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Hellboy: The Right Hand of Doom (Hellboy #4)
by
Mike Mignola
The second collection of short stories by award-winning cartoonist Mike Mignola includes the 1999 hit series Box Full of Evil; "The Right Hand of Doom," which concisely and thoroughly examines Hellboy's history; and "Pancakes," Mignola's most hilarious and surprising story to date; and others - many presented here in color for the first time.
Paperback, 144 pages
Published
February 11th 2004
by Dark Horse
(first published 2000)
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Another strong collection of short stories, though they just don't have the punch to them that the ones in volume three have. Each has a solid premise, but seems to end before a satisfying conclusion is reached. I love Hellboy's flip attitude and the way not everything has to have a logical explanation, but it's hard to feel satisfied by three straight stories that end with a shrug and "There you go," "You never see something like that coming," and "How's that?"
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For me this one is worth the read just for the 2-page story on Hellboy and pancakes. I probably don’t need to say anymore, but I guess I will.
This volume of is a compilation of short stories divided into 3 sections. I enjoyed the notes at the beginning of each section from the author/illustrator on the background and inspirations for the stories. A lot of them were based on mythology and folktales such as King Volmer, Saint Leonard the Hermit, a Romanian vampire, and the Saint Dunsta...more
This volume of is a compilation of short stories divided into 3 sections. I enjoyed the notes at the beginning of each section from the author/illustrator on the background and inspirations for the stories. A lot of them were based on mythology and folktales such as King Volmer, Saint Leonard the Hermit, a Romanian vampire, and the Saint Dunsta...more
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Hellboy: The Right Hand of Doom
A demon . . .
A demon skeptical of paranormal phenomena who happens to love pancakes = formula for success.
Mignola is one of the few writer/artists who really knows what he's doing. In "The Nature of the Beast" Mignola says just as much through the paneling as he does through dialogue. Contained in only a few pages we find a solid plot, dramatic irony, depth of character and a delicate splice of various mythologies. ...more
A demon . . .
A demon skeptical of paranormal phenomena who happens to love pancakes = formula for success.
Mignola is one of the few writer/artists who really knows what he's doing. In "The Nature of the Beast" Mignola says just as much through the paneling as he does through dialogue. Contained in only a few pages we find a solid plot, dramatic irony, depth of character and a delicate splice of various mythologies. ...more
The Right Hand of Doom is similar to Volume 3, in that it collects a few short folktales in the beginning of the book and one longer story arc, "The Right Hand of Doom," to finish the work.
Like the previous edition, the short stories are all beautiful renditions of global tales I've never heard. Mignola deals with mostly European folklore, but he also includes a Japanese story in this issue that I found beautiful and interesting.
One thing I really liked about...more
Like the previous edition, the short stories are all beautiful renditions of global tales I've never heard. Mignola deals with mostly European folklore, but he also includes a Japanese story in this issue that I found beautiful and interesting.
One thing I really liked about...more
Nachdem schon Teil 7 der Hörspielereihe Hellboy aus Kurzgeschichten bestand, wird dieses Konzept nun auch im achten Teil fortgeführt. In Teil 7 gab es die übergreifenden Storybogen der Rechtfertigung von Reisekosten, die diese Kurzgeschichten zusammenhielt, in dieser achten Folge, werden hingegen nur 3 Kurzgeschichten aneinandergereiht.
1. Baba Jaga: Baba Jaga ist eine Figur der slavischen Märchenwelt. Sie reitet auf einem Mörser und wohnt in einem Haus, das auf Füßen steht. Für Hellb...more
1. Baba Jaga: Baba Jaga ist eine Figur der slavischen Märchenwelt. Sie reitet auf einem Mörser und wohnt in einem Haus, das auf Füßen steht. Für Hellb...more
This volume is again a collection of short stories. I think this is probably the weakest of the first four volumes. Which is not to say bad. The art is of course as great as ever.
Pancakes: Heh.
The Nature of the Beast: I wish this story expanded on a couple of the things going for it.
King Vold: This one of my favorite short stories if just for the end reward and its little epilogue.
Heads: I like the Japan idea. And this story does develop a b...more
Pancakes: Heh.
The Nature of the Beast: I wish this story expanded on a couple of the things going for it.
King Vold: This one of my favorite short stories if just for the end reward and its little epilogue.
Heads: I like the Japan idea. And this story does develop a b...more
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Recommends it for:
Reader Friendly Noir Fans | Sword and Sorcery Fans
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This is basically a generic review of all the HellBoy and HellBoy related books.
Fact is, they're intricately connected. Even the stories which were one shots, they become part of the HellBoy character.
