Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense

Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense
B.P.R.D. logo
Publication information
PublisherDark Horse Comics
First appearanceSeed of Destruction #1 (March 1994)
Created byMike Mignola
In-story information
Type of organizationIntelligence 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.