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| Abraham "Abe" Sapien | |
|---|---|
 Abe Sapien by Mike Mignola | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
| Kickoff appearance | Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (1994) |
| Created by | Mike Mignola |
| In-story data | |
| Modify ego | Langdon Everett Caul |
| Species | Ichthyo sapien |
| Team affiliations | B.P.R.D. |
| Partnerships | Hellboy Liz Sherman |
| Notable aliases | Abe, Brother Blue, Fishstick, Waterfisher, Male monarch Ocean, The Fish Guy, Creature From Another World, Amanuensis Sapien |
| Abilities | Underwater breathing Genius-level intelligence Excellent marksman Formidable manus-to-hand combatant Psychometry Telepathy |
Abraham Sapien, born Langdon Everett Caul, is a fictional character introduced in the comic book series Hellboy, created by Mike Mignola. He takes his proper noun from "Ichthyo sapien", the fanciful species designation called for him past his colleagues in the 19th-century Oannes Club, and from Abraham "Abe" Lincoln, on whose bump-off date the Oannes Club abandoned Abe'southward body, leaving only a cryptic annotation every bit caption, in a suspended animation tank beneath a Washington D.C. hospital. He is occasionally referred to as an "amphibious man."
Besides as regular appearances in Hellboy and B.P.R.D., Sapien has besides starred in his own comics, with trade paperback collections and omnibus editions including The Drowning, The Devil Does Not Jest and Other Stories, Nighttime and Terrible and Lost Lives and Other Stories.
Fictional biography [edit]
Sapien began his life as Langdon Everett Caul, a Victorian scientist and man of affairs who became involved with the Oannes Social club, an occult organization who believed in life and all knowledge having come up from the ocean. Afterward retrieving a strange jellyfish-like deity from an underwater ruin, Caul and the other members performed an cabalistic ritual that inadvertently ended with the creature'south release and Caul being turned into an ichthyo sapien. Assertive him to exist Oannes reborn, the society sealed the developing icthyo sapien's torso in a tube of h2o in the hidden laboratory beneath a Washington, D.C. hospital until such time equally he was fully formed. Forced to abandon the site by the outbreak of the American Civil War, the Society never found occasion to return for Caul, and there he stayed until he was establish by workmen in Nov 1978.
With no retentivity of his life before, the icthyo sapien received a new name from a piece of paper attached to the tube, dated the day of Abraham Lincoln's assassination (April 14, 1865). Abe Sapien was taken to the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (BPRD) for a grueling round of research by curious BPRD scientists and was saved from vivisection past an compassionate Hellboy. Thereafter, Abe entered the ranks of the BPRD as a valued field agent, embarking on his beginning mission with Hellboy in 1979.
At Cavendish Hall, during the climax of Seed of Destruction, Sapien was possessed by the spirit of long-expressionless whaler Elihu Cavendish. Cavendish was a gimmicky of Langdon Caul, who killed the mad monk Rasputin, foiling his plans to unleash the Ogdru Jahad to destroy the world. During the subsequent "Girescu matter" during Wake the Devil, Abe and a swain agent were led into a trap which left the agent expressionless and Abe with a broken arm. Rasputin's vengeful spirit appeared before him and prophesied that Sapien volition one day be speared to death.
In Plague of Frogs, Rasputin'southward prediction came truthful when Sapien was impaled past a spear and apparently killed past one of the Ogdru Jahad's followers. Sapien appeared to dice and had an out of body feel that brought him to his former life in antebellum America. Witnessing his past self'southward deportment, Abe entered Caul'southward torso prior to his transformation, creating a spiritual/mystical time loop before Abe returned to alive in the present, where he made a fast recovery and began to do research into his by life. As a result, Abe learns of Edith Howard, Langdon Caul'southward wife, who drowned herself out of madness. She had become a specter, who was finally exorcized afterwards she attempts to have Sapien resume his life as Caul.
In Garden of Souls, Sapien was contacted by Panya, an ageless mummy trapped by the Oannes Social club. Members of the lodge were sequestered away on a subconscious isle in Indonesia, their now-withered psychic forms contained in cyborg bodies. Aware of the imminent apocalypse, the society was determined to save at least some of flesh's spiritual essence, and were poised to use bombs to crusade massive tidal waves which would devastate the southern hemisphere. The souls of those killed could then be harvested by the Society in vat-grown bodies made expressly for the purpose, granting them god-like powers. Horrified, Abe managed to single-handedly destroy the gild and escape with Panya, and in and so doing finally came to terms with the ghosts of his past; he was truly a carve up identity from Langdon Caul, who would probable have agreed willingly to the society'south plan. Abe has since fully returned to the BPRD and continues to be one of the virtually trustworthy agents.
