The centerpiece has Hellboy wandering the Appalachians, where he wanders into what amounts to an old folk tale of witchy possession and other devilish backwoods Americana. Another story pits Hellboy and Abe Sapien against the ghost of Blackbeard trying to reunite with his lost skull.

The Crooked Man / written by Mike Mignola ; drawn by Richard Corben -- They that go down to the sea in ships /written by Mike Mignola and Joshua Dysart; drawn by Jason Shawn Alexander -- In the Chapel of Moloch / written and drawn by Mike Mignola -- The mole / written by Mike Mignola ; drawn by Duncan Fegredo.