Love is Scarier than Death
| Title | Love is Scarier than Death |
|---|---|
| Writer | J.H. Williams III & Haden Blackman |
| Art | J.H. Williams III |
| Lettering | Todd Klein |
| Editor | Scott Allie |
| Published by | Hellboy: Weird Tales #5 |
| Publication date | October 15, 2003 |
| Collected edition | Hellboy: Weird Tales Volume 2 |
| Collected in | Hellboy: Weird Tales |
Love is Scarier than Death or, Love is Scarier than Monsters, is a non-canonical story published in Hellboy: Weird Tales #5, written by J.H. Williams III with Haden Blackman with Williams also doing the art.
Plot Synopsis
Hellboy and FBI agent Emma Granger spend their evenings posing as a couple in the throws of passion, in the back seat of a car, with the hopes of catching the Goatman Granger has been tracking for over a year. After a week of playing bait and having no success Granger begins to come onto Hellboy just as the Goatman attacks. Hellboy knocks out the Goatman and trys to let Granger down easy. Insinuating that his life is too weird for him to have a relationship. Undeterred, Granger continues her romantic pursuit of Hellboy and informs him that this is just one of many suspected Goatmen.
Love is Scarier than Monsters
When originally printed in Hellboy: Weird Tales #5 the table of content incorrectly lists the story as "Love is Scarier than Monsters". The interior art of Hellboy: Weird Tales #5 and subsequent Weird Tales collections containing this story, Hellboy: Weird Tales Volume 2 and the Hellboy: Weird Tales omnibus, correctly identify the story as "Love is Scarier than Death".