The Burning Hand is a five-issue miniseries that takes place early in the Lobster's career, in 1932.
Publication History[]
The miniseries was published from January to May 2012. The series featured covers by Dave Johnson and "Year of Monsters" variant covers by Mike Mignola for #1 and #4.
Synopsis[]
Part One[]
When a tribe of phantom Indians start scalping policemen, Hellboy's crime-fighting hero Lobster Johnson and his allies arrive to take on these foes and their gangster cronies!
Part Two[]
With a city swamped in dead gangsters with claws branded into their foreheads, mob boss Arnie Wald seeks the assistance of a deadly mystic and her strange partner to take down the vigilante known as Lobster Johnson.
Part Three[]
A fiery menace is turning the city into an inferno, and only Lobster Johnson and his league of crime fighters can put an end to these paranormal horrors.
Part Four[]
As dead gangsters bloody the floor of his secret hideout, crime fighter Lobster Johnson goes head to head with a powerful German undead—The Black Flame.
Part Five[]
Lobster Johnson blasts his way through an army of mad sewer cannibals in order to get to the greedy mob boss Arnie Wald.
Gallery[]
Covers by Dave Johnson unless otherwise stated.
Lobster Johnson Publication Order | ||
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Preceded by The Iron Prometheus |
The Burning Hand |
Followed by Tony Masso's Finest Hour |
Lobster Johnson Trade Paperback Order | ||
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Vol. 1 The Iron Prometheus | Vol. 2 The Burning Hand | Vol. 3 Satan Smells a Rat |
Preceded by The Iron Prometheus |
The Burning Hand |
Followed by Caput Mortuum |