Still, in Rex of Fearfulness, Abe led a render mission into the Hyperborean underworld and was confronted by the supervillain the Black Flame, who had gathered a vast ground forces of frogs and Hyperboreans to usher in the apocalypse. The Flame revealed that Abe was going to be the epicenter of this new Globe and that he was a fully evolved version of the frog monsters: i of the New Men first mentioned in Hellboy: Conquistador Worm by Rasputin. While Abe rejected the idea, many of the BPRD field agents are now wary of him, virtually notably Andrew Devon; in New Earth, there is visible tension betwixt Devon and Abe implying that Devon thinks Abe should be much more closely monitored. A vision of the time to come in Male monarch of Fear by Liz Sherman showed that, by that time, Abe will accept a more monstrous course.
In Gods, Abe was shot by a psychic daughter named Fénix, in whom the BPRD has shown interest. According to Professor O'Donnell, Fénix is equal to the ancient Hyperborean shamans who keep the Ogdru Hem for inbound in Earth after Hyperborea's fall using the Vril energy. Fénix says, before shooting Abe, that she knows who he is, implying that she figured Abe'due south condition as an evolved form of the frog monsters. Abe is concluding seen in a helicopter, being treated for his bullet wounds. Devon witnesses the shooting, but lies when asked regarding information technology later.
In Monsters, it is revealed that Abe'due south status in the BPRD headquarters all of a sudden worsened, and, despite putting him on life back up to go on his body alive, he suffered extensive brain damage. His doctors declared him brain dead. All the same, he miraculously recovered, simply began mutating further: he grew taller, his limbs and neck lengthening, and his nose receded, all while he was comatose. Abe eventually awakened, discovered his transformation, and stumbled into the empty monitor room, to discover the world in apocalypse while he was out. Panya confronted Abe, telling him what happened and that Hellboy has died. Taking Panya's advice, Abe fled the BPRD, stealing a truck, to go out on his ain and observe if he is involved in the apocalypse. Kate Corrigan, highly desiring her friend's render, sends agents to bring him home but eventually give in due to more pressing matters.
In the Abe Sapien serial, Abe traveled through the US on a quest to prove he was not role of the apocalypse and avoid the BPRD (fearing death and dissection from Devon's influence), showtime travelling to the Salton Ocean to inspect the Ogdru Hem there, then back to Texas where he was shot and finally to the undersea temple where Langdon Caul found the relic that transformed him. Because of his appearance and heroism, Abe was seen as something as prophet in a growing religion humanity was creating to deal with the "Hell on Earth". Abe although was non the just one looking into his origin, Gustav Strobl was magically weakened due to the turmoil in hell acquired by Hellboy and became desperate and disillusioned by the fact it was nearly the stop of everything and he didn't have significant part to play. Sensing Abe was of import, both men the Black Flame was partially telling the truth. Abe was the "Adam" of the race of man to supersede the one-time after the apocalypse but not instrumental in it and nearly of all not continued to the Ogdru Jahad and the frogs. Abe was psychically contacted past Shonchin, who revealed that the jellyfish entity was an ancient hyperborean shaman of the right hand, who transcended to that class subsequently existence martyred past worshipers of the black goddess. This revelation finally confirmed to Abe that he was a gestalt of the shaman and Caul (a combination of hyperborean and man), destined to usher the next race of homo, a amphibious race with a connection and innate knowledge of the Vril.
In The Devil You Know, following the destruction of the Ogdru Hem, the apocalypse resumed after the destruction of a powerful demon when Rasputin was brought back to the physical earth, revealed to have become host to the power of the destroyed Ogdru Jahad'southward ability. He was confronted past Abe, Liz and the recently resurrected Hellboy in the streets of New York, where Abe was quickly killed by Rasputin breaking his back. Abe's body fell to the bottom of the river were Ichthyoplankton flowed out of a wound across his breast. Later on Hellboy killed Rasputin at the cost of his own life, his and Hecate'southward spirits called upon Liz to cleanse the damaged Earth of the Ogdru Jahad's corruption, releasing her full power, reducing the earths surface to a smoking cinder and so Hellboy could enter Hecate (as an fe maiden) and his blood remade the earth anew. Abe's spawn survived Liz'southward cleansing and left the sea to occupy the land where they institute Liz in a hyperborean crystal.
Powers and abilities [edit]
- Amphibious physiology: Abe tin can breathe underwater and swim at a great speed.
