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The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. Sound like something out of the X-Files? Well, it's one better; it's Hellboy, the world's greatest paranormal investigator. A mysteriously conjured demon, he's essentially a big red guy who goes looking for trouble. The catch is that he's not really the best investigator; let's face it, he's no Agent Mulder. But Wake the Devil always manages to maintain its creepy edge, in no small part due to Mignola's art, which may seem familiar. He did the set designs for Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula.
Book Description
A murder in a New York wax museum and a missing corpse lead Hellboy into ancient Romanian castles on the trail of a sleeping legend: the original nobleman vampire. Nazi scientists prepare for the return of their occult master and the end of the world, and Hellboy confronts his purpose on earth.
Customer Reviews:
Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-03
Some good, old fashioned monster hunting. A death in New York leads to a vampire in Romania, the possible offspring of something a lot worse.
The team gets a new member when a homunculus is discovered, and finally, have to deal with that witchy-poo Baba Yaga and some other strangeness.
More top notch Hellboy goodness.
Way Better Than "Seed of Destruction".......2007-07-21
Wake The Devil is better than its predecessor, "Seed of Destruction". The writing is far more cohesive, entertaining, and flows without the hiccups that plagued "Seed".
Rasputin returns with another presence from beyond calling the shots, but Mignola also works in a few more historical or legendary figures, including Dracula (or a stand-in for him), Baba Yaga and the Furies, as well as introducing new characters like the goddess Hecate, the evil industrialist Roderick Zinco, the "brain in a jar" mad scientist Herman Von Klempt and several other well-characterized Nazis. Mignola also adds a touch more overt humor to this volume along with some terrific banter and a sense of history between Hellboy and his B.P.R.D. compatriots, hints more at Hellboy's mysterious destiny without veering into "chosen one" cliches and basically maintains and even widens the eclectic mix of genre influences while seeming more focused and sharper in general. There's nothing really wrong with Seed of Destruction, but Wake The Devil is really where Hellboy comes together.
One of the things that really struck me about Wake The Devil was that the characters seemed to be having more fun, and that comes across in some ways as Mignola having more fun as well. Flying solo without Byrne as scripter and obviously bolstered by the success of his first Hellboy effort, Mignola seems more confident of himself, more sure that Hellboy is what he wants it to be, and that confidence comes across not just in a more complicated backstory for the villains but in a general sense of fun in the characters. There's even some outright slapstick, such as Hellboy's jetpack failing or Abe's sardonic "Hellboy's blowing things up again" when Castle Giurescu goes up.
What I really liked, though, was a slight shift in the dialogue. Though it's not so noticeable as to be jarring, Mignola does sort of get away from the more bombastic and Silver Age elements of Byrne's scripting in this volume, replacing it with a more wry tone that veers from scholarly to regular guy with ease. Quotes from William Blake and pompous, insane rants by Rasputin exist alongside good Hollywood banter like Hellboy heading off to Romania in search of good food with the Bendis-like turn of phrase "paprika chicken, baby!" Hellboy in particular benefits from an infusion of a little more humor and confidence, trash-talking his opponents and muttering to himself in self-deprecating tones when he gets himself into trouble. Of course, it's not just in the humor that the dialogue shines, as Mignola has a gift for the villainous turn of phrase, as when Nazi villainess Ilsa utters the memorable bon mot "Oh, I would cut open the world to see it bleed." Now that's what I call a bad guy line of dialogue!
Leaving aside the manner of the storytelling in terms of dialogue, Wake The Devil also benefits from a complexity of design. The plot that Hellboy goes out in search of is tracking down a vampire who may or may not be the legendary Dracula. In the course of this investigation, he runs afoul of his old nemesis Rasputin, who is tied in with an Elder God-like "Dragon" and a trio of Nazis who originally helped raise Hellboy, as well as a mad scientist villain that Hellboy had a run-in with in a previous short story. What's amazing isn't just that all of these villains (a good half dozen in all) are so interesting and well-fleshed-out on their own, but that Mignola's tale links them all, from vampire to Nazi to mad monk to mad goddess to Russian witch/goddess, and it all just flows so well together. There's a sense of a tapestry behind all of this, and if Mignola hadn't figured out by this point just what Hellboy's actual destiny was and how he tied into all of this, well, his script certainly had this reader fooled on that score.
The only aspect of Wake The Devil that isn't an improvement on Seed of Destruction is the artwork, because it would have been very difficult to improve upon. Mignola does open the book up a little, shedding some sunlight and open spaces on the B.P.R.D. and getting them out of creaky mansions and swamps exclusively, but he maintains the mood with European castles, forgotten labs and haunted forests too. The change in colorists, from Chiarello and Hollingsworth to Sinclair, is also a slight change but can't really be called an improvement, as all are expert colorists and Sinclair's work here is excellent, perhaps a little stronger on the brighter, sunlit aspects than Hollingsworth or Chiarello might have been but otherwise just a continuation of the strong coloring we've already seen. In addition, Mignola has some spectacularly choreographed action scenes in Wake The Devil. Probably the most memorable is Hellboy's brief but powerful showdown with Giurescu, but his fight with Hecate or the Furies is equally impressive.
Hellbot Vol 2.......2007-02-08
This is definitely awesome. Continuing Mignola's story of the big red devil with a giant stone fist, volume two explores deeper into the mythos of Hellboy. A must read.
Excelente! dibujo, historia, narrativa........2007-02-07
Cualquier tomo de Hellboy es garantia de excelencia en todos los sentidos, si lo compras te aseguro que no te arrepentiras y vas a querer tener toda la coleccion.
Simply awesome.......2004-09-26
This second Hellboy mini-series from Dark Horse found Hellboy creator Mike Mignola taking on sole writing duties (legendary X-Men and Fantastic Four scribe John Byrne took script writing credit for Seed of Destruction) as well as art, and he surprisingly managed to craft a slightly better book than Seed of Destruction. The story revolves around our favorite paranormal investigator taking on vampires, while all the while Ilsa and Kroenen await the return of Rasputin and the end of the world: something which Hellboy is the key to. Full of creepy atmosphere, stylish storytelling, gothic art, and loaded with revelations and a few surprises, Wake the Devil reminds us just why comic books are so fun to read. If you're one of the many who saw the recent film and dug it, you should really check out every Hellboy graphic novel you can get your hands on.
