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((short description|Fictional character in the comic book series Hellboy))
((more citations needed|date=March 2010))
((Infobox comics character
<!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics-->
| character_name = Abraham "Abe" Sapien
| image          = [[Image:AbeSapien.jpg]]
| imagesize      = <!-- default 250 -->
| caption        = Abe Sapien by [[Mike Mignola]]
| publisher      = [[Dark Horse Comics]]
| debut          = ''[[Hellboy: Seed of Destruction]]'' (1994)
| creators       = [[Mike Mignola]]
| alter_ego      = Langdon Everett Caul
| species        = Ichthyo sapien (formerly human)
| alliances      = [[Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense|B.P.R.D.]]
| partners       = [[Hellboy]]<br/>[[Liz Sherman]]
| aliases        = Abe, Brother Blue, Fishstick, Waterfisher, King Ocean, The Fish Guy, Creature From Another World, Agent Sapien
| powers         = Underwater breathing<br>[[Genius]]-level intelligence<br>Excellent marksman<br>Formidable [[hand-to-hand combat]]ant<br>[[Psychometry (paranormal)|Psychometry]]<br>[[Telepathy]]
))
'''Abraham Sapien''', born '''Langdon Everett Caul''', is a fictional character in the [[comic book]] series ''[[Hellboy]]'', created by [[Mike Mignola]]. He takes his name from "''Ichthyo sapien''", the fanciful [[binomial nomenclature|species designation]] chosen for him by his colleagues in the 19th-century Oannes Club, and from [[Abraham Lincoln]], on whose assassination date the Oannes Club abandoned Abe's body in a suspended animation tank beneath a Washington D.C. hospital, leaving only a cryptic note as explanation. He is occasionally referred to as an "amphibious man."

In addition to his regular appearances in ''Hellboy'' and ''[[Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense|B.P.R.D.]]'', Sapien has also starred in his own comics, with [[trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]] collections and [[omnibus edition|omnibus]] editions including ''The Drowning'', ''The Devil Does Not Jest and Other Stories'', ''Dark and Terrible'' and ''Lost Lives and Other Stories''.

==Fictional biography==
Sapien began his life as Langdon Everett Caul, a [[Victorian era|Victorian]] scientist and businessman who became involved with the [[Oannes (mythology)|Oannes]] Society, an occult organization who believed in life and all knowledge having come from the sea. After retrieving a strange jellyfish-like deity from an underwater ruin, Caul and the other members performed an arcane ritual that inadvertently ended with the creature's release and Caul being turned into an ''ichthyo [[Homo sapiens|sapien]]''. Believing him to be Oannes reborn, the society sealed the developing icthyo sapien's body in a tube of water in the hidden laboratory beneath a [[Washington, D.C.]] hospital until such time as 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 found by workmen in November 1978.

With no memory 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 by an empathetic [[Hellboy]]. Thereafter, Abe entered the ranks of the BPRD as a valued field agent, embarking on his first mission with Hellboy in 1979.

At Cavendish Hall, during the climax of ''Seed of Destruction'', Sapien was possessed by the spirit of long-dead whaler Elihu Cavendish. Cavendish was a contemporary of Langdon Caul, who killed the mad monk [[Rasputin (Hellboy)|Rasputin]], foiling his plans to unleash the [[Ogdru Jahad]] to destroy the world. During the subsequent "Girescu affair" during ''Wake the Devil'', Abe and a fellow agent were led into a trap which left the agent dead and Abe with a broken arm. Rasputin's [[vengeful spirit]] appeared before him and prophesied that Sapien will one day be speared to death.

