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Hellboy Library Edition Volume 3: Conqueror Worm And Strange Places (Hellboy omnibus 3; books 5-6)
by
Mike Mignola
Hellboy Library Edition Volume 3 collects three pivotal stories of Hellboy's journey, as he leaves behind the world of men and journeys into the unknown: the award-winning Conqueror Worm, which brings back some of Hellboy's earliest foes, in the story that ends his career with the B.P.R.D., and marks his first run-in with the fan-favorite masked hero Lobster Johnson; the h...more
Hardcover, 328 pages
Published
October 15th 2009
by Dark Horse
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All in all I found this collection highly enjoyable. Conqueror Worm held up to the high standard of quality of the previous Hellboy stories and contains everything one has come to expect from them: Nazi villains doing occult research in Gothic castles, mixed with Lovecraftian creatures, ghosts and apocalyptic visions. Enter Hellboy: boom, Boom, BOOM <evil creature(s) smashed to pulp>.
The Third Wish is also very good, less Nazi-Gothic, more weird witchcraft and eclectic myth-mix...more
The Third Wish is also very good, less Nazi-Gothic, more weird witchcraft and eclectic myth-mix...more
I'm tempted to give this new Hellboy collection as it is quite underwhelming compared to the first two releases. The fact that this contained "Conqueror Worm" saved as this story changed the Hellboy status quo and the gave rise to the very good "BPRD" series.
It also introduced Lobster Johnson, a character Mike Mignola created in the same vein as the pulp heroes of the pre-comic or pre-Action Comics #1 past.
I'd recommend this for Hellboy completists only.
It also introduced Lobster Johnson, a character Mike Mignola created in the same vein as the pulp heroes of the pre-comic or pre-Action Comics #1 past.
I'd recommend this for Hellboy completists only.
I put off finishing the last of the three Hellboy collections because I knew that I would regret finishing them. It is the Mignola's art that makes this series such a high point of comics for me. That and the character of Hellboy himself, a laconic teenage boy in a huge evil-looking body who is an utterly good person. The strength of the stories varies, but this matters only little to me. Mind you, some of the stories are great, especially the longer ones (The Conquerer Worm is really good). And...more
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A real great collection. "Conqueror Worm" is the best story yet, and the 2 back up stories are quite different from everything that came before. An amazing presentation for the Hellboy series, I really hope this deluxe series continues.
Arrived in my comic shipment today.
I love the book itself almost as much as the stories. It just a beautiful presentation.
Truly superlative form all possible angles.
I love the book itself almost as much as the stories. It just a beautiful presentation.
Truly superlative form all possible angles.
Again, just tagging the really excellent Library Editions.
Conqueror Worm is probably my favorite of the Hellboy mini-series stories.
Conqueror Worm is probably my favorite of the Hellboy mini-series stories.
One of the best comics ever. A perfect synthesis of a thousand disparate ideas.
Mignola continues to weird me out in the best possible way. This is great stuff!
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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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