hellboy: Box Full of Evil]]'' #2 (September 1999).<ref name="BFE2">{{cite web |url = http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/98-309/Hellboy-Box-Full-of-Evil-2-of-2 |title = Hellboy: Box Full of Evil #2 (of 2) |access-date = February 18, 2009 |publisher = Dark Horse Comics }}</ref> Abe Sapien made a solo appearance in this written and inked by Mike Mignola and with pencils by Matthew Dow Smith.

In the story, Sapien rescues and reanimates [[Roger (Hellboy)|Roger]] the [[homunculus]] when B.P.R.D. scientist Dr. Roddel threatens to dissect him just as Abe recalls he threatened to do with him when he was first discovered.<ref name=HEBook />

[[Image:Drums of the Dead.jpg|thumb|Cover by Mignola for ''Abe Sapien: Drums of the Dead''.]]

===''Drums of the Dead''===
Originally published as the main feature in the one-shot ''Abe Sapien: Drums of the Dead'' (March 4, [[1998 in comics|1998]]) with the Hellboy short story ''[[Hellboy: The Right Hand of Doom#Heads|Heads]]'' by Mike Mignola as the back up feature.<ref name="DD1">{{cite web |url = http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/97-595/Abe-Sapien-Drums-of-the-Dead |title = Abe Sapien: Drums of the Dead |access-date = February 18, 2009 |publisher = Dark Horse Comics | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090215055427/http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/97-595/Abe-Sapien-Drums-of-the-Dead| archive-date= 15 February 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>

Abe Sapien made his first solo appearance in this story written by [[Brian McDonald (screenwriter)|Brian McDonald]] with art by Derek Thompson.

Series editor [[Scott Allie]] had been in discussions with Brian McDonald about his next project after the success of ''Harry the Cop'' and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola had been considering using Derek Thompson on a Hellboy and so it naturally evolved that the two friends should end up working together on this project.<ref name=HEBook />

In the story, weird deaths in the [[Polynesia|South Seas]] expose an ancient tragedy linked to the [[Atlantic slave trade|transatlantic slave trade]].<ref name=HEBook />

==Collected editions==
===Trade paperback===
All the stories have been collected into one [[trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]]:
* ''B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth & Other Stories''<br>(120 pages, January 29, 2003, {{ISBN|978-1-56971-862-9}})

===B.P.R.D Omnibus Edition===
The trade was later collected as a part of the ''Plague of Frogs'' cycle in the B.P.R.D. Omnibus format, along with ''[[B.P.R.D.: The Soul of Venice and Other Stories|The Soul of Venice & Other Stories]]'' and ''[[B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs|Plague of Frogs]]''. This format is available in both hardcover and paperback editions.
* ''B.P.R.D. Plague of Frogs - Volume 1''<br>(408 pages, January 19, 2011, {{ISBN|978-1-59582-609-1}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/17-169/B-P-R-D-Plague-of-Frogs-Hardcover-Collection-Vol-1|title=B.P.R.D. Plague of Frogs - Volume 1|publisher=DarkHorse.com }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Hellboy}}

[[Category:Fantasy comics]]

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