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Hellboy Omnibus Volume 1: Seed of Destruction Kindle & comiXology
The story jumps from Hellboy's mysterious World War II origin to his 1994 confrontation with the man who summoned him to earth, and the earliest signs of the plague of frogs. Avoiding his supposed fate as the herald of the end of the world, Hellboy continues with the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, fighting alongside Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman, and drafting Roger Homunculus into his own ill-fated service with the B.P.R.D.
The four volume Hellboy Omnibus series along with the two volumes of The Complete Short Stories collect all of Mignola's award-winning Hellboy stories in chronological order for a definitive reading experience.
This 368-page volume covers Hellboy's adventures from 1994 to 1997, reprinting Seed of Destruction, Wake the Devil, and "Wolves of St August," "The Chained Coffin," and "Almost Colossus," from The Chained Coffin and The Right Hand of Doom.
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherDark Horse Books
- Publication dateMay 22, 2018
- File size685018 KB
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- ASIN : B07BJKXP63
- Publisher : Dark Horse Books (May 22, 2018)
- Publication date : May 22, 2018
- Language : English
- File size : 685018 KB
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- Print length : 368 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #79,994 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2 in Seasonal Graphic Novels
- #63 in Horror Graphic Novels (Kindle Store)
- #69 in Horror Anthologies (Books)
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About the author
Mike Mignola is best known as the multiple award-winning creator, writer, and artist of "B.P.R.D." and "Hellboy", but has fostered several other projects like "The Amazing Screw-On Head" and "Baltimore" with Christopher Golden. Although he began working as a professional cartoonist in the early 1980s, drawing 'a little bit of everything for just about everybody' - including characters like Batman and Wolverine - he was also a production designer on the Disney film "Atlantis: The Lost Empire". Mignola also acted as a visual consultant to Guillermo del Toro on "Blade 2" and the film versions of Hellboy, which were broadly adapted by del Toro from the original comic series. Mike Mignola currently lives in southern California with his wife, daughter, and cat.
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For some reason or another, though, I only ever really managed to read a handful of the stories. And I think this is mostly because Hellboy's main story has been told in such a haphazard, hodgepodge way over the years. I was never quite able to keep up with it.
But then the other day I saw that Amazon/Comixology had the digital version of the omnibus collections for dirt cheap and decided I need to fill this glaring gap in my pop culture knowledge.
<I>Seed of Destruction</i> was, I think, the very first Hellboy book I ever picked up (at a Sam Goody of all places—remember those? I am an old). I still remember all the things that drew me into the story: the gorgeous art; the matter-of-fact way it dealt with the supernatural (that nobody ever comments on Hellboy's demonic demeanor is still one of my absolute favorite things); the way it played with folklore and history; and the ominous, Lovecraftian implications of the world it presented. I was young, still, and a budding reader at that. I was very much discovering what exactly my alley was, then—but I knew that this was right up there.
It still holds up, I think. It's a little clunky and rushed at times, sure, but you can't help but admire the sheer ambition Mignola had from the get go. He begins with the end of the world, after all. And then he keeps on running.
Mignola's skills with storytelling through art are evident, too, and still impress the hell out of me. There are sequences here are so good that I'm certain you could take out the dialogue and the story would still read through, almost like a silent movie.
And then, of course, there is Mike Mignola's actual art: expressive, cinematic, stylized, and <i>stylish as hell</I>. It is, and forever will be, an absolute joy to look at.
I can't wait to read the rest of my devil boi's story, finally.
For some reason or another, though, I only ever really managed to read a handful of the stories. And I think this is mostly because Hellboy's main story has been told in such a haphazard, hodgepodge way over the years. I was never quite able to keep up with it.
But then the other day I saw that Amazon/Comixology had the digital version of the omnibus collections for dirt cheap and decided I need to fill this glaring gap in my pop culture knowledge.
<I>Seed of Destruction</i> was, I think, the very first Hellboy book I ever picked up (at a Sam Goody of all places—remember those? I am an old). I still remember all the things that drew me into the story: the gorgeous art; the matter-of-fact way it dealt with the supernatural (that nobody ever comments on Hellboy's demonic demeanor is still one of my absolute favorite things); the way it played with folklore and history; and the ominous, Lovecraftian implications of the world it presented. I was young, still, and a budding reader at that. I was very much discovering what exactly my alley was, then—but I knew that this was right up there.
It still holds up, I think. It's a little clunky and rushed at times, sure, but you can't help but admire the sheer ambition Mignola had from the get go. He begins with the end of the world, after all. And then he keeps on running.
Mignola's skills with storytelling through art are evident, too, and still impress the hell out of me. There are sequences here are so good that I'm certain you could take out the dialogue and the story would still read through, almost like a silent movie.
And then, of course, there is Mike Mignola's actual art: expressive, cinematic, stylized, and <i>stylish as hell</I>. It is, and forever will be, an absolute joy to look at.
I can't wait to read the rest of my devil boi's story, finally.
No a single dull moment. This omnibus is well written, great artwork and story.
If only Hellblazer could have been more like this; but alas it isn't.
Also, there's no preaching of any kind, just pure action and escapism.
Can't wait to start the next one.
An easy must buy.
At first I was a little turned off by the art style. I didn't like the super noir look to every panel. But I have to say after finishing this first omnibus I'm sold. The art style is very unique and very dark, but it's still manages to convey emotion. It grants this constant play between light and dark. Which is maybe a great metaphor for the story itself.
Speaking of the story, it's solid throughout. There are several times I could not stop reading. I just needed to read one more issue.
If you haven't checked out the hellboy franchise, this is an excellent way to get your feet wet.
The omnibus is a pretty good start on the work, but I feel the stories are best when absorbed in one shots and side stories. Seek those ones out and don't rob yourself of the fun because of a fear of missing continuity. Find a comic and read. It'll all come together as you go.
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2019