Tom Manning (comics)

Tom Manning
Publication information
Publisher	Dark Horse Comics
First appearance	Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (1994)
Created by	Mike Mignola
In-story information
Full name	Thomas Manning
Team affiliations	B.P.R.D.
Partnerships	Trevor Bruttenholm
Notable aliases	Dr. Thomas Manning

Tom Manning is a fictional character from Dark Horse Comics' Hellboy universe. He is director of the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense.

Manning has classically been portrayed as a stuffed-shirt bureaucrat who refuses to trust the paranormal members of his agency, even though their presence is critical to the successful defense of the planet. In recent years, Manning has softened his approach to his superhumans; Roger the Homunculus, for example, was promoted to leader of his own squad even though Manning, at one point, had a bomb placed in Roger's chest as a precautionary measure.

Manning, perhaps smarting from the defection of Hellboy from the Bureau, recently refused to accept the resignation of Captain Ben Daimio after a disaster that claimed Roger and his team. In this way, Manning has developed from a cold administrator to a leader that places the needs of his agents over the needs of the Bureau.

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