Book Description
Hellboy is one of the most celebrated comics series in recent years. The ultimate artists' artist and a great storyteller whose work is in turns haunting, hilarious, and spellbinding, Mike Mignola has won numerous awards in the comics industry and beyond. When strangeness threatens to engulf the world, a strange man will come to save it. Sent to investigate a mystery with supernatural overtones, Hellboy discovers the secrets of his own origins, and his link to the Nazi occultists who promised Hitler a final solution in the form of a demonic avatar.
Customer Reviews:
I LOVE HELLBOY!!.......2007-09-07
Great collection at a great price. I am a big Graphic Novel fan, and Hellboy is without a doubt my favorite. Mike Mignola is a real talent. I've read them all, but this is the first that I have purchased. I am sure that I'll get the other collections soon.
Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-03
The Seed of Destruction starts with the origin of big red, but does include a couple of other short stories.
A group of soldiers, with the support of some paranormal researchers raid an operation by some nazis and a sorcerer. Things blow up, and a baby Hellboy is found.
Skip to later, and some frog monsters are menacing Hellboy's human father, Bruttenholm. He dies, leaving Hellboy and the organisation to stop what is happening. Events tie in to his coming to our world.
Not Quite Right..........2007-07-21
Having read some of the Hellboy spin-off B.P.R.D. (a mixed bag) and a Hellboy guest artists comic, I've finally got round to reading Mike Mignola's Hellboy (Vol.1) proper. Sadly I found it a bit of an underwhelming experience. All the ingredients for an entertaining or slightly tongue in cheek adventure (a la League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) are here - including Rasputin, lost Himalayan temples, Lovecraftian monsters and Nazi Occultists - but somehow it is not witty enough to be satirical, nor dark or mysterious enough to have real resonance. Hellboy's Chandler-esque narration is also rather cliched and quickly grates. The almost abstract artwork however is very interesting and effectively conveys the shadowy paranormal world in which the story takes place. Overall an artistically ambitious comic let down by a rather limited premise.
FROGS!.......2007-06-26
'Hellboy: Seeds of Destruction' is a brilliant beginning to an awesome series. The art is breathtaking, yet dark and gritty. The storyline is captivating and toughly entertaining. The characters are completely unbelievable, yet feel so real. This series is defiantly one worth reading.
'Seeds of Destruction' is basically the origin story of Hellboy. HB is investigating the death of his father figure, the only lead he has being frogs. A frog demon creature was responsible for the attack, but HB can not put two and two together on this case. He and the rest of the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense follow a new lead to a cursed mansion that is sinking into a cursed lake where all hell breaks loose (almost literally). All the while we're learning more and more about Hellboy and his past.
There are also two bonus stories, one being Hellboy vs. Anubis (aka Giant Dog Monster) and the other Hellboy vs. Brutus and Herman Von Klempt. These two tales were penned too give people a sample of Hellboys flavor before the comic officially hit shelves. So, they are short and to the point, but still decent for what they are.
BUY THIS COLLECTION! You defiantly will not regret it, the book is worth every penny.
Mignola and Byrne tell weak stories............2007-02-02
The Hellboy stories are an example of post internet era comics which are weak in story and try to sell the concept more on the artwork.
But the artwork is awful to look at, I don't know what looks more unstyled, Mignola's concept or Byrne's drawing. Maybe both. Don't let Dark Horse Comics hype fool you, this comic has a smaller audience then you think, and the recent movie was only a moderate success, Very Moderate. I think the weak story is to blame. Then again, I don't think anyone at Dark Horse Comics really knows how to write or read.
Book Description
The second collection of short stories by award-winning cartoonist Mike Mignola includes the 1999 hit series Box Full of Evil; "The Right Hand of Doom," which concisely and thoroughly examines Hellboy's history; and "Pancakes," Mignola's most hilarious and surprising story to date; and others - many presented here in color for the first time.
Customer Reviews:
Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-03
The Right Hand of Doom is also a collection of stories, with the final few dealing with who and what Hellboy actually is, and why he is important to those on this earth, and those not.
To balance that at the beginning is a young Hellboy story, and through Hellboy versus a variety of supernaturals, from dragons to floating heads.
mostly awesome.......2004-08-01
This collection includes the stories Pancakes, The Nature of the Beast, King Vold, Heads, Goodbye Mister Tod, The Varcolac, The Right Hand of Doom, and Box Full of Evil. There are also several pages of sketches at the end. The artwork is awesome, and the stories are usually pretty good. My favorites were Heads (Hellboy steps into a really freaky Japanese folktale) and Box Full of Evil, which is one of the longer stories of the bunch. Pancakes, one of the shortest, was pretty cute. This probably wasn't the best collection for a beginner like me to start with, but it wasn't bad. The only thing I really missed was a better insight into the characters involved - other than the Hellboy movie, I have absolutely not experience with any of the Hellboy characters, and I'm starting find out how different the movie is from the comics.
A grand short story collection.......2003-08-16
"Hellboy: The Right Hand of Doom" is Hellboy at its finest. Like HP Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe, it is in the short story that Mignola really shines with his hell-born characters.
This short story collection contains a host of odd and enjoyable adventures for Anung Un Rama, otherwise known as Hellboy. Making his way through the mythologies and folklore of several countries, he encounters beasties like Japanese vampires, King Vold and Roger. Well-researched, Mignola threads together these various traditionals into a cohesive story, with the Christian God and Devil at the center, and Hellboy bridging the gap.
By far some of the most intelligent and well-written stories in modern comics, Hellboy never disappoints. Non-comics readers as well enjoy Hellboy, and my copy has been well-read by many people. "Hellboy: The Right Hand of Doom" is an excellent starting point, and can be read with no previous knowledge of the characters.
"He has eaten the pancakes. He will never come back to us now."