- Excellent marksman and paw-to-hand combatant.
- Perchance immortal: Abe is exactly 220 years old and technically died twice just to come up back to life, also survived numerous wounds that would be fatal to humans.
With his second transformation to his current class, Abe's strength, agility, and speed has significantly increased, performing feats never seen before by him. His speed is at its superlative underwater. Lately, past his own access, Abe has been having an intuition of danger, always knowing something bad is going on before it happens with lilliputian to no proof.
In the films, he displays a genius-level intelligence, and has psychic intuition, making him skillful at telepathy and psychometry. Notwithstanding, his strength is not increased, while he has superhuman speed underwater. He is also capable of surviving wounds that would be fatal to humans.
Publication history [edit]
Issues [edit]
Abe Sapien had an internal numbering on the within cover from its 2nd outcome onwards. When the series became an ongoing series in 2013, an ongoing numbering was present on the cover, which reset back ane.[ane] Still, the internal numbering is yet present on the inside cover.
| Issue | Title | Date | Story | Art | Colors | Cover | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ― | Drums of the Expressionless | March iv, 1998 | Brian McDonald | Derek Thompson | James Sinclair | Mike Mignola | B.P.R.D. – Volume 1 Hollow Earth & Other Stories B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS |
| #1 | The Drowning | Feb 6, 2008 | Mike Mignola | Jason Shawn Alexander | Dave Stewart | Mike Mignola | ABE SAPIEN – Volume ane The Drowning |
| #2 | March 12, 2008 | ||||||
| #3 | April ii, 2008 | ||||||
| #4 | May seven, 2008 | ||||||
| #5 | June 4, 2008 | ||||||
| #6 | The Haunted Boy | October 28, 2009 | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi | Patric Reynolds | Dave Stewart | Dave Johnson | ABE SAPIEN – Volume 2 The Devil Does Not Jest and Other Stories |
| #seven | The Abyssal Patently | June 30, 2010 | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi | Peter Snejbjerg | Dave Stewart | Dave Johnson Peter Snejbjerg (variant) | |
| #eight | July 28, 2010 | Dave Johnson | |||||
| #9 | The Devil Does Not Jest | September 28, 2011 | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi | James Harren | Dave Stewart | Dave Johnson Francesco Francavilla (variant) | |
| #ten | October 26, 2011 | Dave Johnson | |||||
| #11 | Abe Sapien #ane–3: Night and Terrible | Apr 3, 2013 | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie | Sebastián Fiumara | Dave Stewart | Sebastián Fiumara Max Fiumara (variant) | ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 3 Dark and Terrible and The New Race of Man ABE SAPIEN: DARK AND TERRIBLE – Volume 1 |
| #12 | May 1, 2013 | Sebastián Fiumara | |||||
| #13 | June 5, 2013 | ||||||
| #14 | Abe Sapien #4–5: The New Race of Man | July three, 2013 | Mike Mignola and John Arcudi | Max Fiumara | Dave Stewart | Max Fiumara Sebastián Fiumara (variant) | |
| #15 | August 7, 2013 | Max Fiumara | |||||
| #xvi | Abe Sapien #six–7: The Shape of Things to Come | October 9, 2013 | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie | Sebastián Fiumara Max Fiumara (#vii inks) | Dave Stewart | Max Fiumara | ABE SAPIEN – Volume iv The Shape of Things to Come up ABE SAPIEN: DARK AND TERRIBLE – VOLUME 1 |
| #17 | November xiii, 2013 | ||||||
| #18 | Abe Sapien #8: The State of the Expressionless [2] | December eleven, 2013 | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie | Michael Avon Oeming | Dave Stewart | Sebastián Fiumara Michael Avon Oeming (variant) | ABE SAPIEN – Volume nine Lost Lives and Other Stories |
| #19 | Abe Sapien #9–eleven: To the Terminal Man | January 8, 2014 | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie | Max Fiumara | Dave Stewart | Max Fiumara Mike Mignola (variant) | ABE SAPIEN – Book 4 The Shape of Things to Come up ABE SAPIEN: DARK AND TERRIBLE – Book 1 |
| #20 | February 12, 2014 | Max Fiumara | |||||
| #21 | March 12, 2014 | ||||||
| #22 | Abe Sapien #12: The Garden (I) | May 14, 2014 | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie | Max Fiumara | Dave Stewart | Sebastián Fiumara | ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 5 Sacred Places ABE SAPIEN: DARK AND TERRIBLE – VOLUME 1 |
| #23 | Abe Sapien #13: The Healer | June 11, 2014 | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie | Sebastián Fiumara | Dave Stewart | Sebastián Fiumara | |