In ''Plague of Frogs'', Rasputin's prediction came true when Sapien was impaled by a spear and apparently killed by one of the Ogdru Jahad's followers. Sapien appeared to die and had an out of body experience that brought him to his former life in [[Antebellum era|antebellum]] America. Witnessing his past self's actions, Abe entered Caul's body prior to his transformation, creating a spiritual/mystical time loop before Abe returned to live in the present, where he made a fast recovery and began to do research into his past life. As a result, Abe learns of Edith Howard, Langdon Caul's wife, who drowned herself out of madness. She had become a specter, who was finally exorcized after 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 Society. Members of the society were sequestered away on a hidden island 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 mankind's spiritual essence, and were poised to use bombs to cause massive [[tsunami|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 society and escape with Panya, and in so doing finally came to terms with the ghosts of his past; he was truly a separate identity from Langdon Caul, who would likely have agreed willingly to the society's plan. Abe has since fully returned to the BPRD and continues to be one of the most trustworthy agents.

However, in ''King of Fear'', Abe led a return mission into the Hyperborean underworld and was confronted by the supervillain the Black Flame, who had gathered a vast army of frogs and Hyperboreans to usher in the apocalypse. The Flame revealed that ''Abe'' was going to be the epicenter of this new Earth and that he was a fully evolved version of the frog monsters: one of the New Men first mentioned in ''Hellboy: Conqueror Worm'' by Rasputin. While Abe rejected the idea, many of the BPRD field agents are now wary of him, most notably Andrew Devon; in ''New World'', there is visible tension between Devon and Abe implying that Devon thinks Abe should be much more closely monitored. A vision of the future in ''King of Fear'' by Liz Sherman showed that, by that time, Abe will have a more monstrous form.

In ''Gods'', Abe was shot by a psychic girl 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 entering 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's condition as an evolved form of the frog monsters. Abe is last seen in a helicopter, being treated for his bullet wounds. Devon witnesses the shooting, but lies when asked regarding it later.

In ''Monsters'', it is revealed that Abe's condition in the BPRD headquarters suddenly worsened, and, despite putting him on life support to keep his body alive, he suffered extensive brain damage. His doctors declared him brain dead. However, he miraculously recovered, but 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 own and discover if he is involved in the apocalypse. Kate Corrigan, highly desiring her friend's return, sends agents to bring him home but eventually give in due to more pressing matters.

In the Abe Sapien series, Abe traveled through the US on a quest to prove he was not part of the apocalypse and avoid the BPRD (fearing death and dissection from Devon's influence), first travelling to the Salton Sea 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 not the only one looking into his origin, Gustav Strobl was magically weakened due to the turmoil in hell caused by Hellboy and became desperate and disillusioned by the fact it was nearly the end of everything and he didn't have significant part to play. Sensing Abe was important, both men the Black Flame was partially telling the truth. Abe was the "Adam" of the race of man to replace the old after the apocalypse but not instrumental in it and most of all not connected to the Ogdru Jahad and the frogs. Abe was psychically contacted by Shonchin, who revealed that the jellyfish entity was an ancient hyperborean shaman of the right hand, who transcended to that form after being martyred by 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 man, 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 world, revealed to have become host to the power of the destroyed Ogdru Jahad's power. He was confronted by 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 chest. After Hellboy killed Rasputin at the cost of his own life, his and Hecate's 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 so Hellboy could enter Hecate (as an iron maiden) and his blood remade the world anew. Abe's spawn survived Liz's cleansing and left the sea to occupy the land where they found Liz in a hyperborean crystal.

==Powers and abilities==
* [[Amphibian|Amphibious]] physiology: Abe can breathe underwater and swim at a great speed. 
* Excellent marksman and hand-to-hand combatant. 
* Possibly immortal: Abe is exactly 220 years old and technically died twice only to come back to life, also survived numerous wounds that would be fatal to humans.

With his second transformation to his current form, Abe's strength, agility, and speed has significantly increased, performing feats never seen before by him. His speed is at its peak underwater. Lately, by his own admission, Abe has been having an intuition of danger, always knowing something bad is going on before it happens with little to no proof.
  
