Writer: Mike Mignola, John Arcudi
Artist: Guy Davis
Cover Artist: Mike Mignola
Colorist: Dave Stewart

Hellboy and Abe Sapien take center stage in a flashback story set during Abe's early days at the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, and Liz Sherman reveals weird tales of the family members that she killed while discovering her firestarter powers. And in Europe, Doctor Kate Corrigan bargains with an ancient evil over the fate of her dead friend, Roger.