For any fan of the comic books!.......2003-04-30
When hellboy came out I thought he was one of the coolest things to come into the world of comics in a long time. I was takin a liking from the first page to the last and I have alot of the hell boy editions but this one is just as good as the others but it's certainly not the best!
A Remedy for Even the ParaAbnormal.......2002-05-18
The Adventures of Hellboy have gone through many different venues, from short stories collected in obscure DHP issues to one shot trials that are oftentimes easy to miss. Still, many of these are important when trying to understand the entirety of the Hellboy saga, and other, less crucial stories are still worth reading. That's why I'm glad to see the Trade Paperbacks The Chain Coffin and Others and The Right Hand of Doom. Between the two, you can find so many things that are nearly impossible to find.
In the Right Hand of Doom, you get:
1) Pancakes, a short comical approach to Hellboy's youth involving pancakes and hell's fate. Also, it appears in color for the first time here.
2) The Nature of the Beast, a DHP story involving the testing of Hellboy, a dilemma with a dragon, and blood that turns into lilies. Definitely good, and in color for the first time.
3) King Vold, a tale meshing many Norwegian tales together into a very entertain story pitting Hellboy against man's great adversary, human greed.
4) Heads, from Abe Sapien: Drums of the Dead (a comic you should definately pick up because the Abe Sapien story hasn't been reproduced), involves Hellboy's encounter with Japanese folklore and floating heads. Its really nice looking.
5) Goodbye, Mister Tod, from Gary Gianni's The Monstermen, a tale that meshes more Lovecraftian themeage than normal into Hellboy's life.
6) The Varcolac, a completely redone piece that first appeared in Dark Horse Extra, something nice in its new version but not as good in its original. Here's a tale involving Romanian vampires that, according to Mignola's knowledge of folklore, "eats the sun and the moon and is able to cause eclipses."
7) The Right Hand of Doom, a story leading into a pivotal part in the understanding of just what's going on in Hellboy, mentioning his hand and its origins. It makes its first appearance here in color.
8) Box Full of Evil, a wonderful story that explains the "beast of the apocalypse" connotations floating around Hellboy all the time, complete with an extra four page epilogue to help out with clarity.
This is a wonderful collection of tales, and is really worth reading for the Hellboy fan and newcomer alike. To say it strays from the atypical would be an understatement.
Book Description
Mike Mignola's story notes accompany the long out-of-print stories, giving insight into their creation and inspiration. Some consider Mignola's short stories better than the full-length novels, and this collection makes a strong argument for that, especially with Mignola's masterpiece, "The Corpse."
Customer Reviews:
Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-03
A collection of seven stories, that range from being plain, straight out funny, to the more touching pathos of the Wolves of St August.
In 'The Corpse', Hellboy has to strike a deal with a dead man to help him find and return a child, and this is probably the strongest story in the collection.
Dark fantasy.......2007-04-14
If you like dark gothic fantasy stories, and great stylish artwork, then look no further, this Hellboy book has it all. This collection of short stories, contains some of the best drawings and stories ever printed, period. Dark fantasy has never been better. And Hellboy's black humour is really great, his remarks are both sharp and witty. Do yourself a favor, read this book and enjoy the superb artwork.
Totally Awsome.......2006-03-10
Mike Mignola Rules! If you like anything cool and somehow don't like Hellboy than there is something wrong with your brain. The Characters and concept is totally awsome. and the Art work is beyond compare. There is really nothing like it, It just has this totally unique style that is very cool and moody. Probably my favorite comic ever.
Great collection of Hellboy illustrated short stories.......2004-08-11
Mike Mignola's first compilation graphic shorts is titled The Chained Coffin and Others. The stories within were compiled from sources such as the Dark Horse Presents comic issues all the way to promotional issue of the comic catalogue Diamond Comics. The one difference between those issues and this compilation was the coloring. The illustrated shorts where in black and white when they first appeared in those issues, but in this compilation book they have been retouched with bold primary colors.
Mignola wrote and drew all the shorts included in Chained Coffin and Others. The coloring he'd done for all the shorts lives up to the previous Hellboy books. There's some inconsistency to the look of each stories artwork, but that's due to some of them being drawn early in Hellboy's history. Some of these stories were done even before the Seed of Destruction story.
All the stories are well-written and they range from laugh-out funny to classically scary. Stand out entries in Chained Coffin and Others are "Christmas Underground" (Mignola's take on the vampire myth), The Wolves of St. August (a werewolf piece) and "Almost Colossus" (the introduction of recurring character Roger the Homunculus). These three takes are great examples of why the Hellboy books are a joy to read. "Christmas Underground" is my personal favorite for combining both a genuinely scary tale with some genuine humanity to turn a simple horror tale into one of redemption and forgiveness.
For readers who have seen the Hellboy feature film, they will recognize a character in the film who actually appears in this compilation: "The Corpse". In the end, I highly recommend this graphic compilation to new fans of Hellboy and for old, loyal fans to pick it up if their old copy has been dog-eared and tattered from frequent readings.
best short stories in comics.......2004-03-10
I recently decided to review a couple of the graphic novels that I thought were the best I had read. This one popped into my head and was one of the handful that made the short list.
Mike Mignola's character, Hellboy, is a devil who works for the BPRD, an X-Files type organization dedicated to protecting the world from the paranormal. For his stories, Mignola draws deeply on mythology, the occult and folklore from around the world. Some characters are familiar, like the villain Rasputin or the mythological Baba Yaga. I had as much fun reading about the underlying myths as I did reading the actual stories.
If you have not read any Hellboy before, you may want to start with the first collection, Seed of Destruction. That being said, you really can't go wrong with this one. I think Mignola's real strength lies in his shorter stories, rather than the 4 or 5 issue ones. Here we have some of his best shorter work and I will say a bit about my two favorites. "The Iron Shoes" is a funny little story about a goblin that lives in a tower and attacks passers-by with his iron boots. Hellboy steps in to investigate. Not a long story and not much dialogue but I like its simplicity. "Almost Colossus" is another gem and tells the second part of the origin of one of Hellboy's partners at the BPRD. Great story from Norse Myths coupled with eye-popping art makes this one a winner. The remainder of the stories are equally good; these are just my personal preferences.
