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Baltimore: The Plague Ships (Baltimore #1)
by
Mike Mignola,
Christopher Golden (Goodreads Author), Ben Stenbeck
After a devastating plague ends World War I, Europe is suddenly flooded with vampires. Lord Henry Baltimore, a soldier determined to wipe out the monsters, fights his way through bloody battlefields, ruined plague ships, exploding zeppelins, and submarine graveyards, on the hunt for the creature who’s become his obsession.
Hardcover, First Edition, 128 pages
Published
June 28th 2011
by Dark Horse
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buh.
i mean, the artwork is great - the whole "i only acknowledge three colors and one of them is blood" thing is something i can totally get behind.
but the story kind of left me wanting more. or not wanting more. because this is obviously the first part in a series, (although this is a spin-off of Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire, which i may read, although joe hill assured me in the introduction to this book that it was okay to start with plague ships)but i really don't...more
Delving deeper into the story begun in Baltimore or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire, Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden bring their considerable storytelling skills to tell a cracking good ghost tale and, not coincidentally, give readers reason to care about their lonely hero.
Lord Henry Baltimore is not just a soldier in the Great War. Fate forces him to become a champion for humanity in the battle gainst Haigus, king of the vampires, after an unwanted battlefield encounter. A plague...more
Set in the early 20th century, Lord Baltimore, Vampire Hunter, is hot on the heels of the aristocratic vampire who murdered his wife. Taking in everything from the bloody trenches of WW1, to a rural countryside blighted by the vampire curse, to submarine graveyards filled with zombies, and a prophecy of a forthcoming war between the living and the dead, "Baltimore" sees Mike Mignola and co. return to comics with another fantastic original series.
Ben Stenbeck returns to collaborate with Mignola...more
Ben Stenbeck returns to collaborate with Mignola...more
ARC Galley copy provided by NetGalley.
Mike Mignola wasn't satisfied at just bringing Hellboy into our world...no now he brings a dark tale of Lord Baltimore and his quest to wreck vengeance upon the latest plague on humanity.
Lord Baltimore sails alone. Even when joined by others he is alone is his misery and thoughts at the plague he's brought upon humanity. It's destroying entire countrysides all because of one action, one! that Lord Baltimore preformed during World War II. And now thanks to hi...more
Mike Mignola wasn't satisfied at just bringing Hellboy into our world...no now he brings a dark tale of Lord Baltimore and his quest to wreck vengeance upon the latest plague on humanity.
Lord Baltimore sails alone. Even when joined by others he is alone is his misery and thoughts at the plague he's brought upon humanity. It's destroying entire countrysides all because of one action, one! that Lord Baltimore preformed during World War II. And now thanks to hi...more
During World War I, a plague struck Europe, effectively ending the war and life as it was previous known. This plague turned ordinary people into man-eating monsters. Regular humans are struggling to survive in this terrifying changed landscape. One man, one-legged Lord Baltimore travels the world killing these demons and searching for one in particular, the scarred one, who he owes an especially painful death.
The story of Lord Baltimore follows a similar line as that of many antiheroes. He must...more
The story of Lord Baltimore follows a similar line as that of many antiheroes. He must...more
Mike Mignola, author of the Hellboy series brings us the first installment in a series of graphic novels about a plague spreading through port towns everywhere. This plague turns people into zombies/vampires (I'm not sure where that combo comes from, but there you have it.) The plague is so powerful, it brings World War I to an abrupt end, and Lord Baltimore leaves the traditional battlefield to defend survivors against the hybrid undead.
Once you get past the whole premise being kind of silly, B...more
Once you get past the whole premise being kind of silly, B...more
I saw a preview of this graphic novel on free comic book day and was excited to get a e-Galley of it through netgalley(dot)com. I was hoping for something a bit Hellsingish with lots of vampires and war. Well I got lots of vampires and war; but that was about it.