In the films, he displays a [[genius]]-level intelligence, and has [[psychic]] intuition, making him adept at [[telepathy]] and [[Psychometry (paranormal)|psychometry]]. However, 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==

===Issues===
''Abe Sapien'' had an internal numbering on the inside cover from its second issue onwards. When the series became an ongoing series in 2013, an ongoing numbering was present on the cover, which reset back 1.<ref>((cite web|title=Talkin' Abe Sapien with Scott Allie|url=http://multiversitycomics.com/interviews/mignolaversity-talkin-abe-sapien-with-scott-allie-interview/|work=Interview|publisher=Mignolaversity|access-date=3 March 2013))</ref> However, the internal numbering is still present on the inside cover.
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!style="background:#41733f; color:#fff;"|Issue
!style="background:#41733f; color:#fff;"|Title
!style="background:#41733f; color:#fff;"|Date
!style="background:#41733f; color:#fff;"|Story
!style="background:#41733f; color:#fff;"|Art
!style="background:#41733f; color:#fff;"|Colors
!style="background:#41733f; color:#fff;"|Cover
!style="background:#41733f; color:#fff;"|Collection
|-
!'''―''' 
|''Drums of the Dead''
|March 4, 1998
|[[Brian McDonald (screenwriter)|Brian McDonald]]
|[[Derek Thompson (comics)|Derek Thompson]]
|[[James Sinclair (comics)|James Sinclair]]
|Mike Mignola
|'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">B.P.R.D. – VOLUME 1</span>'''<br>''Hollow Earth<br>& Other Stories''<br><br>'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">B.P.R.D. PLAGUE OF FROGS<br>VOLUME 1</span>'''
|-
!'''#1'''
|rowspan=5|''The Drowning''
|February 6, 2008
|rowspan=5|[[Mike Mignola]]
|rowspan=5|[[Jason Shawn Alexander]]
|rowspan=5|[[Dave Stewart (artist)|Dave Stewart]]
|rowspan=5|Mike Mignola
|rowspan=5|'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 1</span>'''<br>''The Drowning''
|-
!'''#2'''
|March 12, 2008
|-
!'''#3'''
|April 2, 2008
|-
!'''#4'''
|May 7, 2008
|-
!'''#5'''
|June 4, 2008
|-
!'''#6'''
|''The Haunted Boy''
|October 28, 2009
|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' [[John Arcudi]]
|[[Patric Reynolds]]
|Dave Stewart
|[[Dave Johnson (comics)|Dave Johnson]]
|rowspan=5|'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 2</span>'''<br>''The Devil Does Not Jest<br>and Other Stories''
|-
!'''#7'''
|rowspan=2|''The Abyssal Plain''
|June 30, 2010
|rowspan=2|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' John Arcudi
|rowspan=2|[[Peter Snejbjerg]]
|rowspan=2|Dave Stewart
|Dave Johnson<br/>Peter Snejbjerg (variant)
|-
!'''#8'''
|July 28, 2010
|Dave Johnson
|-
!'''#9'''
|rowspan=2|''The Devil Does Not Jest''
|September 28, 2011
|rowspan=2|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' John Arcudi
|rowspan=2|[[James Harren]]
|rowspan=2|Dave Stewart
|Dave Johnson<br/>[[Francesco Francavilla]] (variant)
|-
!'''#10'''
|October 26, 2011
|Dave Johnson
|-
!'''#11'''
|rowspan=3|''Abe Sapien #1–3:<br>Dark and Terrible''
|April 3, 2013
|rowspan=3|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' [[Scott Allie]]
|rowspan=3|[[Sebastián Fiumara]]
|rowspan=3|Dave Stewart
|Sebastián Fiumara<br/>[[Max Fiumara]] (variant)
|rowspan=5|'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 3</span>'''<br>''Dark and Terrible<br>and The New Race of Man''<br><br>'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN: DARK AND TERRIBLE – VOLUME 1</span>'''
|-
!'''#12'''
|May 1, 2013
|rowspan=2|Sebastián Fiumara
|-
!'''#13'''
|June 5, 2013
|-
!'''#14'''
|rowspan=2|''Abe Sapien #4–5:<br>The New Race of Man''
|July 3, 2013
|rowspan=2|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' John Arcudi
|rowspan=2|Max Fiumara
|rowspan=2|Dave Stewart