| #24 | Abe Sapien #xiv: Visions, Dreams, and Fishin' | July 9, 2014 | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie | Max Fiumara | Dave Stewart | Sebastián Fiumara | |
| #25 | Abe Sapien #15: Lost Lives | August 13, 2014 | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie | Juan Ferreyra | Juan Ferreyra with Eduardo Ferreyra | Sebastián Fiumara | ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 9 Lost Lives and Other Stories |
| #26 | Abe Sapien #sixteen–17: Sacred Places | September x, 2014 | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie | Sebastián Fiumara | Dave Stewart | Sebastián Fiumara | ABE SAPIEN – Book 5 Sacred Places ABE SAPIEN: Night AND TERRIBLE – Book 1 |
| #27 | Oct 8, 2014 | ||||||
| #28 | Abe Sapien #xviii–22: A Darkness and so Great | Grace December 10, 2014 | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie | Max Fiumara with R. Sikoryak | Dave Stewart | Max Fiumara | ABE SAPIEN – Book six A Darkness then Great ABE SAPIEN: DARK AND TERRIBLE – Book 2 |
| #29 | Dayana January 14, 2015 | Sebastián Fiumara | |||||
| #30 | Megan Feb 11, 2015 | Max Fiumara | |||||
| #31 | Arbogast March 11, 2015 | Sebastián Fiumara | |||||
| #32 | Abe April 8, 2015 | Max Fiumara | |||||
| #33 | Abe Sapien #23: The Ogopogo | May 13, 2015 | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie | Kevin Nowlan | ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME ix Lost Lives and Other Stories | ||
| #34 | Abe Sapien #24–26: The Shadow Over Suwanee | July 22, 2015 | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie | Sebastián Fiumara (pencils and inks) Max Fiumara (inks) | Dave Stewart | Max Fiumara | ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 7 The Secret Burn ABE SAPIEN: Dark AND TERRIBLE – Book 2 |
| #35 | August 12, 2015 | Sebastián Fiumara (pencils and inks) Max Fiumara (inks) with Tyler Crook | |||||
| #36 | September 9, 2015 | Sebastián Fiumara (pencils and inks) Max Fiumara (pages 4–nine, inks) | |||||
| #37 | Abe Sapien #27: Icthyo Sapien | October 14, 2015 | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie | Alise Gluškova | Mike Mignola | ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 9 Lost Lives and Other Stories | |
| #38 | Abe Sapien #28–29: The Garden (Ii) | November 11, 2015 | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie | Max Fiumara | Dave Stewart | Max Fiumara | ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 7 The Secret Burn down ABE SAPIEN: DARK AND TERRIBLE – Book 2 |
| #39 | December 9, 2015 | ||||||
| #40 | Abe Sapien #30: Witchcraft & Demonology | Jan 13, 2016 | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie | Santiago Caruso | Dave Stewart | Max Fiumara | ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME nine Lost Lives and Other Stories |
| #41 | Abe Sapien #31: The Black School | February 10, 2016 | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie | Sebastián Fiumara | Dave Stewart | Max Fiumara | ABE SAPIEN – Book 7 The Clandestine Fire ABE SAPIEN: DARK AND TERRIBLE – Volume 2 |
| #42 | Abe Sapien #32–33: Regressions | April xiii, 2016 | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie | Max Fiumara | Dave Stewart | Sebastián Fiumara | ABE SAPIEN – Book 8 The Desolate Shore ABE SAPIEN: DARK AND TERRIBLE – Volume 2 |
| #43 | May 11, 2016 | ||||||
| #44 | Abe Sapien #34: Dark and Terrible Deep | June eight, 2016 | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie | Sebastián Fiumara | Dave Stewart | Sebastián Fiumara | |
| #45 | Abe Sapien #35: The Garden (III) | July xiii, 2016 | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie | Max Fiumara | Dave Stewart | Sebastián Fiumara | |
| #46 | Abe Sapien #36: The Desolate Shore | August 10, 2016 | Mike Mignola and Scott Allie | Sebastián Fiumara | Dave Stewart | Sebastián Fiumara | |
Collected editions [edit]
Merchandise paperbacks [edit]
| Number | Title | Collects | Published | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| i | Abe Sapien: The Drowning |
| September 17, 2008 | 9781595821850 |
| 2 | Abe Sapien: The Devil Does Not Jest and Other Stories |
| April 18, 2012 | 9781595829252 |
| 3 | Abe Sapien: Dark and Terrible and The New Race of Man |
| December 11, 2013 | 9781616552848 |
| 4 | Abe Sapien: The Shape of Things to Come |
| July nine, 2014 | 9781616554439 |
| 5 | Abe Sapien: Sacred Places |
| February 3, 2015 | 9781616555153 |
| 6 | Abe Sapien: A Darkness So Bully |
| July fifteen, 2015 | 9781616556563 |
| 7 | Abe Sapien: The Hush-hush Burn |