This collection of stories should not be missed by anyone who enjoys comics. Mignola's art is great to look at, somewhat stylized and uses heavy shadows and blacks. His dialogue is great too. Hellboy's dry, witty lines fit him like a glove. Overall a must read.
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Book Description
Mike Mignola returns with his first new Hellboy collection since 2002's Conqueror Worm. After leaving the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, Hellboy's travels take him briefly to Africa, then for a two-year stint at the bottom of the ocean. An ancient witch doctor, a giant fish woman and keeper of the secret history of the universe force Hellboy to either accept his role in the coming apocalypse, or have that role stolen from him. Weird undersea creatures and talking lions populate this turning-point adventure, which reveals secrets buried since Hellboy's very creation. This volume collects Harvey-and-Eisner-award winner Mike Mignola's Hellboy series The Third Wish and The Island with over a dozen unused pages and a new epilogue.
Customer Reviews:
Mignola's Hellboy at his very best.......2007-09-07
Hellboy is one of the stalwarts of comics today - since its creation in the early 1990s, Mignola's work on the book, from his witty, well-researched writing to his deceptively simplistic, blocky artwork, has never dipped in quality. Indeed, in this sixth volume of Hellboy, Strange Places, we find Mignola at the very height of his narrative and artistic powers.
Having left the BPRD (Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense), Hellboy travels to Africa, where he eventually ends up in the depths of the sea and runs afoul of the Bog Roosh, a dreaded sea monster, and three mermaids, and is made prisoner. After achieving his freedom (I won't tell you how), Hellboy washes ashore on an island that has become a ship's graveyard and holds a castle harboring dark secrets - secrets related not only to the occult origins of the earth, but also something very close to Hellboy.
While Hellboy is, without question, a sort of postmodern horror comic, Strange Places is especially powerful in its ability to merge and re-interpret fairytale and folk motifs (mermaids, etc.) as well as literary influences (Mignola notes that the latter parts of the volume were inspired by famed horror author William Hope Hodgson). It is by turns moody and jovial, light and heavy, violent and spirited. Not to be missed.
Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-04
The final Hellboy volume is the weakest of them, so far. It is split into two longer stories. In the first, Hellboy has some submarine work to do, as a seawitch tries to get some mermaids to given him a direct infusion of iron via his cranium.
The second takes him to Africa to deal with a witch doctor.
A little more is seen about his background, as well.
Anung Un Rama - The Key and the Crown .......2007-07-24
Anyone familiar with Hellboy knows he has been fighting Nazis and demons and other, more bizarre, beasts since his inception back in WW II. The problem with all those battles is that they really had no personal meaning because, in the end, they never really addressed the truth that Hellboy fought inside. He has collided with Rasputin and stopped what Rasputin thought was the end-all, sure, and he has turned aside the temptation to take the world and pave the sky with blood. Still, there are the inner demons within the demon that even he does not understand; the hand and the key, Anung Un Rama/ Sancti Abjura - the true name he wears, Ogdru Eb Jurhad - the seven crawling in their abyssal skyline, and all the fights he has fought do not address the fact that demons keep talking about his future and that he was made - not born. In this lifetime he has been walking in a man's world, too, doing a man's deeds and hoping this was enough to redeem the humankind. He has even been filing his horns and courting the dominion of love, hoping beyond hope that these things could be his. Still, he is no man no matter what he wants and the other books have explained that as they have battled little evils and bigger demons while expunging answers in the aftermaths. Now, it has come to see the broader strokes and this book starts setting up that sight.
The Third Wish
In The Third Wish, Hellboy find himself in Africa seeking answers as to why he exists. He seeks council from a holyman, and in the process he finds himself ensnared in another battled that seeks to claim his soul and, respectively, his hand. This leads him into the depths with three Merfolk, all wanting a wish from a seahag called the Bog Roosh, and it is here, in the cave of the Bog Roosh, that Hellboy finds out how the things he has seen and the other things, Hecate and Baba Yaga amongst those, play out as pieces in a game that can undo the world - and more.
In The Island even more is uncovered, explaining everything that Hellboy is and even more in an attempt to bring fans up to the place they need to be so they can see the coming tide. This is possibly the one story that covers every angle that could be covered with Hellboy, telling of the dragon and the hand and the things that came before. While I cannot say much on the subject without giving something beautifully-conceived away, I can say that this is one of the most important stories made that covers what Hellboy is and what the prophecy is all about.
It also shows that Mignola wants to make things move; he has made things and he has contorted reality and now he is taking the three major stories he has produced and begin the motion of a clock he has always meant to tick.
For anyone that notices something different about this book, it is because there is something starkly different. This book isn't the same "Nazi-fighting" that Hellboy normally finds himself in but is instead the beginning of something new, heralding "the something" coming. While it didn't seem like it at the time, a new series has appeared to continue this, Darkness Calls, and shows that Mignola isn't becoming tired of Hellboy or that he wants to try something different that involves a new character. Mignola has simply been doing other things and has, for some time now, been trying to build Hellboy up to where an audience understands his plight and how much he has at risk. Without his strides into the realm of mortality we wouldn't know about his friendship with Abe or his kinship with other people in the B.P.R.D., or the fact that he really does love Liz Sherman. That took a lot of Nazi-bashing and a lot of demons mentioning who he was to get through to us all, droning at the fact that Hellboy is meant for something bigger.
And now something bigger is at the door, knocking.
For fans of Mignola, you know what you want and you know how Mignola tells a story. He builds pieces upon pieces, hiding things in the open as he layers around them, and he likes to use fairytales to make things seem timeless and beautiful. That was what the Bog Roosh was, and that was something of what The Island reflected. Moreso, however, it was all build, wanting to see how things are set into motion.
For anyone keeping score, Mignola doesn't disappoint and this comes HIGHLY recommended because it really does serve a purpose aside from the stories themselves.