|Max Fiumara<br/>Sebastián Fiumara (variant)
|-
!'''#15'''
|August 7, 2013
|Max Fiumara
|-
!'''#16'''
|rowspan=2|''Abe Sapien #6–7:<br>The Shape of Things to Come''
|October 9, 2013
|rowspan=2|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' Scott Allie
|rowspan=2|Sebastián Fiumara<br/>Max Fiumara (#7 inks)
|rowspan=2|Dave Stewart
|rowspan=2|Max Fiumara
|rowspan=2|'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 4</span>'''<br>''The Shape of Things to Come''<br><br>'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN: DARK AND TERRIBLE – VOLUME 1</span>'''
|-
!'''#17'''
|November 13, 2013
|-
!'''#18'''
|''Abe Sapien #8:<br>The Land of the Dead''<ref>((cite web|last=Glendening|first=Daniel|title=Allie & Oeming Ask if "Abe Sapien" is Messiah or Monster|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=47435|publisher=Comic Book Resources|access-date=22 August 2013))</ref>
|December 11, 2013
|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' Scott Allie
|[[Michael Avon Oeming]]
|Dave Stewart
|Sebastián Fiumara<br/>Michael Avon Oeming (variant)
|'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 9</span>'''<br>''Lost Lives and Other Stories''
|-
!'''#19'''
|rowspan=3|''Abe Sapien #9–11:<br>To the Last Man''
|January 8, 2014
|rowspan=3|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' Scott Allie
|rowspan=3|Max Fiumara
|rowspan=3|Dave Stewart
|Max Fiumara<br/>Mike Mignola (variant)
|rowspan=3|'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 4</span>'''<br>''The Shape of Things to Come''<br><br>'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN: DARK AND TERRIBLE – VOLUME 1</span>'''
|-
!'''#20'''
|February 12, 2014
|rowspan=2|Max Fiumara
|-
!'''#21'''
|March 12, 2014
|-
!'''#22'''
|''Abe Sapien #12:<br>The Garden (I)''
|May 14, 2014
|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' Scott Allie
|Max Fiumara
|Dave Stewart
|Sebastián Fiumara
|rowspan=3|'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 5</span>'''<br>''Sacred Places''<br><br>'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN: DARK AND TERRIBLE – VOLUME 1</span>'''
|-
!'''#23'''
|''Abe Sapien #13:<br>The Healer''
|June 11, 2014
|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' Scott Allie
|Sebastián Fiumara
|Dave Stewart
|Sebastián Fiumara
|-
!'''#24'''
|''Abe Sapien #14:<br>Visions, Dreams, and Fishin' ''
|July 9, 2014
|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' Scott Allie
|Max Fiumara
|Dave Stewart
|Sebastián Fiumara
|-
!'''#25'''
|''Abe Sapien #15:<br>Lost Lives''
|August 13, 2014
|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' Scott Allie
|[[Juan Ferreyra]]
|Juan Ferreyra<br/>''with'' Eduardo Ferreyra
|Sebastián Fiumara
|'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 9</span>'''<br>''Lost Lives and Other Stories''
|-
!'''#26'''
|rowspan=2|''Abe Sapien #16–17:<br>Sacred Places''
|September 10, 2014
|rowspan=2|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' Scott Allie
|rowspan=2|Sebastián Fiumara
|rowspan=2|Dave Stewart
|rowspan=2|Sebastián Fiumara
|rowspan=2|'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 5</span>'''<br>''Sacred Places''<br><br>'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN: DARK AND TERRIBLE – VOLUME 1</span>'''
|-
!'''#27'''
|October 8, 2014
|-
!'''#28'''
|rowspan=5|''Abe Sapien #18–22:<br>A Darkness so Great''
|'''''Grace'''''<br>December 10, 2014
|rowspan=5|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' Scott Allie
|Max Fiumara<br>''with'' R. Sikoryak
|rowspan=5|Dave Stewart
|rowspan=5|Max Fiumara
|rowspan=5|'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 6</span>'''<br>''A Darkness so Great''<br><br>'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN: DARK AND TERRIBLE – VOLUME 2</span>'''
