| Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense | |
|---|---|
 B.P.R.D. logo | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
| First appearance | Seed of Destruction #1 (March 1994) |
| Created by | Mike Mignola |
| In-story information | |
| Type of organization | Intelligence agency |
| Base(s) | Research facility in Colorado (film version) New Jersey |
| Leader(s) | Director Tom Manning Professor Trevor Bruttenholm |
| Agent(s) | Johann Kraus Liz Sherman Abe Sapien Kate Corrigan Captain Ben Daimio Hellboy Roger the Homunculus |
The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (the B.P.R.D. or BPRD) is a fictional organization in the comic book work of Mike Mignola. The B.P.R.D. originally appeared in the Hellboy comics and has since become a major part of its expanded universe, where it was supposedly founded by the United States and United Kingdom governments, and charged with researching the occult, paranormal and supernatural, and also defending against their dangers.
In 2002, Dark Horse Comics launched the B.P.R.D. comic series, and in 2014 the Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. series.