Good Hellboy right here..........2007-07-03
Ok...I just finished this one "and it is good" - a quote from Spinal Tap (If you don't know what Spinal Tap is, get a life and buy it) Mingnola has done a great job and continues to please the masses with his quality comics and movies...If you have not read this and are a fan of "Hellboy" comics get this...it is a trip to say the least.
Mignola Tiring of Hellboy?.......2006-10-12
I adore the artwork of Micheal Mignola, one of the rare current artists whose work, IMHO, puts him in the pantheon of classic comic-book graphic artists. I also get a huge kick out of his Cthulhu-mythos-inspired character, Hellboy. However the horror-action-adventure fun doesn't automatically put Hellboy in the category of great graphic novel, and this outing is not nearly, IMHO, on the level of masterworks like CONQUEROR WORM or WAKE THE DEVIL. The tales here ramble A LOT and the thrust of the earlier stories, where Hellboy struggled against his 'destiny' to determine his own fate, is severely weakened. Nevertheless the art is the usual great stuff!
Having quit the BPRD Hellboy finds himself in Africa with a sympathetic shaman (shades of Solomon Kane!) However a decidedly UNsympathetic sea witch has designs on our hero and sics a trio of dim mermaids on him. The Otherworld weighs in once again to add some additional gloom to the darkness of the deep.
In chapter II Hellboy surfaces to find himself on a cursed island and is faced with a new problem person: an undead (and long-winded) priest of the Ogdru Jahad who lays out the prehistory of our boy's dark destiny.
Mignola finishes up this trade paperback with unfinished artwork for the original version of part II, which was originally somewhat more inspired by parts of the William Hope Hodgson tale, the "Boats of Glen Carrig." It's a nice view of how a comic story is developed visually.
If you're new to Hellboy, don't start here!
Book Description
At the end of World War II, American costumed-adventurer Lobster Johnson led an Allied attack on Hitler's space program, but not before the Nazis were able to launch the first man into space. Now, after sixty years, Hellboy is partnered with an artifical man - a Frankenstein's monster implanted by Bureau scientists with a bomb - to travel to the ruined castle in Norway to intercept the returning capsule, and its single passenger. . .the conqueror worm.
Customer Reviews:
Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-03
An excellent atmospheric Hellboy romp, as usual. For a concept or even character design when you first see it, somehow it works. It looks ridiculous, sounds like it would be silly, but it is not. Hellboy is exactly the kind of guy you would love to buy a beer for (hopefully out of range of any monsters). Mignola's style just fits.
Good stuff.......2007-06-07
This is comics as it was meant to be. Great art, exciting story, interesting characters and nice scenery (buildings and places). This is good stuff. - Mike Mignola, give us another four part mini series, it's been far to long since we got one.
Dark and Light.......2006-08-30
Love the H.P. Lovecraft gothic horror influences, the sarcastic humor, and the art...FANTASTIC!
The worm crawls in..........2005-04-02
The last collection(for now..sigh) ends with a big bang as Mike Mignola continues to delve into the history of those pesky nazis. As Indiana Jones would say,I hate those guys! Just as Steven Spielberg understands and honors all those pulp stories in his Indiana Jones movies(along with another guy who understands the pulps, George Lucas) Mr. Mignola brings out Lobster Johnson! to combat the Nazi nastiness! If all comics were even a quarter this well produced I'd be broke! Good news for Hellboy fans, the fun continues in Weird Tales and B.R.P.D!
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- I just didn't like it.
- Just about tolerable
- A pleasure to read
- One of the best in this series
- Beware People Whose Eyes Light Up
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The Dragon Pool (Hellboy)
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Hellboy, a bloodred, cloven-hoofed demon raised by
the United States government, is a top field agent for
the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense.
He questions the unknown -- then beats it into submission.
In the upper reaches of the Himalayas, Hellboy's ex-girlfriend, archaeologist Anastasia Bransfield, believes she has found the location of the legendary "Dragon King Pool" -- thought to be the ancient dwelling of an evil dragon who inflicted horrific devastation on the land and its people. Every year the villagers would sacrifice a child to placate the beast, until one day an unlikely hero fought the dragon and won, bringing peace and prosperity to the land.
But Anastasia's triumph at her discovery is short-lived. Soon unearthly creatures are seen lurking around the dig site, someone is sabotaging the excavation with dire results, and the young daughter of one of the dig leaders goes missing. It looks like a job for Hellboy -- but his toughest challenge might be putting his past with Anastasia behind him....
Customer Reviews:
I just didn't like it........2007-07-09
I prefer the graphic novels to the traditional novels, but that might be a little unfair. It is harder to describe a scene than to draw it. Still, this book just didn't meet my expectations. HB's "girlfriend" (also found in The Lost Army) isn't a particularly sympathetic character. I actually found her quite annoying. Hellboy's father Trevor Bruttholm(sp?) is also written badly, acting one way one moment, and in somewhat inconsistant way the next. He doesn't come across as the brilliant man he is repeatedly stated to be. The plot itself is okay, but it just seems to go on for about 60 pages too long, and you can see many of the plot developments coming a mile away. That might be alright if the writing drew me in a bit better, but it doesn't.
So, if you are a big HB fan, and have loved Golden's other work, it might be worth giving this one a try, but I can't reccomend it. Try borrowing from a friend rather than purchasing it.
Just about tolerable.......2007-06-21
I was quite looking forward to reading this book since I am a fan of Hellboy and I like pulpy hokum in a universe where anything can happen. Imagine how disappointed I was when The Dragon Pool turned out to be meandering and slow and not really that spectacular.
An old girlfriend of HB's (not Liz, she's hardly in this) is in trouble in Tibet when she disturbs the lair of the tomb of the sacrificial chamber of the god of the Dragon King or some such nonsense. Basically, Hellboy, Abe and Co. go to Tibet, beat up the Dragon and that's it. But in between there's loads of filler and stuff that could be cut away and affect the story in no way whatsoever. There's also a lot of flashback to some old case that Hellboy worked on that means absolutely nothing and simply shouldn't be there.
