![]() ![]() ![]() Hoffman’s home, which has this staircase in it: Mignola’s hell is one of the most interesting settings in all of comics, and I love how nothing is how it appears, and yet it is just as haunting as the more traditional interpretations of hell.Įach installment, I find a new feature in Mignola’s hell to latch on to and enjoy – this month, it is Dr. To hear Red talk about his friends and his ‘good job,’ it gives readers a nice reminder of what a Hellboy story was like before things took a turn for the surreal. In fact, I found it to be an endearing part of the story, and not just because we got Mignola drawing Abe, Liz, and Kate for the first time in a very long time. This, please note, is not a criticism of that technique. ![]() Sure, many of the readers of this issue haven’t been on board from the beginning, but I think most understand what is going on in the book, and have some understanding of what Hellboy’s story is. In this issue, Mike Mignola, essentially, gives readers a dime store version of Hellboy’s story thus far, from birth to descent into hell, in 3 pages. I always find it strange when creators decide that it is time to re-tell a character’s origin – I’m not talking about “Superman: Birthright” situation, either. A mummified cat, a trial in Hell, and a horrible family reunion stand in the way of Hellboy’s search for a cure. ![]()
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