The Baba Yaga tells Hellboy's first confrontation with the witch Baba Yaga. While these events were previously mentioned in Wake the Devil #4, they are presented here in full.
Publication History
The story was planned as early as 1994, and is mentioned in "Hi, My Name's Hellboy" (Oct 1994), though The Baba Yaga did not appear as planned.
Four years later, The Baba Yaga was drawn specifically for Hellboy – Volume 3: The Chained Coffin and Others, published in August 1998.
Synopsis
Hellboy travels to Russia in 1964, to put a stop to a series of child abductions. He goes to a cemetery where every year the Baba Yaga comes to count dead men's fingers. Hellboy fights Baba Yaga and shoot out her left eye. Baba Yaga is forced to leave our world, but she "can never die so long as Russia endures."
Story Chronology
This story takes place in March of 1964.[1] The Troll-Witch occurred one year earlier, and Heads three years later.
Content
Characters
Locations
- Russia
- Cementery near Bereznik
- Bereznik
Noteworthy artifacts
- Baba Yaga's Mortar and Pestle
Notes
- ↑ The year is noted in the story itself, March is stated in Darkness Calls #2
| Hellboy Publication Order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Heads |
The Baba Yaga |
Followed by The Right Hand of Doom |
| Hellboy Trade Paperback Order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Vol. 3 The Chained Coffin and Others | ||
| Preceded by The Iron Shoes |
The Baba Yaga |
Followed by A Christmas Underground |
| Hellboy Story Chronology | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by The Troll-Witch |
The Baba Yaga |
Followed by The Sleeping and the Dead |