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  <title><![CDATA[Hellboy Volume 1: Seed of Destruction]]></title>
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  <default_description>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.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1994</original_publication_year>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Finally getting around to reading these. (Thank you Nick, for lending them.)<br/>I didn't expect such a wide deviation from the movie, but, meh... the main elements are there.<br/>I do like that it's narrated by Hellboy himself. And like all good graphic novels, you have to sit and stare at the ar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39131227">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read the first two 'books.'  (Seed of Destruction and Wake the Devil)  Hellboy was 'called' from the great beyond by Nazis hoping to turn the war in their favor, but he was found by the allies.  Years later, he comes up against the wizard (vampire?  Rasputin, actually) who conjured him up.  Hellbo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47889650">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Feb 05 11:38:27 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The good news is that this graphic novel offers exactly what I loved about the movie. HellBoy is a devil summoned by a mysterious Nazi who wants to unleash cthulhu-like elder gods upon the world. He’s got an anger problem, he’s a smart ass, and he calls himself the World’s Best Paranormal Inve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45474041">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jan 21 10:27:01 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[When my husband asked me what I wanted for Christmas, I told him The Sandman Volume 10: The Wake, the last chapter in the incredible Sandman series. So imagine my surprise when I opened up my present on Christmas Eve to reveal Hellboy Volume 1: Seed of Destruction. Oh well, at least he made it to th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43820618">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43459027">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 18 09:19:30 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 18 09:27:03 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really wanted to like this book, but I ran into a few problems.  The narrative and dialog are poorly written.  The story is not well-told - and by that I mean confusing and difficult to follow -  and is seemingly sacrificed for action sequences, which unfortunately can also be difficult to follow ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43459027">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65379550">
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    <name><![CDATA[Mark]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Dorset, P4, The United Kingdom]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jul 29 05:20:42 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 29 05:26:14 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Finally got hold of this after it being on order for months. Thoroughlyy enjoyable. At times Mignola’s writing reads poetically, with a smooth easy rhythm. I found the beginning pages a little confusing as the narration seemed to switch. Once Hellboy became the sole narrator  (not a phrase I thoug...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65379550">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43685156">
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    <name><![CDATA[Koen]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jan 20 06:56:30 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 20 07:07:11 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bagiku komik bukanlah sekedar mainan anak-anak. Komik adalah sebuah karya seni. Mungkin itu yang membedakan antara komik Jepang dan Amerika. KOmik Jepang memang dibuat untuk dibaca sekilas sebagai teman perjalanan, lalu dibuang. Makanya tak banyak komik jepang yang digarap dengan estetika tinggi. Ta...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43685156">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="34431251">
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    <name><![CDATA[Stephen]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 03 08:05:32 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 08 03:09:47 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[When looking at a collaboration between two creators whose work you know individually, it's easy to jump to the wrong conclusions about who contributed what. That happened with AI, for example, where a lot of people said they hated the Spielberg bits and loved the Kubrick bits, without really knowin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34431251">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="31894927">
    <user id="67237">
    <name><![CDATA[Jim]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brighton, MA]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[I've been avoiding Hellboy, because I figured that once I read the first trade I'd have to catch 'em all (Pokemon-style). That is indeed the case. I was a little worried about the first volume, as I wondered if this was the kind of series that picked up steam as it went on. Well, if it does, this is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31894927">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="29276795">
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    <name><![CDATA[Keely]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Aug 04 20:41:36 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 21 16:07:07 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[After the movies, I wasn't sure what to expect from the comic. They were fun, but a bit cheesy. The film's director, Guillermo Del Toro tends to make films that are all flash and no substance, like Blade II and Pan's Labyrinth. I assumed that the Hellboy movies were just executed better, but I now r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29276795">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24073499">
    <user id="88392">
    <name><![CDATA[Jordan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Marietta, OH]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[Flipping through the recently released &quot;Hellboy Companion&quot; left me feeling daunted and inadequate in the ways of Hellboy.  I love it more than about anything published in the last decade, but my memory just can't hold all the threads together.  So I have declared it high time to reread the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24073499">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The good news is that this graphic novel offers exactly what I loved about the movie. HellBoy is a devil summoned by a mysterious Nazi who wants to unleash cthulhu-like elder gods upon the world. He's got an anger problem, he's a smart ass, and he calls himself the World's Best Paranormal Investigat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22637840">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="20394723">
    <user id="1008630">
    <name><![CDATA[Andrew]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mike Mignola does great art.  Some great characters.  Great settings.  Has some great ideas.  His storytelling however isn't especially polished.  And could use a few more events.  I think he plots his big stories like short stories.  <br/><br/>I love the Jack Kirbyness of the art.  Heck he even h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20394723">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2582728">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kevin]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Jun 30 23:39:53 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is basically a generic review of all the HellBoy and HellBoy related books.<br/><br/>Fact is, they're intricately connected.  Even the stories which were one shots, they become part of the HellBoy character.<br/><br/>Relying more on imagery than senseless exposition, Mike Mignola manages to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2582728">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63954742">
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Oct 20 21:45:50 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've always meant to pick up the Hellboy books. Really. Mike Mignola writes about Lovecraftian monsters, occult Nazis, steampunk, slightly off kilter superheroes, and all sorts of other stuff I love. <br/><br/>But I seriously hate Mignola's artwork. Like it makes me physically irritated looking at...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63954742">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm very glad to say that I liked this a lot.  Even the art, which up until now I thought I would totally hate, was pretty cool.  The characters were cool and original, the bad guy was really evil and evil looking and his masters are cthulhu-like monsters.  What more could you ask for?  I can't say ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40924425">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I decided to re-read this, because I think I was not in the right mood, the first time. This time I enjoyed this much more. I revel in Rasputin's role as harbinger and Hellboy as the means to bring Ragna Rok (isn't this norse?) Still, I can't give this a five, as the characters, including Hellboy, c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63963232">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Only read the first volume. Not compelled to read the others. Pretty well written. Not dumb like some superhero comics but not particularly intelligent either. A bit like frank miller with the interesting bits taken out. Not bad, just not that good either.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The movie doesn't prepare you for the literary depth and artistic prowess.  I am especially impressed by how Mignola develops his tales from real folklores.]]></body>
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