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[edit] Introduction

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[edit] The Canon

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[edit] Terminology

Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.

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[edit] Fanworks policy and history

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[edit] Timeline

Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.

[edit] 1993

• "Hellboy debuted in 1993 in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2" [1]

[edit] 2002

• On December 11, 2002, the LiveJournal community bprd was created. [2]

[edit] 2004

• On January 15, 2004, the mailing list Hellboy was created. [3]
• On March 24, 2004, Pamcakes For Two, Please by She-Jedi-Siona became the first Hellboy story posted to FanFiction.Net. [4]
• On April 2, 2004, Hellboy premiered in theaters in the United States. [5]
• On April 5, 2004, the LiveJournal community hellishness was created. [6]
• On April 14, the Hellboy article was created on Wikipedia. [7]
• On July 22, 2004, the MySpace group Hellboy was created. [8]
• On August 27, 2004, Les Chroniques d'Hellboy by Ash le Manchot became the first French language Hellboy story posted on FanFiction.Net

[edit] 2005

• On August 2, 2005, the MySpace group hellboygreaterthandarth was created. [9]

[edit] 2006

• On March 2, 2006, the FanFiction.Net forum Who are your favourite characters? was created by EgYpTiAnAnUbItE. [10]

[edit] 2007

• Hellboy: Sword of Storms was released on DVD on February 6, 2007. [11]

On December 21, 2007, the Hellboy Wiki was created. [12]

[edit] 2008

• On July 11, 2008, Hellboy II: The Golden Army was released in theaters to the sound of thunderous applause, cheering fans and people liking the movie a whole lot.
• On December 15, 2008, Hellboy II: The Golden Army was released on Universal Video On Demand.

[edit] 2009

• On January 14, 2009, the game Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Tooth Fairy Terror was released for the iPhone and iPod touch. [13]

[edit] Kerfluffles

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[edit] Influential fanworks

Beth Palladino has a work in progress called "Hellboy's Family." It is a combination of both comic and movieverse. It is currently 55 chapters long, and is hosted on Fanfiction.net. By posting this story on the now defunct Fanlib.com, she introduced the fandom to a wide audience.

[edit] Fandom members

• Beth Palladino

See also Category:Hellboy fans.

[edit] Fandom size

[edit] December 2007

As of December 13, 2007, there are 33 stories on FanLib. [14]

As of December 27, 2007, there are 34 stories on FanLib, [15] Hellboy had 307 members, Hellboy had 139 members [16], there were 278 stories on FanFiction.Net, 42 people listed Hellboy as an interest on InsaneJournal [17], hellishness had 179 members, [18] there were 7 fans on FanPop [19] and hellboygreaterthandarth had 103 members [20].

[edit] Misc

See Hellboy fan fiction community size.

[edit] External links

• Hellboy @ FanPop
• Hellboy @ FanWorksFinder
• Hellboy @ IMDB

[edit] See also

• Hellboy fanzines

[edit] Sources

Below is a partial list of articles and academic sources to help you continue to learn about this community.

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