Relying more on imagery than senseless exposition, Mike Mignola manages to bring a bit of Noir to his Detective in Red, as he fights the minions of darkness. Despite the obvious "demon turned hero who fights hell," noir feel, these HellBoy comics are less disturb...more
Fact is, they're intricately connected. Even the stories which were one shots, they become part of the HellBoy character.
Relying more on imagery than senseless exposition, Mike Mignola manages to bring a bit of Noir to his Detective in Red, as he fights the minions of darkness. Despite the obvious "demon turned hero who fights hell," noir feel, these HellBoy comics are less disturb...more
Maybe slightly less completely amazing than The Chained Coffin, The Right Hand of Doom still features a near-perfect collection of Hellboy short stories, including "Heads," "Goodbye, Mister Tod," and "Box Full of Evil."
These are short stories about Hellboy, from his early days in the BPRD right up to more mythology stuff about his mighty stone right hand (the eponymous Right Hand of Doom). Mostly based on various mythologies from around the world, the stories are fun if a little short -- some of them could do with a bit of expanding. I think my favourite is the first - a very short two-page story about Hellboy's first encounter with pancakes.
"Pancakes" continues to be one of my all time favorite short comics. It is funny to learn that Mignola proposed it as a joke and did not think it would ever be made. The rest of the collection is a bit more serious, especially the eponymous story and "Box Full Of Evil", but that is good, too. A fine trade, even if a reader doesn't know much about the character or world.
Japanese floating-head demons, killer ectoplasm, Romanian vampires, the Beast-of-the-Apocalypse, a gun-wielding monkey & a variety of occult hijinks-- all gloriously wrought by the pen of Mike Mignola-- and I'd give it five stars for "Pancakes" alone.
I always enjoy Hellboy. This volume cleared up a lot of issues with hell boy being the bringer of the apocalypse. And normally I detest short story comics, but the few in the beginning of this volume were actually pretty good!
Great artwork. Even if there was no dialogue, you could pretty easily construct the stories together about what's happening. The dialogue simply adds to the stories. Definitely worth reading.
Another volume of various one-shots. These stories continue to give us clues to Hellboy's past, ties up loose plot threads from earlier stories, and gives us clues to future stories.
I love Hellboy's short stories. I feel Hellboy is perfect for short stories, Mignola is also perfect for short stories. Short stories fit the character and author to the T.
Like the Chained Coffin, this book is a collection of several short stories along with two stories that further the overall Hellboy plot. Although I didn't like the short stories in this one as much as the shorts from the Chained Coffin, they were still exceptionally good. "Pancakes" stands out though: hilarious. I can't think about that story and not smile. At only 2 pages, it does a great job in describing Hell's "blackest hour".
Small spoiler: Abe getting s...more
Small spoiler: Abe getting s...more
I wrote an article on Hellboy for Guys Lit Wire. Check it out here.
This series fell a little flat in some places. I'd prefer a longer arc as opposed to a series of one-off stand alone issues.
Another good volume, but a little bit of a letdown from the last. Still, the short stories are strong.
It was really fun and fast paced. I've always liked hellboy's attitude, based on the movies, so it was fun to see it in some of the source material
As much as I have enjoyed the short story format, I hope Mignola moves back to the main story arc in the next volume. He touches on it briefly in this one, but it's really just a teaser.
Hellboy doit avoir une histoire éditoriale ... intéressante ... vu le nombre de très courts récits mettant en scène le démon bougon et ses multiples rencontres avec des êtres étranges. Et ce tome 4 est parfaitement typique. On y croise des fantômes nordiques, des vampires transsylvaniens, et bien sûr des curés et des morts.
De ces différents récits, le plus intéressant est sans doute le dernier, qui nomme la main d'acier de Hellboy et nous rappelle également toute son histoire.
Bon, ma...more
De ces différents récits, le plus intéressant est sans doute le dernier, qui nomme la main d'acier de Hellboy et nous rappelle également toute son histoire.
Bon, ma...more
Another fun Hellboy collection from Mike Mignola. Love reading these!
Scott
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If I'm correct this is the book with Pancakes. THE MOST HILARIOUS STORY EVER!
I just love the way these stories are told.
OK, I admit it. I loved the pancakes.
Entertaining and a quick read.
comics,horror
Effing Fantastic!
one extra star for the pancakes.
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Mike Joseph Mignola is an American comic book artist and writer, famous for creating the comic book series Hellboy for Dark Horse Comics. He has also worked for animation projects such as Atlantis: The Lost Empire and the adaptation of his one shot comic book, The Amazing Screw-On Head.
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