During World War II, Rasputin conducted a ritual to summon the means to allow the Ogdru Jahad to destroy the Earth.

Having already known that the war is lost and Hitler's eventual death, Rasputin tells those among Project Ragna Rok he sees as loyal to seek refuge in their base at Norway while he traveled to the Arctic Circle at the beckoning of Sadu-Hem, a monstrous spawn of the Ogdru Jahad.

But with the timely intervention of Abe Sapien impaling him while under the influence of the ghost of Elihu Cavendish, Rasputin ends up being reduced to a skeleton as Liz's flames incinerate Sadu-Hem.

Rasputin directed Ilsa Haupstein, a loyal member of Project Ragna Rok, to abandon her efforts to revive Giurescu and instead place herself within an enchanted iron maiden under the notion that she would be infused into the relic so she can endure the Ogdru Jahad when they burn the world.

He persuaded her that she was to be the first of a final race of men, but she was executed by Lobster Johnson and the end of the world was averted with the destruction of the Conqueror Worm.

Hecate then destroys Rasputin's ghostly form, with his remnants retreating to the roots of the Yggdrasil, where Baba Yaga gathered what remained of his soul and placed it in an acorn.

After reanimating every Ogdru Hem on the planet, he snapped Abe's spine, swatted Liz aside like a fly, and tore off Hellboy's right hand.