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Ottakar's Outland Magazine Issue 31, Autumn 2004 : "Rather like an X'-File' investigating the 'X-files', the lantern chinned, wisecracking Hellboy is one of the most endearing heroes to have emerged in comics for a long time, coming across as fresh, inventive, and, above all, highly entertaining."
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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.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Seed of Destruction is Mike Mignola's first graphic album featuring his brilliant Hellboy. The artwork is very Kirbyesque throughout with gothic overtones. Somehow it all works very well. Mignola portrays a quirkiness and humour to the Hellboy character (which is fully realised in Del Toro's new Hellboy movie) and brings to the mix Abe Sapien (almost a modern reworking of Universal's Creature from the Black Lagoon), the incendiary Liz Sherman and, of course, the BPRD (Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defence).
Seed of Destruction begins with Hellboy appearing after a fiendish nazi experiment by the villain of the piece, Rasputin.
From then on it's a rollercoaster ride of battles with frog-like monsters and tentacled beasts until the final showdown. The book doesn't take itself too seriously which is just as well given the absolutely ridiculous scenario. But, this is really FUN.
Mignola has found his niche and he has come up with a truly original concept, strong characters and atmosphere soaked, adrenaline pumping storylines in his Hellboy series. If you really like comics you can't afford to miss Hellboy.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
HELLBOY is probably everything Robert Bloch (from the intro to Seed of Destruction) and Alan Moore (from the intro to Wake the Devil) say it is but the bottom line is that it's just great fun; a great visual and mythical experience. It clears itself of any pretentiousness right of the bat: it's about a monster (more specifically, a demon) who goes around and beats up or gets beaten up by other monsters. Mike Mignola himself said he "wanted to draw monsters" and HELLBOY assures that he'll be able to do so, whether drawing the good guy or the bad guys. But while Hellboy may not be the most cerebral comic book on the rack (not to imply that there are that many to begin with), it draws it's inspiration from mythology and folklore, so it's definitely food for the brain. And it may just inspire you to go and read the source material.
Something must also said for the artistic effort in the SoD series. Not to say that subsequent HELLBOY stories drawn by Mignola look bad (far from it), but in Seed Of Destruction, one can clearly see the labor of love involved. The combination of line work and heavy blacks seem to convey a stronger sense of depth than usual. Speaking of heavy blacks, Mignola has admitted that such a technique began as a way to cover up what he "didn't know how to draw", but he certainly knows how to turn this admitted weakness into strength. Mignola also skimps on backgrounds, often just leaving them out for panels at a time, but when he does render backgrounds, he knows just how to set the mood, whether the background in question is a derelict church, a moonlit forest or a graveyard. So effective are Mignola's backgrounds when they are seen, that the reader barely misses them when they're absent.
Anyway, enough gushing praise. I end with a recommendation: anyone who's a fan of comics, folklore or mythology should give HELLBOY: SEED OF DESTRUCTION (or anything HELLBOY, for that matter) a look.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a truly magnificent graphic novel. Mike Mignola has created something wonderfully different and original... The artwork is excellent- a unique style that fits the 'dark' nature of the story. I recommend this novel to anyone fascinated by the occult, by fairy tales, by aliens and witches and goblins.
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Literally fell apart within a couple of hours of reading it!
I enjoyed the story itself!
...but be careful when reading this book, as mine fell apart!
I read on the bus and in college and I really enjoy reading comics and... Read more
...but be careful when reading this book, as mine fell apart!
I read on the bus and in college and I really enjoy reading comics and... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Elizabeth Broughton
Sadly, the pages fell out with first reading
I am not making any negetive critism against the novel itself, I loved it. This makes it even more irritating that I cannot leaf through this volume again without watching out for... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Squire Bade
Masterful Fun
Despite being a comic book lover I'd never given Hellboy a chance before (I've read a few bits of the spinoff series BPRD). Read more
Published 23 months ago by JJG
Brilliant pulp-style occult investigations!
If you like occult-themed, action-oriented pulp heroics that remind you of the Call of Cthulhu RPG (right down to tentacled gods with Lovecraftian names), then this is for you. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2009 by Santtu Luopajärvi
Something is coming
Near the end of World War II, the evil Rasputin summoned a creature from another world -- a little red demon baby. Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2009 by E. A Solinas
A must have series for any comics fan...or if you like gothic devil...
No graphic novel collection is complete without some titles, like Watchmen, Knightfall, Sin City and Hellboy!! Read more
Published on 21 April 2008 by grr
Refreshing and funny
Mike's artwork is a breath of fresh air, like Frank Miller his use of black as a colour or to create an image from very little is amazing, although he can be very cartoony, much... Read more
Published on 27 April 2003 by Haree
Mixing detective and action
First of all I'd like to advise people who are willing to get into Hellboy to start here. Besides from this being the official first story you also get easily introduced to Hellboy... Read more
Published on 4 Aug 2001 by Ron Tothleben (tothleben@hotmail.com)
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