| June fifteen, 2016 | 9781616558918 |
| eight | Abe Sapien: The Desolate Shore |
| January xviii, 2017 | 9781506700311 |
| 9 | Abe Sapien: Lost Lives and Other Stories |
| June 7, 2017 | 9781506702209 |
Omnibus editions [edit]
| Championship | Collects | Published | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abe Sapien: Dark and Terrible – Volume one |
| November 8, 2017 | 9781506705385 |
| Abe Sapien: Dark and Terrible – Volume 2 |
| March 21, 2018 | 9781506703855 |
| Abe Sapien: The Drowning and Other Stories |
| July xi, 2018 | 9781506704883 |
In other media [edit]
Films [edit]
Hellboy (2004) [edit]
In the 2004 film adaptation, Hellboy, Sapien is portrayed by Doug Jones, and voiced by an uncredited David Hyde Pierce who refused credit out of respect for Jones'due south performance.[three] In the picture show, Sapien is psychic, and has psychometric abilities. Sapien's genetic makeup gives him the power of ultra-sentience found in the well-nigh mysterious and intelligent underwater creatures. With a frontal lobe resembling that of a dolphin, Abe is able to transmit and receive electro-psychic data in the same way that cetaceans use sonar. Sapien has an encyclopedic noesis of the occult and holds paranormal expertise rivaled only past Professor Bruttenholm. He is too nicknamed "Blue" along with Hellboy, who is "Ruddy". Unlike the comic version, Sapien is unable to survive indefinitely out of the water for long periods without a collar-like apparatus that provides water to his gills. This version of Sapien enjoys eating century eggs. He spends much of his time reading four books simultaneously through the large water aquarium (in which he lives, located in Professor Bruttenholm's office). He is attempting to solve a Rubik's Cube, stating it has been three decades and he has simply completed two sides.
Hellboy II: The Gilded Army (2008) [edit]
Sapien appeared in the film's 2008 sequel, Hellboy II: The Golden Regular army, in which he was played by Doug Jones who provides his speaking parts. He doesn't wear his breathing appliance as much in this film, and he shows his marksman skills in the motion-picture show. He is also the 1 who discovers Liz'south pregnancy in the mission where Hellboy is revealed to the world. He falls in dearest with the elf Princess Nuala, which leads to his helping Prince Nuada by giving him the magical crown piece (to control the Golden Army) for her condom, but Princess Nuala kills herself to prevent Nuada from killing Hellboy. While mourning her loss, he decides to follow Liz and Hellboy in leaving the B.P.R.D.
Hellboy (2019) [edit]
In the 2019 reboot moving-picture show Hellboy, Abe appears on the final scene of the film having been discovered by Hellboy, Alice and Daimio inside his stasis tank which is located on a hole-and-corner facility in the centre of Siberia.
Blitheness [edit]
Abe Sapien is one of the characters appearing in two straight-to-DVD Hellboy Blithe films, Hellboy: Sword of Storms and Hellboy: Blood and Iron, in which he is voiced by Doug Jones. This version of the grapheme, although similar to the film Sapien, is much more like his comic book counterpart, showing signs of neither the psychic abilities nor animate apparatus. All the same, he is far faster, more agile and stronger than humans in the films, allowing him to fight giant creatures that simply Hellboy is idea to exist strong enough to fight.
Video games [edit]
Abe is a playable character in Hellboy: The Scientific discipline of Evil with Doug Jones reprising his office.[iv]
Footnotes [edit]
- ^ "Talkin' Abe Sapien with Scott Allie". Interview. Mignolaversity. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ^ Glendening, Daniel. "Allie & Oeming Ask if "Abe Sapien" is Messiah or Monster". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 22 Baronial 2013.
- ^ "Doug Jones interview". Horror.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-03 .
he was quoted equally saying, "That was Doug'due south grapheme and I wanted to leave it that way"
- ^ "Abe Sapien Voice - Hellboy franchise | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. December 20, 2019. Check marker indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.
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External links [edit]
- "It Came Out on Wednesday" interview with Jason Shawn Alexander, artist of Abe Sapien: The Drowning, March 31, 2008
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Sapien
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