NMLP P-021895 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Hellboy: Seed of Destruction

Mike Mignola (with John Byrne) · Dark Horse Comics · 1994

Hellboy's true first appearance is in San Diego Comic-Con Comics number two, August 1993, a convention giveaway; a cameo follows in John Byrne's Next Men number twenty-one, December 1993. The four-issue solo mini-series, beginning 1994, is the first standalone Hellboy comic, and the 1994 trade is the first collected book. Three distinct precedence layers.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-021895 for "Hellboy: Seed of Destruction" by Mike Mignola (with John Byrne) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-021895, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).