BPRD: Hollow Earth [B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth] 2002 #1 - back issue - $4.00

Abe Sapien receives a vision of former agent Liz Sherman pleading for help. The BPRD sends a team including new recruit Johann Kraus to her last known whereabouts, a remote arctic monastery.

Allie provides replies and additional commentary.

Randy Stradley discusses the life and work of Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka and its importance to comics history. He announces the upcoming Dark Horse collections of the original Astro Boy comics, never seen before in the USA.

• - Cover is redrawn nearly exactly for collected editions.
• B.P.R.D. - The inside front cover presents the credits, indicia, logo, and clip art of B.P.R.D. insignia.
• Hollow Earth [Part 1] - Title from inside front cover. Johann Kraus first appeared in a prologue to this story that ran in Dark Horse Extra (Dark Horse, 1998 series) #42-44, reprinted in the Hollow Earth collection; this is his first appearance in a comic book.
• - Letter writers are Chad Woody, Michael Ring, Dietmar Althaus, Paul Dale Roberts, Sacha, Dave Land, Matthew Gunn, and Derek Fridolfs. The Next Issue box has artwork from cover to #2.
• Things from Another World - Ad for comics, movies and other collectibles.
• Dark Horse January [2002] - Upcoming titles hype page. Comics list from January 2 - January 30, 2002.
• Go, Go, Go Astro Boy! - Stradley essay; Dark Horse publisher credits; Comic Shop of the Month: Bookery Fantasy, Fairborn, OH. Inside back cover.
• No Wetsuit Required - Ad for Disney's Atlantis the Lost Empire dvds. Back cover.