|-
!'''#29'''
|'''''Dayana'''''<br>January 14, 2015
|Sebastián Fiumara
|-
!'''#30'''
|'''''Megan'''''<br>February 11, 2015
|Max Fiumara
|-
!'''#31'''
|'''''Arbogast'''''<br>March 11, 2015
|Sebastián Fiumara
|-
!'''#32'''
|'''''Abe'''''<br>April 8, 2015
|Max Fiumara
|-
!'''#33'''
|''Abe Sapien #23:<br>The Ogopogo''
|May 13, 2015
|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' Scott Allie
|colspan=3 align=center|Kevin Nowlan
|'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 9</span>'''<br>''Lost Lives and Other Stories''
|-
!'''#34'''
|rowspan=3|''Abe Sapien #24–26:<br>The Shadow Over Suwanee''
|July 22, 2015
|rowspan=3|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' Scott Allie
|Sebastián Fiumara (pencils and inks)<br/>Max Fiumara (inks)
|rowspan=3|Dave Stewart
|rowspan=3|Max Fiumara
|rowspan=3|'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 7</span>'''<br>''The Secret Fire''<br><br>'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN: DARK AND TERRIBLE – VOLUME 2</span>'''
|-
!'''#35'''
|August 12, 2015
|Sebastián Fiumara (pencils and inks)<br/>Max Fiumara (inks)<br/>''with'' Tyler Crook
|-
!'''#36'''
|September 9, 2015
|Sebastián Fiumara (pencils and inks)<br/>Max Fiumara (pages 4–9, inks)
|-
!'''#37'''
|''Abe Sapien #27:<br>Icthyo Sapien''
|October 14, 2015
|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' Scott Allie
|colspan=2 align=center|Alise Gluškova
|Mike Mignola
|'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 9</span>'''<br>''Lost Lives and Other Stories''
|-
!'''#38'''
|rowspan=2|''Abe Sapien #28–29:<br>The Garden (II)''
|November 11, 2015
|rowspan=2|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' Scott Allie
|rowspan=2|Max Fiumara
|rowspan=2|Dave Stewart
|rowspan=2|Max Fiumara
|rowspan=2|'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 7</span>'''<br>''The Secret Fire''<br><br>'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN: DARK AND TERRIBLE – VOLUME 2</span>'''
|-
!'''#39'''
|December 9, 2015
|-
!'''#40'''
|''Abe Sapien #30:<br>Witchcraft & Demonology''
|January 13, 2016
|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' Scott Allie
|Santiago Caruso
|Dave Stewart
|Max Fiumara
|'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 9</span>'''<br>''Lost Lives and Other Stories''
|-
!'''#41'''
|''Abe Sapien #31:<br>The Black School''
|February 10, 2016
|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' Scott Allie
|Sebastián Fiumara
|Dave Stewart
|Max Fiumara
|'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 7</span>'''<br>''The Secret Fire''<br><br>'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN: DARK AND TERRIBLE – VOLUME 2</span>'''
|-
!'''#42'''
|rowspan=2|''Abe Sapien #32–33:<br>Regressions''
|April 13, 2016
|rowspan=2|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' Scott Allie
|rowspan=2|Max Fiumara
|rowspan=2|Dave Stewart
|rowspan=2|Sebastián Fiumara
|rowspan=5|'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 8</span>'''<br>''The Desolate Shore''<br><br>'''<span style="font-size: 75%;">ABE SAPIEN: DARK AND TERRIBLE – VOLUME 2</span>'''
|-
!'''#43'''
|May 11, 2016
|-
!'''#44'''
|''Abe Sapien #34:<br>Dark and Terrible Deep''
|June 8, 2016
|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' Scott Allie
|Sebastián Fiumara
|Dave Stewart
|Sebastián Fiumara
|-
!'''#45'''
|''Abe Sapien #35:<br>The Garden (III)''
|July 13, 2016
|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' Scott Allie
|Max Fiumara
|Dave Stewart
|Sebastián Fiumara
|-
!'''#46'''
|''Abe Sapien #36:<br>The Desolate Shore''
|August 10, 2016
|Mike Mignola<br/>''and'' Scott Allie
|Sebastián Fiumara
|Dave Stewart
|Sebastián Fiumara
|}