Lord Baltimore is on a quest to hunt down an evil vampire overlord. He is searching over land cursed with the plague which turns people into mindless vampire/zombies. In a village he meets up with a girl named Vanessa who wants to accomp...more
Baltimore: The Plague Ships Volume One is a graphic novel in the horror genre due for publication on June 8 2011. It comes from a creative team including the writers Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden, artist Ben Stenbeck, colorist Dave Stewart. This volume collects the first five issues of the miniseries, which is a companion to Baltimore: Or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire by Mike Mignola. There is an interesting and extensive collection of sketches at the end of the volume.
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Baltimore is a great example of the horror comic genre. First, the artwork. I love that each panel is almost like a woodblock print. I like the subdued palette with the little pops of color.
The story has promise - zeppelins, vampires, fungus zombies - and there is some really cool submersible men at one point. I didn't really care for Baltimore's comely lass of a sidekick, she wasn't really a character that made that much sense.
There was one woman who caught my attention. She is overseeing the o...more
The story has promise - zeppelins, vampires, fungus zombies - and there is some really cool submersible men at one point. I didn't really care for Baltimore's comely lass of a sidekick, she wasn't really a character that made that much sense.
There was one woman who caught my attention. She is overseeing the o...more
Real classic Mignola is present here with the omnipresent zombies, vampires, and other stock horror beings that populate his worlds and the Byronic hero that opposes them. The plot is pretty cool- a real smooth combination of horror, tragedy, revenge, and some real existentialist anxiety in a post WWI world. However, as enjoyable as it is, about halfway into it, it becomes quite apparent that this work is not the full course we most likely expected and is instead, much to our collective chagrin...more
I actually really enjoyed this book after picking it up on a whim while scouring the graphic novel section of my local library. The story is engrossing and really captures your interest as it sets the scene for Baltimore's quest hunting vampires across the post World War I vampire apocalypse globe. While it did take a little while for me to warm to the characters, Baltimore in particular, I did find that once his purpose was established and his story told I could connect with him more and as a r...more
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I'm a big fan of horror comic books, and Baltimore: The Plague Ships is an excellent concept, but the first installment of the Dark Horse Comics series just didn't hit all of the marks... it was good, but my expectations of Mike Mignola (Hellboy) and Christopher Golden (The Myth Hunters) were a lot higher, and Baltimore: The Plague Ships just didn't deliver on those expectations. I like very much that Mignola and Golden are taking on vampires and attempting to give t...more
I'm a big fan of horror comic books, and Baltimore: The Plague Ships is an excellent concept, but the first installment of the Dark Horse Comics series just didn't hit all of the marks... it was good, but my expectations of Mike Mignola (Hellboy) and Christopher Golden (The Myth Hunters) were a lot higher, and Baltimore: The Plague Ships just didn't deliver on those expectations. I like very much that Mignola and Golden are taking on vampires and attempting to give t...more
Vampires and Zombies! I do enjoy a good zombie story, but throw in some vampire love and that seems a little odd. If you believe in zombies why not vampires too?
This comic follow the exciting life of Lord Baltimore after the great war (WWI). Although in this alternate reality the war ends because of a plague that wipes out more people than the war itself. With the plague comes vampires and zombies. Lord Baltimore is in search of one vampire. Why is he after this vampire? Plus is Lord Baltimore c...more
This comic follow the exciting life of Lord Baltimore after the great war (WWI). Although in this alternate reality the war ends because of a plague that wipes out more people than the war itself. With the plague comes vampires and zombies. Lord Baltimore is in search of one vampire. Why is he after this vampire? Plus is Lord Baltimore c...more
Through a Europe left in ruins after WWI and devastated by a vampire plague, Lord Baltimore is hot on the trail of the monster who destroyed his life, the Red King. His journey ultimately finds him stranded on an island populated with fungus-infested German zombie-soldiers, up from the briny depths.
