Hellboy Universe: The Secret Histories #[nn] for Sale - First Appearance of Simon Bruttenholm - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Hellboy Universe: The Secret Histories (Dark Horse, 2021 series)
Issue: #[nn]
Publication date: June 2021
Key date: 2021-06-02
On-sale date: 2021-06-02
Indicia publisher: Dark Horse Books
Price: $39.99; 53.99 CAD
Pages: 432
Barcode: 978150672524653999
ISBN: 1-50672-524-4; 978-1-50672-524-6

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Simon Bruttenholm - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Patrick Redding - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Helena Gallaragas - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Ruby Mathers - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Captain Fields - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Steel Hawk - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Inger von Klempt - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart	The Black Flame, Cynthia Eden-Jones, Hellboy, Karl Ruprect Kroenen, Grigori Rasputin, The Visitor
1	-	illustration	1	pencils: Laurence Campbell; inks: Laurence Campbell; colors: Dave Stewart	The Black Flame
2	Introduction	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Chris Roberson
3	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Huddleston; inks: Mike Huddleston; colors: Mike Huddleston	Grigori Rasputin
4	-	comic story	22	script: Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson; pencils: Christopher Mitten; inks: Christopher Mitten; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Clem Robins	Simon Bruttenholm First, Trevor Bruttenholm, Sir Edward Grey, Karl Ruprect Kroenen, Leopold Kurtz, Grigori Rasputin
5	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Huddleston; inks: Mike Huddleston; colors: Mike Huddleston	Trevor Bruttenholm, Cynthia Eden-Jones
6	-	comic story	22	script: Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson; pencils: Christopher Mitten; inks: Christopher Mitten; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Clem Robins	Simon Bruttenholm First, Trevor Bruttenholm, Cynthia Eden-Jones, Ilsa Haupstein, Grigori Rasputin
7	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Huddleston; inks: Mike Huddleston; colors: Mike Huddleston	Trevor Bruttenholm, Grigori Rasputin
8	-	comic story	22	script: Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson; pencils: Christopher Mitten; inks: Christopher Mitten; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Clem Robins	Simon Bruttenholm First, Trevor Bruttenholm, Ilsa Haupstein, Karl Ruprect Kroenen, Leopold Kurtz, Grigori Rasputin, A. N. Sandhu
9	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Huddleston; inks: Mike Huddleston; colors: Mike Huddleston	Karl Ruprect Kroenen, Grigori Rasputin
10	-	comic story	22	script: Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson; pencils: Christopher Mitten; inks: Christopher Mitten; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Clem Robins	Trevor Bruttenholm, Ilsa Haupstein, Karl Ruprect Kroenen, Leopold Kurtz, Grigori Rasputin, A. N. Sandhu, Herman von Klempt
11	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Huddleston; inks: Mike Huddleston; colors: Mike Huddleston	Grigori Rasputin
12	-	comic story	22	script: Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson; pencils: Christopher Mitten; inks: Christopher Mitten; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Clem Robins	Trevor Bruttenholm, Ilsa Haupstein, Karl Ruprect Kroenen, Leopold Kurtz, Grigori Rasputin, A. N. Sandhu
13	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart	Sledgehammer
14	-	comic story	22	script: Mike Mignola, John Arcudi; pencils: Jason Latour; inks: Jason Latour; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Clem Robins	Captain Fields First, Patrick Redding First, Sledgehammer
15	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart	Patrick Redding First, Sledgehammer
16	-	comic story	22	script: Mike Mignola, John Arcudi; pencils: Jason Latour; inks: Jason Latour; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Clem Robins	Trevor Bruttenholm, Captain Fields First, Helena Gallaragas First, Patrick Redding First, Sledgehammer
17	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart	Sledgehammer
18	-	comic story	22	script: Mike Mignola, John Arcudi; pencils: Laurence Campbell; inks: Laurence Campbell; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Clem Robins	The Black Flame, Trevor Bruttenholm, Helena Gallaragas First, Adolf Hitler, The Lobster, Patrick Redding First, Sledgehammer
19	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Laurence Campbell; inks: Laurence Campbell; colors: Dave Stewart	The Black Flame, Sledgehammer