===Collected editions===

====Trade paperbacks====
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!style="background:#41733f; color:#fff;"|Number
!style="background:#41733f; color:#fff;"|Title
!style="background:#41733f; color:#fff;"|Collects
!style="background:#41733f; color:#fff;"|Published
!style="background:#41733f; color:#fff;"|ISBN
|-
!1
|''Abe Sapien: The Drowning''
|
* ''The Drowning''<br/>(5-issue [[Limited series (comics)|miniseries]])
|September 17, 2008
|((ISBNT|9781595821850))
|-
!2
|''Abe Sapien: The Devil Does Not Jest and Other Stories''
|
* ''The Haunted Boy''<br/>(one-shot)
* ''The Abyssal Plain''<br/>(2-issue miniseries)
* ''The Devil Does Not Jest''<br/>(2-issue miniseries)
|April 18, 2012
|((ISBNT|9781595829252))
|-
!3
|''Abe Sapien: Dark and Terrible and The New Race of Man''
|
* ''Dark and Terrible''<br/>(3-issue arc)
* ''The New Race of Man''<br/>(2-issue arc)
|December 11, 2013
|((ISBNT|9781616552848))
|-
!4
|''Abe Sapien: The Shape of Things to Come''
|
* ''The Shape of Things to Come''<br/>(2-issue arc)
* ''To the Last Man''<br/>(3-issue arc)
|July 9, 2014
|((ISBNT|9781616554439))
|-
!5
|''Abe Sapien: Sacred Places''
|
* ''The Garden (I)''<br/>(one-shot)
* ''The Healer''<br/>(one-shot)
* ''Visions, Dreams, and Fishin' ''<br/>(one-shot)
* ''Sacred Places''<br/>(2-issue arc)
|February 3, 2015
|((ISBNT|9781616555153))
|-
!6
|''Abe Sapien: A Darkness So Great''
|
* ''A Darkness so Great''<br/>(5-issue arc)
|July 15, 2015
|((ISBNT|9781616556563))
|-
!7
|''Abe Sapien: The Secret Fire''
|
* ''The Shadow Over Suwanee''<br/>(3-issue arc)
* ''The Garden (II)''<br/>(2-issue arc)
* ''The Black School''<br/>(one-shot)
|June 15, 2016
|((ISBNT|9781616558918))
|-
!8
|''Abe Sapien: The Desolate Shore''
|
* ''Regressions''<br/>(2-issue arc)
* ''Dark and Terrible Deep''<br/>(one-shot)
* ''The Garden (III)''<br/>(one-shot)
* ''The Desolate Shore''<br/>(one-shot)
|January 18, 2017
|((ISBNT|9781506700311))
|-
!9
|''Abe Sapien: Lost Lives and Other Stories''
| 
* ''The Land of the Dead''<br/>(one-shot)
* ''Lost Lives''<br/>(one-shot)
* ''The Ogopogo''<br/>(one-shot)
* ''Witchcraft & Demonology''<br/>(one-shot)
* ''Icthyo Sapien''<br/>(one-shot)
* ''Subconscious'' 
|June 7, 2017
|((ISBNT|9781506702209))
|}