The Plague Ships isn’t a sequel to the prose novel BALTIMORE so much as another entry-point into the dark, twisted world of Mignola and Golden’s intrepid hero. We get Baltimore’s essential back-story...more
The Plague Ships isn’t a sequel to the prose novel BALTIMORE so much as another entry-point into the dark, twisted world of Mignola and Golden’s intrepid hero. We get Baltimore’s essential back-story...more
Sometimes I have a hard time relating to some of the hellboy stories, I have a huge interest in the folklore & fairytales behind them but I sometimes feel I don't know enough about them to really get them. This however, I GET! vampires, zombies, the plague, giant jellyfish things and bits of steampunk thrown in for good whack! I loved this. Its my favourite Mignola story so far. I loved those panels where Lord Baltimore is hacking and slashing the fungus zombies! I also love how Mignola comb...more
Mike Mignola and Chris Golden created the vampire plague-ridden world of Baltimore in their 2007 prose novel (heavily illustrated by Hellboy creator Mignola). Now, they expand on the story in this first in a series of graphic novels.
They recap enough of the novel to make this an accessible story in its own right. It's dark and creepy, full of weird creatures and imagery. The imagery comes courtesy of Ben Stenbeck. His art shows definite Mignola influences, especially in his layouts and use of s...more
They recap enough of the novel to make this an accessible story in its own right. It's dark and creepy, full of weird creatures and imagery. The imagery comes courtesy of Ben Stenbeck. His art shows definite Mignola influences, especially in his layouts and use of s...more
Following the great war, a plague drifted across Europe. Sure, some say it was the Spanish flu that killed all those people. They're wrong -- it's a vampire plague that turns people into vampire/zombies who can talk. Lord Baltimore is a lone warrior fighting the zombie hordes, tracking the vampire who started the whole thing in the Dead Man's land between the trenches. And he's got a peg leg! This first volume lays out the vast, strange reach of the curse, which employs a creepy fungal growth as...more
I teach 8th grade special education and this book is the greatest thing that has happened to me in my first year of teaching! I have several boys who have continually told me that reading is boring or it is dumb and my response always is that they are doing it wrong because when you find the right book it isn't boring or dumb. Several of my students have devoured this story and have asked repeatedly for the sequel! I even heard them discussing the story and arguing who gets to read the sequel fi...more
I am a fan of the Hellboy movies, Mike Mignola wrote the comic books. I'm also a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Christopher Golden has written a few novels based in that universe I've read and enjoyed. So for these two storytellers to collaborate on a historical action/horror comic, set in Europe after the Great War, littered with vampires and zombies no less, I figured I ought to check it out.
Lord Henry Baltimore is a soldier with more scars than any man should have to bear. Not only is he ba...more
Lord Henry Baltimore is a soldier with more scars than any man should have to bear. Not only is he ba...more
Perhaps the rating is a bit high as Mike Mignola teams with other creators to bring his Lord Henry Baltimore character from prose to graphic novel. Without having read the prose novel I do feel I have missed some world building background, but Mignola and company do give us sufficient background on Baltimore himself, and his motives, for hunting down vampires. This does appear to be an AU piece as the plague, apparently of vampires, has put an early end to WWI. A very fast read, and quickly pace...more
Fans of dark comic series will love this one- vampires, fungus zombies and dark, tragic backgrounds galore. This is a good start to what looks to be a riveting, if bloody, series. The time is in an alternate universe, just after World War I. The war has ended because a plague of vampirism is devastating humanity. Lord Baltimore, a former soldier, has sent himself on a mission to hunt down and kill vampires, specifically the one who killed his family. The illustrations are well done; graphic, but...more
Like this a lot more than I thought I would, as both Mignola and horror comics are not my particular interests. This dark, grisly, semi-steampunk world that Mignola and Golden have crafted has immense potential. This feels like it is to be the first in a remarkably long series, and I am fine with that.
