# Is "Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (single issue #1)" by Mike Mignola a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (single issue #1) by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse Comics, 1994) is identified by: Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1, cover-dated March 1994, Dark Horse Comics; cover price 2.50 US. Seed of Destruction #1 is NOT Hellboy's first full appearance.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1, cover-dated March 1994, Dark Horse Comics; cover price 2.50 US. This is the first issue of Hellboy's first solo mini-series, conceived and drawn by Mike Mignola and scripted by John Byrne
- First printing carries no printing statement
- Correct publisher/imprint: Dark Horse Comics

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Mike Mignola |
| Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
| Year | 1994 |
| True first | world edition |
| Format | Comic / graphic novel |
| Key point | Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1, cover-dated March 1994, Dark Horse Comics; cover price… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1, cover-dated March 1994, Dark Horse Comics; cover price 2.50 US. This is the first issue of Hellboy's first solo mini-series, conceived and drawn by Mike Mignola and scripted by John Byrne. First printing carries no printing statement.

## Is this the true first?
Seed of Destruction #1 is NOT Hellboy's first full appearance. His first appearance in a story is the four-page piece in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2 (August 1993). His first color and first nationally-distributed appearance is John Byrne's Next Men #21 (December 1993). Seed of Destruction #1 (1994) is the first issue of his own titled series.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings exist and are marked; the first printing has no printing statement.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (single issue #1)* by Mike Mignola a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/hellboy-seed-of-destruction-single-issue-1
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.