Description
The world's greatest paranormal investigator takes on a carnivorous house, space aliens, a vampire luchador, a vengeful lion demon, and more in this collection featuring the work of comic greats Mike Mignola, Richard Corben, Kevin Nowlan, and Scott Hampton. Collects Hellboy in Mexico, Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil, Hellboy: The Sleeping and the Dead #1-2, Hellboy: The Bride of Hell, "Hellboy: The Whittier Legacy," and Hellboy: Buster Oakley Gets His Wish.
Subjects
Language
Original language
English
Publication
Milwaukie : Dark Horse Books, 2011.
ISBN
9781595827401
Local notes
Contains the following stories:
Hellboy in Mexico (frame story set in 1982, main story 1956) [This story is also collected in the "Hellboy in Mexico" TPB]
Double Feature of Evil (the two shorts "Sullivan's Reward" and "The House of Sebek", both set in 1960)*
The Sleeping and the Dead (set in 1966)
The Bride of Hell (set in 1985)
The Whittier Legacy (set in 1985)
Buster Oakley Gets His Wish (set in 1985)
* This story won Mignola and Corben the "Best Single Issue/One-Shot" Eisner Award in 2011.
Hellboy in Mexico (frame story set in 1982, main story 1956) [This story is also collected in the "Hellboy in Mexico" TPB]
Double Feature of Evil (the two shorts "Sullivan's Reward" and "The House of Sebek", both set in 1960)*
The Sleeping and the Dead (set in 1966)
The Bride of Hell (set in 1985)
The Whittier Legacy (set in 1985)
Buster Oakley Gets His Wish (set in 1985)
* This story won Mignola and Corben the "Best Single Issue/One-Shot" Eisner Award in 2011.
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LibraryThing member kivarson
Nice series of shorts. Favorite one was a flashback to Hellboy's time killing demons with three Mexican wrestlers.
LibraryThing member .Monkey.
These were fun, but I can never decide whether I like the single stories or the larger arc(s) better. The short solo Hellboy stories somehow seem to just pack more punch than the larger arcs. Usually I prefer longer stories, but there's just something about Hellboy that works well in the shorter
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LibraryThing member Glennis.LeBlanc
Somehow I missed reading and reviewing this collection. It is a collection of one shots which is probably why I never thought I was missing a part of the series. Some of these are great for a taste of Hellboy without having to get all the backstory. What I like most of all is everyone is fine when
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they see him. No one freaks out and he must explain himself over and over. The last story in the collection was a great giggle. Show Less