====Omnibus editions====
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!style="background:#41733f; color:#fff;"|Collects
!style="background:#41733f; color:#fff;"|Published
!style="background:#41733f; color:#fff;"|ISBN
|-
|''Abe Sapien: Dark and Terrible – Volume 1''
|
* ''Dark and Terrible and The New Race of Man''
* ''The Shape of Things to Come''
* ''Sacred Places''
|November 8, 2017
|((ISBNT|9781506705385))
|-
|''Abe Sapien: Dark and Terrible – Volume 2''
|
* ''A Darkness so Great''
* ''The Secret Fire''
* ''The Desolate Shore''
|March 21, 2018
|((ISBNT|9781506703855))
|-
|''Abe Sapien: The Drowning and Other Stories''
|
* ''The Drowning''
* ''The Devil Does Not Jest and Other Stories''
* ''Lost Lives and Other Stories''
* "The Calm Before the Storm"
|July 11, 2018
|((ISBNT|9781506704883))
|}

==In other media==
[[Image:Abesap2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Doug Jones (actor)|Doug Jones]] as Abe Sapien in ''[[Hellboy (2004 film)|Hellboy]]'']]

===Films===

====''Hellboy'' (2004)====
In the 2004 film adaptation, ''[[Hellboy (2004 film)|Hellboy]]'', Sapien is portrayed by [[Doug Jones (actor)|Doug Jones]], and voiced by an uncredited [[David Hyde Pierce]] who refused credit out of respect for Jones's performance.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.horror.com/php/article-1596-1.html |title=Doug Jones interview |access-date=2007-06-03 |publisher=Horror.com |quote= he was quoted as saying, "That was Doug's character and I wanted to leave it that way" | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070512201400/http://www.horror.com/php/article-1596-1.html| archive-date= 12 May 2007 | url-status= live))</ref> This version of Abe has a dolphin-like [[frontal lobe]] that enables him to transmit and receive electro-psychic information in the same way that [[cetacean]]s use [[sonar]].  He also has an encyclopedic knowledge of the occult and holds paranormal expertise rivaled only by [[Trevor Bruttenholm|Professor Bruttenholm]]. Additionally, he is unable to survive out of water for long periods without a collar-like apparatus that provides water to his gills.

====''Hellboy II: The Golden Army'' (2008)====
Sapien appeared in the film's 2008 sequel, ''[[Hellboy II: The Golden Army]]'', in which he was played by Doug Jones who provides his speaking parts. He doesn't wear his breathing apparatus as much in this film, and he shows his marksman skills in the film. He is also the one who discovers Liz's pregnancy in the mission where Hellboy is revealed to the world. He falls in love 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 safety, 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)====
In the 2019 reboot film ''[[Hellboy (2019 film)|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 secret facility in the middle of Siberia.

===Animation===
Abe Sapien is one of the characters appearing in two straight-to-DVD ''Hellboy Animated'' films, ''[[Hellboy: Sword of Storms]]'' and ''[[Hellboy: Blood and Iron]]'', in which he is voiced by [[Doug Jones (actor)|Doug Jones]]. This version of the character, although similar to the movie Sapien, is much more like his comic book counterpart, showing signs of neither the psychic abilities nor breathing apparatus. However, he is far faster, more agile and stronger than humans in the films, allowing him to fight giant creatures that only Hellboy is thought to be strong enough to fight.

===Video games===
Abe is a playable character in ''[[Hellboy: The Science of Evil]]'' with Doug Jones reprising his role.<ref name="btva">((cite web|title=Abe Sapien Voice - Hellboy franchise <nowiki>|</nowiki> Behind The Voice Actors|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Hellboy/Abe-Sapien/|website=behindthevoiceactors.com|date=December 20, 2019|postscript=. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.))</ref>

==Footnotes==
((reflist))

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080412053558/http://www.comixology.com/podcasts/25/Abe-Sapien-with-Jason-Shawn-Alexander "It Came Out on Wednesday" interview] with [[Jason Shawn Alexander]], artist of ''Abe Sapien: The Drowning'', March 31, 2008

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