20	-	comic story	22	script: Mike Mignola, John Arcudi; pencils: Laurence Campbell; inks: Laurence Campbell; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Clem Robins	The Black Flame, Trevor Bruttenholm, Helena Gallaragas First, Patrick Redding First, Sledgehammer, The Steel Hawk First
21	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Laurence Campbell; inks: Laurence Campbell; colors: Dave Stewart	The Black Flame, Sledgehammer
22	-	comic story	22	script: Mike Mignola, John Arcudi; pencils: Laurence Campbell; inks: Laurence Campbell; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Clem Robins	The Black Flame, Trevor Bruttenholm, Helena Gallaragas First, Adolf Hitler, Patrick Redding First, Sledgehammer, The Steel Hawk First
23	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Paul Grist; inks: Paul Grist; colors: Bill Crabtree	The Visitor
24	-	comic story	22	script: Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson; pencils: Paul Grist; inks: Paul Grist; colors: Bill Crabtree; letters: Clem Robins	Trevor Bruttenholm, Cynthia Eden-Jones, Malcolm Frost, Hellboy, Margaret Laine, Archibald Muraro, Jacob Stegner, The Visitor, Susan Xiang
25	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Paul Grist; inks: Paul Grist; colors: Bill Crabtree	Ruby Mathers First, The Visitor
26	-	comic story	22	script: Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson; pencils: Paul Grist; inks: Paul Grist; colors: Bill Crabtree; letters: Clem Robins	Hellboy, Victor Koestler, Ruby Mathers First, The Visitor
27	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Paul Grist; inks: Paul Grist; colors: Bill Crabtree	The Visitor
28	-	comic story	22	script: Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson; pencils: Paul Grist; inks: Paul Grist; colors: Bill Crabtree; letters: Clem Robins	Ruby Mathers First, The Visitor
29	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Paul Grist; inks: Paul Grist; colors: Bill Crabtree	Hellboy, The Visitor
30	-	comic story	22	script: Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson; pencils: Paul Grist; inks: Paul Grist; colors: Bill Crabtree; letters: Clem Robins	Hellboy, Ruby Mathers First, Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman, The Visitor, Langdon Everett Caul
31	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Paul Grist; inks: Paul Grist; colors: Bill Crabtree	Hellboy, The Visitor
32	-	comic story	22	script: Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson; pencils: Paul Grist; inks: Paul Grist; colors: Bill Crabtree; letters: Clem Robins	Hellboy, The Lobster, Ruby Mathers First, Roger the Homunculus, The Visitor, Herman von Klempt, Inger von Klempt First
33	-	illustration	1	pencils: Paul Grist; inks: Paul Grist; colors: Bill Crabtree	Trevor Bruttenholm, Hellboy, The Visitor
34	-	comic story	10	script: Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson; pencils: Paul Grist; inks: Paul Grist; colors: Bill Crabtree; letters: Clem Robins	Trevor Bruttenholm, Hellboy, Victor Koestler, The Visitor, Susan Xiang
35	Rasputin Sketchbook	illustration	6	script: Katii O'Brien; pencils: Christopher Mitten, Mike Huddleston; inks: Christopher Mitten, Mike Huddleston
36	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart	Grigori Rasputin
37	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Gregory Manchess; inks: Gregory Manchess; colors: Gregory Manchess	Ilsa Haupstein, Karl Ruprect Kroenen, Leopold Kurtz, Grigori Rasputin
38	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Francesco Francavilla; inks: Francesco Francavilla; colors: Francesco Francavilla; letters: Francesco Francavilla	Grigori Rasputin
39	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Vanesa Del Rey; inks: Vanesa Del Rey; colors: Vanesa Del Rey	Grigori Rasputin
40	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Michael Kaluta; inks: Michael Kaluta; colors: Michael Kaluta	Grigori Rasputin
41	Sledgehammer 44 Sketchbook	illustration	16	script: Katii O'Brien; pencils: Mike Mignola, John Severin, Guy Davis, Jason Latour, Laurence Campbell; inks: Mike Mignola, John Severin, Guy Davis, Jason Latour, Laurence Campbell; colors: Jason Latour
42	What's the Deal With Those Alien Guys?	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	4	script: Chris Roberson, Mike Mignola, John Byrne; pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart
43	The Visitor Sketchbook	illustration	7	script: Katii O'Brien; pencils: Paul Grist; inks: Paul Grist; colors: Bill Crabtree
44	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart	The Visitor
45	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart	Grigori Rasputin
46	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola; colors: Dave Stewart	Sledgehammer
47	-	illustration	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola	The Black Flame, Cynthia Eden-Jones, Hellboy, Karl Ruprect Kroenen, Grigori Rasputin, The Visitor

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Sources

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