Being Human

Being Human is a flashback story to a mission featuring Hellboy and Roger.

Publication History

The one-shot issue was published in May 2011. Despite the original issue being a Hellboy title, the story was collected in the trade paperback B.P.R.D.: Being Human in November 2011. It was later recollected in the Hellboy – Volume 2: Strange Places omnibus.

Synopsis

A horrible witch and her zombie servant host a dinner party for a family of corpses, and Hellboy and Roger turn up to blast them all back to hell in this team-up story from Roger’s early days at the B.P.R.D.

Story Chronology

The exact date is unclear. It must take place after Box Full of Evil but before Conqueror Worm in 2000.

Content

Characters

B.P.R.D.

• Roger
• Thomas Manning
• Hellboy
• Unnamed Doctor
• Elizabeth Sherman (Flashback)

Quillen Family

• Virginius Quillen (Née. Turnbow) (Mentioned)
• Clayton Quillen
• Beulah Quillen
• Levi Quillen
• Homer Quillen
• Clayton Quillen's Illegitimate Daughter

Other

• TPD
  • Unnamed officer
  • Oscar Hewes (Mentioned)
• Vodoo Zombie

Locations

• U.S.A.
  • B.P.R.D. Headquarters (Farfield, CT)
  • Quillen Residence (River Head, SC)
• Romania (Flashback)
  • Ruins of Czege Castle (Flashback)
    • Roger's creator workshop (Flashback)
  • Wauer Institute (Tirgoviste) (Flashback)
  • Magyarnándor (Flashback)

Noteworthy Artifacts

• Hand of Glory