I really wanted to put the book down but I never quit a book and stick with it till the end always. But it was so boring and completely unexciting. If they want me to buy more Hellboy books they better damn well write them better than this!
A pleasure to read .......2007-05-13
Christopher Golden, as usual, writes another Hellboy novel that you won't want to put down till the very end. If you were a fan of the romance between Hellboy and Anastasia Bransfield in "The Lost Army", then you'll be as excited as I was when it continues again five years later. There were no illustrations throughout the book by Mike Mignola this time, and though I did miss them, this book is still a definite must read for any Hellboy fan.
One of the best in this series.......2007-04-27
I enjoyed Christopher Golden's "The Lost Army", the first in this series of Hellboy-related novels. This book is even better and every bit as good as Brian Hodge's earlier "On Earth as It Is in Hell", which for me had been the best of this series. I really prefer the books that let you see into the psyches of the characters and not just the chaos and mayhem that pops up when ever the big, red guy is around.
It's nice to get to see some glimpses into Hellboy and Anastasia's bittersweet past as a romantic couple and nice to see how much they still care for each other. Unfortunately, Professor Trevor Bruttenholm died off too quickly in the original comics and you only get glimpses of his character in a few of the flashback comics Mike Mignola created about the younger Hellboy. What makes this book so special is how deeply Trevor's character is developed in a book that chronologically takes place just a few years before his unfortunate demise. One could hope that this focus on Trevor Bruttenholm as a character and his obviously close relationship with Hellboy will be further developed in future installments in this series.
The real icing on the cake is how suspenseful and exciting this book is. I like when Hellboy is given foes that really give him a run for his money and he really has to work to defeat them. I also like suggestions that he's not totally indestructable. Frankly, characters that can never be defeated or wounded are dull and it makes for some poignant scenes when Trevor worries about the physical and emotional well-being of his 'son'.
Definitely a five-star effort all around and I would love for more "Hellboy" novels from Mr. Golden.
Beware People Whose Eyes Light Up.......2007-04-02
Take a folksy red demon, his ex-girlfriend, and a friend who prefers to live in water. Mix this with suspicious Chinese officials, and archeological dig in Tibet and the accidental awakening of a dragon that has been asleep for 1000 years, and you have most of the plot of The Dragon Pool. Archeologist Anastasia Bransfield knows that she is looking for the ancient temple of the Dragon King, who terrorized Tibet long ago until put asleep by a very angry dwarf, but she doesn't expect to run headlong into a tribe of the dragon's heir -- shape changing humans who have desperately kept the secret so that they would never have to resume sacrificing children. In the resulting confrontation she calls for help, and, just as you might expect, it's Hellboy to the rescue.
Being back around Anastasia puts Hellboy in a tizzy, but he gets to work and hammers out an arrangement with the local village (a rare moment of diplomacy for a guy who usually hits first, and then hits second). Unfortunately, the real damage is done. Even as Hellboy makes peace and saves the life of a young girl the bottom of the dragon pool shows unexpected signs of life. Soon the problem is a really cranky dragon trying to toast everything in the neighborhood. Despite help from both the BPRD and the Chinese government the dragon seems invincible, and the team is left digging for legends to find a way to set things right.
Chris Golden (noted for an unending supply of good horror and Buffy novels) once again does a great job of capture the action and Hellboy's somewhat sarcastic self-reflection. Hellboy is a human in most ways, but he is also the resident of a demon's body, with many unusual powers. Stacy and he still love each other, but the relationship is doomed not by their conflicts, but because the world isn't ready to accept the relationship. When your huge, red, and tailed, most folks tend to think the worst, and the couple must deal with the consequences. They are a good working team, though, and there's a great deal more action and fun than there are maudlin moments. One can't help but relish a pure occult adventure story like this. Go for it.
Book Description
Mike Mignola's character has never been more popular, especially in the wake of the long-awaited feature film, and unprecedented success in bookstores. His award-winning series Hellboy has been lauded as much by other artists as it has by award ceremonies and fans. Over the years, many of the best artists in the industry have asked if they could do a backup story just to get a chance to play with the characters and worlds Mignola has created. As Dark Horse basks in the glow of critical praise for the 2004 Hellboy motion picture, we present this lavish collection of stories.
Customer Reviews:
Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-03
Weird Tales was a famous old magazine that turned up a lot of legends, so the title is a homage to that particular publication.
Mike Mignola lets some other people play with his character, and there are some pretty amusing things happen to him, as a girl chases him, a band harrasses him and other fun.
There are also stories featuring other BPRD luminaries.
Twelve Different Hellboys and a Crustacean.......2006-03-27
You reaction to the Hellboy compendium will have a lot to do with when you realize that none of the work included is Mike Mignola's. If you are simply a Hellboy fan and knew what you were buying when you bought it, you will most likely enjoy this effort by Dark Horse Books. If you didn't look closely (or failed to read the reviews), and specifically like Mignola's work, you may be disappointed. Unfortunately, I fall in the second category, having grabbed this off the shelves during a buying spree.
I'm not going to launch into an oration about publishers who profit by imitating (even if it is imitating themselves). There is a special place in hell for them and that will suffice. But behind the nicely done cover art there are only a few cases where the art is up to Mignola's standard - Jim Starlin, Simeon Wilkins, and Kia Amasiya. The others are pretty original, and one, done by J. H. Williams is interesting on its own right. But if you are looking for Mignola's severe, dark graphics, there isn't much here.
Writing varies considerably as well. I liked Love Is Scarier Than Death, Theater Of The Dead, and Toy Soldier the best. You get stories, some extra sketches, a long inclusion - A Lobster Johnson story - that left me cold, and some obligatory explanation about why this really is a Mignola comic book even if it isn't. Obviously there are people who would disagree with me, but this just falls short of the Mignola magic, proving, if nothing else, why he is as respected as he is.
Hellboy Seen Through The Eyes of Others.......2004-04-19
Hellboy has become a huge success and creator Mike Mignola is busier than ever. So what do you do when the public wants more of your character than you can safely create? You invite other artists to put their own spin on things. This volume is a collection of such stories.
