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Title: Hellboy: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola, John Byrne ISBN: 1-56971-316-2 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: July, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.19 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Its more than Seeds of Destruction!
Comment: Seeds of Destruction is a nice place to begin because it deals with where Hellboy hails from, no pun intended, plus its actually one of Mignola's more heavily Lovecraftian tales. The coloration is also darker in graphic novel form, giving it more of more horror appeal than the pervious comic releases did. There are more than enough Nazis, plots leading into the next Graphic Novel (Wake the Devil) to want you to go on without stranding you in a half-read story, not to mention the fact that its so wonderfully dark.
Something that all other reviews seem to be leaving out, something that affected my purchase of this particular graphic novel for a while, is the fact that it isn't simply the Seeds of Destruction story. Included within it are also two other stories, earlier works of Mignola, that are oftentimes overlooked and are quite the pain to find in their original formats.
1) This is a story from San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2, a little tale involving squibs of storyline and drying up towns in the desert, not to mention Anubis.
2) There's another story from Comic's Buyer's Guide dealing with Herman Von Klempt, everyone's favorite Nazi "Nazi head in a bottle" and his Brutus, his super gorilla.
Also included is a little section entitled "Where did Hellboy come from?," a section delving into the early promotional art showing Hellboy off, plus some nice pictures by artists including Art Adams and Gary Gianni.
Tentacled things = Happiness!
Rating: 4
Summary: Not a bad start...
Comment: As a columnist at the comic book website Comixtreme.com, a few months ago I asked my readers to rank the best graphic novels I'd personally never read, with the promise that I would try to read some of them and come back with my comments. This was one of the books that topped the list, the introduction of Mike Mignola's "Hellboy," and since there's a movie coming out later this year, I thought this was the perfect chance to check it out.
This is a decent little action tale, with Mignola and scripter John Byrne presenting our hero, a strange, demonic creature found as a child and raised by humans to be an agent of a sort of supernatural secret service. We also meet several of Hellboy's comerades, including my personal favorite, the amphibious Abe Sapien.
At the end of this graphic novel, though, I'm not left feeling like I've really gotten to know any of the characters. This book exists mainly to set up the situation -- Hellboy's origin, his occupation, etc. Hopefully future installments will get more in-depth as to who he really is, and not just in your standard superhero sense, but in a deeper, character-building sense as well. Still, this is a fun read and a nice place to start. It's good enough to have me on the lookout for Hellboy Vol. 2.
Rating: 4
Summary: Well done
Comment: Okay, I just read picked this up because the movie was coming out, and I'm one of those people who does that (as probably are many of you reading these reviews). But I found myself thoroughly enjoying Mike Mignola's HELLBOY.
This first HELLBOY book is a little on the short side, and at times, Mignola probably gives too much attention to the mythology rather than the characters, but all in all it's a fun read.
It's not my favorite comic I've read (definitely not in the Alan Moore category) but it's fun and well worth your time.
The artwork is definitely top notch. Even if the story were no good (but it is good) it would be worth getting to look at.
Now that the movie's out (which was also very entertaining and worthy of your time) I'm sure I'll keep reading the rest of the series.
Happy reading!
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Title: Hellboy Wake the Devil (Hellboy # 2) by Mike Mignola, Alan Moore, James Sinclair ISBN: 1593070950 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: January, 2004 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Hellboy: The Chained Coffin and Others by Mike Mignola ISBN: 1569713499 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: 05 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Hellboy: Right Hand of Doom by Mike Mignola ISBN: 1569714894 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: 26 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Hellboy: Conqueror Worm by Mike Mignola ISBN: 1569716994 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: 08 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Mike Mignola's B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth & Other Stories by Mike Mignola, Tom Sniegoski, Christopher Golden ISBN: 1569718628 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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