Midnight Cowboy - A young Hellboy gets into trouble at Area 51.
Haunted - Hellboy investigates a supposedly haunted house but finds no trace of ghosts but they find him.
Family Story - Hellboy is doing research and discovers some strange goings on in the family that owns the library.
Hot - Hellboy investigates something that is scaring people out of some Chinese hot springs. The Water Sprite he finds awakens the horn in him.
The Children of the Black Mound - Cold hard reason squares off against ghosts, legends and religion. A tale of a young historical figure.
Big-Top-hell-Boy - Hellboy investigates a cunning array of circus ghosts and find a curious property of his right hand.
Flight Risk - Aces of the jetpack vie for altitude records but some rather large bats may have other ideas.
Hellboy & Co in Downtime - Hellboy has tackled some evil entities in his time. Now he must face his ultimate challenges as he goes up against the office copier and the soda machine
Abe Sapien Star of the BPRD - Hellboy is just a musclebound bulk while Abe Sapien is the one who really brings home the sushi (I mean bacon).
Hey, Hey, Suckers! - Hellboy returns from a gala and can't help boasting and rubbing it in.
Curse of the Haunted Doily - Kate faces her mom's ghost
The Dread Within - Liz vs Possession
Still Born - Hellboy attends a dangerous birth in reality and in his dreams.
Party Pooper - Hellboy's birthday party
This is a fun collection. The stories vary between the silly to the dark and eerie. Art styles also cover most of the spectrum from the beautiful pencils of Hot to the cartoonish Hellboy and Co in Downtime. A must read for any Hellboy fan.
Demon Babies Say the Sweetest Things!.......2004-01-17
While working for the BPRD, Hellboy and crew see a lot of action. Unfortunately for us, all this glorious information has to take a back seat to the other things pressing Mike Mignola for time. Its an understandable dilemma, mind you, and one that I?ve patiently worked around, hoping all the while for a few more delicious morsels from the Hellboy table and trying not to complain too much when I don?t get much. Still, only having one new story in 2003 come out that left my mouth watering, (in The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings) reminding me of drink without quenching my thirst, wasn?t really the greatest feeling.
In order to fill in the gaps and to make us all feel better, Hellboy and the gang have been taken under the wings of mixed group of artists and storytellers, some questionable and some rather talented, allowing other people to work with what Mike started and try to give us that fix we want. And while they aren?t Mignola and you can tell it a few times way too much, some do an outstanding job of filling in and dosing up all the Hellboy junkies out there in need of a quick fix.
Now before I continue and rain praise on this parade that could be taken in many different lights, I have to let you in on a little secret. I?m actually a Hellboy junkie, fan of just about anything Mike Mignola touches, and I like following the stream that flows from that magically-tasty trough. I?ve gone to lengths to follow the BPRD sagas that have been coming out, tracking down one-shots of Abe Sapien before the TPB and finding the little hints Mignola has dropped here and there, so I?m not what you would call "unbiased party." I?ve followed quite a few forgettable drops in the artistic bucket just to catch three-four pages of a character I can?t seem to get enough of, and I?m assuming that most people that would go out and purchase this have to be at least a lower grade of obsessive like myself. For anyone that isn?t and is not familiar with the concept of the BPRD, they research the paranormal and they try to remedy those problems. More often than not that results in a little fist-to-face action, and more often than not it also involves some really strange recounts. For anyone unaware of who Hellboy is, there are a few books out there to answer a question that I?m not even going to begin tackling here.
In the Weird Tales installations, there were some rather high notes and quite a few stories. I personally enjoyed seeing a lot of them dedicated to the off-the-beaten-path characters, too, like Liz Sherman and Baba Yaga. While I wouldn?t go as far as to say that anything truly meaningful to Hellboy or the BPRD takes place in them, I?d say that they contain a lot of what you?d expect. Sometimes that unfortunately translates into something that I, as a reader knowledgeable in Hellboy, abhor because the writers feel they I have to be reminded of some of the essentials. Other times it also means that we get art that isn?t the greatest in the world (and, once or twice, that I wouldn't have let my pet use for diaper duty), and the short stories we find are just that and they aren?t really allowed to shuffle things around. A few times, however, everything hits just right, a demon kid breathes a little fire and sets everything ablaze, and I sit thinking that everything therein is just plain creepy. A little Baba Yaga comes to count the fingers of the dead, Hellboy does something interesting or recounts a tale of his youth, and Roger even finds his way into the fray. This happened enough times in the mix, at least once per comic edition to the Graphic Novel, so it made it pay off pretty well and made the other portions and complaints vanish. In fact, it was kind of surprising because I expected a disaster with Mignola off working on the Hellboy movie.
If you really don?t know anything about Hellboy and you?ve picked up on this as something of a primer, I?d advise you to go back and try on Mike Mignola?s work so you can get thoroughly acquainted with the idea. In the four main graphic novels, you?ll see what?s what and how the idea has influenced so many people, understanding what these stories are all about. These are more like tasty little tidbits to tie a person over, given to us by people that enjoy the concept but aren?t the Patient Zero of the Hellboy contagion. Its would actually be something akin to a cover in music, only its done with frames instead of melody. Also take note that this isn?t the whole collection because there are eight comics in the Weird Tales collection. That means there?ll be another graphic novel to come, and some of the stories that?ll be in it are really, really superb.
Average customer rating:
- Not a worthy contribution to the Hellboy world.
- A LIGHTER VERSION OF HELLBOY
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In the lead feature, "The Black Wedding," written by Jim Pascoe (Kim Possible, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and drawn by Rick Lacy (Venture Brothers), Liz Sherman is kidnapped by an ancient cult, dragging the entire Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense into a horrifying tale of witchcraft and possession. Hellboy Animated co-creator Tad Stones and Fabio Laguna (X-Men Unlimited) team up in "Pyramid of Death," in which radio hero Lobster Johnson inspires a young Hellboy to inflict some imaginary justice of his own.
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Not a worthy contribution to the Hellboy world........2007-07-13
I remain a large fan of the illustrated Hellboy material out, including the animated films, which this book's style is based on. However, I feel that the quality presented here is just too low to really add much to the Hellboy story. The art is very "sketchy", the panel transition is not quite smooth, and I often found myself having a little trouble following the plot, which is bad because it's a very simple plot. This product seems rushed and is not essential for anyone concerned with keeping up with Hellboy.
A LIGHTER VERSION OF HELLBOY.......2007-02-18
Hellboy Animated: The Black Wedding is the first graphic novel based on the Animated Hellboy. While maintaining much of the canon of Mike Mignola's comic series, the books based on the animated version are really there own universe, even so far as making Hellboy purposely look different than the Mignola version. This book contains one long story, "the Black Wedding" as well as a shorter tale.
In the Black Wedding, Hellboy, Abe, and Agent Ecton are out to stop the witch Alexisa from using Liz Sherman as the black bride to summon a powerful demon. They battle hordes of creatures like bell worms to stop the ceremony before it can be completed.
"Pyramid of Death" is a tale from Hellboy's past when he was just a little demon who loved watching his favorite hero Lobster Johnson on TV. The junior Hellboy soon finds himself squaring off against a mad scientist and his goons...or does he? A rather amusing tale!
I truly enjoyed the art on both stories. Rick Lacy and Fabio Laguna captured the look of Hellboy animated right on the page. The cartoony style is perfectly suited for these lighter tales, as opposed to Mignola's grittier look. Not a must-have for Hellboy fans since it's outside of normal continuity but still a fun read.
Reviewed by Tim Janson
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As part of the ongoing Dark Horse celebration of Hellboy in 2004, Christopher Golden (author of the Hellboy novels The Lost Army and The Bones of Giants) has brought together a stellar array of talents to further the Hellboy canon. Included in this illustrious group are filmmakers Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Majestic), Mick Garris, Guillermo del Toro (Blade 2, The Devil's Backbone, Hellboy), and novelists Charles de Lint, Graham Joyce, Kim Newman, and Sharyn McCrumb, as well as many others. Lavishly illustrated by creator Mike Mignola!
Customer Reviews:
Super Reader.......2007-08-02
A reasonable selection of tales. The weaker ones are probably the earlier, more ghost story types. Because basically, the Right Hand of Doom cannot wail on ghosts, and Hellboy is there to see if he can find out what is going on, mostly.
The best stories are the crossover, by Charles de Lint, with his Newford milieu. A veteran Newford cop has been ordered to set up a paranormal task force. He, of course, thinks this is a punishment. It pretty much appears the guy has been walking around oblivious.
Then Hellboy comes to town, to assist in an investigation. A big, fishy eye-opener for the new paranormal task force.
There are other monsters, including a relative, crazed Romanians, etc, and even a Lobster Johnston snippet, and a psychic regression story, starring Abe Sapien.
Certainly worth it for fans.
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 01 The Brotherhood of the Gun - Frank Darabont
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 02 From an Enchanter Fleeing - Peter Crowther
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 03 Down in the Flood - Scott Allie
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 04 Newford Spook Squad - Charles de Lint
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 05 Water Music - David J. Schow
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 06 The Vampire Brief - James L. Cambias
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 07 Unfinished Business - Ed Gorman and Richard Dean Starr
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 08 Saint Hellboy - Tom Piccirilli
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 09 Hellboy Odder Jobs : Sleepless in Manhattan - Nancy Kilpatrick
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 10 The Wish Hounds - Sharyn McCrumb
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 11 Act of Mercy - Tom E. Sniegoski
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 12 The Thrice-Named Hill - Graham Joyce
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 13 Of Blood Of Clay - James A. Moore
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 14 A Full and Satisfying Life - Ray Garton
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 15 The Glass Road - Tim Lebbon
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 16 Tasty Teeth - Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins
Ghostly gunslinger showdown loop.
4 out of 5
Fatal fog.
3.5 out of 5
Aquatic wifenapping.
3 out of 5
Hellboy gives a new cop team in Newford a leg up.
4 out of 5
Abe's ancestry.
3 out of 5
Vamp's fatal courtroom mistake.
3.5 out of 5
Succubus stalks soldiers.
3 out of 5
Floating mafia granny.
3.5 out of 5
Imp and undine, park interlopers.
4 out of 5
Scholar needs help with the Wild Hunt.
3.5 out of 5
Carrier crow leads to Romanian demon.
3.5 out of 5
Snake-woman sister surprise.
3.5 out of 5
Homunculus vs Golem.
3 out of 5
Manticore likes bits of boys.
4 out of 5
Fire Dogs from Hell.
4 out of 5
Tooth fairies, meet grenade.
3 out of 5
Blazin'!.......2007-02-11
Hellboy: Odder Jobs is a great collection, by a batch of writers trying their hand at Mike Mignola's big red guy and his "family" of oddities, misfits and world-savin' weirdies. Christopher Golden has chosen some terrific stories for inclusion. This volume is a must-read for anyone who call him- or herself a Hellboy fan.
Highly recommended!
NOT a Graphic Novel!.......2006-06-07
Despite what the product title says, Odder Jobs, is NOT a graphic novel. This was quite misleading, especially when one considers that "Odd Jobs" was another collection of random hellboy stories by various authoirs and artists and actually WAS a graphic novel.
I had expected this to be a sequil because of amazon's poor product labelling.
That rant aside, it IS a good read, with several fun stories in it. I would reccomend it if you are a HB fan, but NOT if you;re shopping for quick and easy graphic novels to read on your lunch break.
Great read.......2005-01-18
Odder Jobs is, like the other Hellboy collections of short stories, an extremley absorbing read. I loved this collection. The stories are varied in their use of myth and legends which i one of the things that drew me to the Hellboy series in the first place.
The only down to this book is that the first story, "Brotherhood of the Gun," is the best story in the book. It should've been the last story in the book. After reading it the following stories seem dull by comparison, even though they are very good stories by themselves. I highly recomend this book for Hellboy fans, or fans of science fiction.
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