The zombies are imagined in a slightly innovative way, and Baltimore's feud with the supernatural forces is simple, yet imagined in a way which can draw considerable depth and complexity. Consider...more
The zombies are imagined in a slightly innovative way, and Baltimore's feud with the supernatural forces is simple, yet imagined in a way which can draw considerable depth and complexity. Consider...more
This was a good old school historical fiction/horror type comic. It takes place immediately after World War I which has ended due to a plague rather then coming to its natural conclusion. The reader is following Lord Baltimore who believes he is the initiator of the plague and who is working towards revenge for the death of his family.
I loved the story and the artwork. My only gripe is that it felt unfinished. I hope this series is ongoing and that I will be able to pick up another volume of it....more
I loved the story and the artwork. My only gripe is that it felt unfinished. I hope this series is ongoing and that I will be able to pick up another volume of it....more
Hmmm... I'd read Mignola & Golden's Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire months before reading "The Plague Ships" and I'd found myself pleasantly surprised that I'd enjoyed it so much, as I don't usually go for horror stories. But hey, I gave it a shot anyway.
So it was with that in mind that I picked up this book.
What I liked about it:
- The art (including the colouring): atmospheric & conveys the overall sense of doom that the authors are going for.
- The fact that i...more
So it was with that in mind that I picked up this book.
What I liked about it:
- The art (including the colouring): atmospheric & conveys the overall sense of doom that the authors are going for.
- The fact that i...more
- Plot -- a plague sweeps through WW1 Europe, followed by hordes of vampires who make dinner out of entire towns. Lord Baltimore is an Ahab character, chasing after one specific vamp with little regard for the chaos he leaves in his path.
- Neat idea, but crummy book. It's very obvious when Mike Mignola comes up with an idea but doesn't do the actual writing.
- Same with the art - Mike lets others do the artwork, and it really takes away from the Mignola experience.
- Nice idea, but poor executio...more
- Neat idea, but crummy book. It's very obvious when Mike Mignola comes up with an idea but doesn't do the actual writing.
- Same with the art - Mike lets others do the artwork, and it really takes away from the Mignola experience.
- Nice idea, but poor executio...more
Baltimore is a great read. It's sort of a horror/steampunk hybrid that takes place in the early 1900. There's been continuous wars and plague spread by a vengeful vampire which is claiming the lives of those who don't die in battle. That's all well and good, but the problem is the dead are rising. Baltimore: The Plague Ships has great art and story, but that's not unusual for Mignola.
The story is interesting, but there are too many gaps that are randomly semi-filled in odd places. The incongruous format may appeal to some, but there was just too much flashbacking for my taste. I know it's the beginning of a series, but I wanted more plot development than haphazard backstory. If I had the rest of the series, I might end up liking it more.
I've been really excited about getting my hands on this. Of course I'm always excited about anything that's got Mignola's involvement, and I was a big fan of the source novel, but I've also really enjoyed Ben Stenbeck's other work in the Mignola universe (notably on the first Witchfinder book). Plus, this one has fungus zombies on an island. What could be better?
It's pretty great, but it's something of a retread if you've read the novel. That's not really a problem, as the events are seen throug...more
It's pretty great, but it's something of a retread if you've read the novel. That's not really a problem, as the events are seen throug...more
Fun story, great action, but it suffers from the main character being something of a cypher. Even after giving him a significant back-story, there doesn't seem to be much to him, or at best nothing intriguing for me. Still, the rest of it hangs together nicely, and I'll likely give the next book another go.
Renouvellement du mythe du vampire à la sauce Mignola. Violence et atmosphère glauque dans un début de XXèe siècle mâtiné de gothique . Le travail de Stenbeck est de qualité et bien dans l'esprit,mais à trop vouloir coller au style de son Mignola, il manque un petit quelque chose.
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Mike Mignola was born September 16, 1960 in Berkeley, California and grew up in nearby Oakland. His fascination with ghosts and monsters began at an early age (he doesn't remember why) and reading Dracula at age 13 introduced him to Victorian literature and folklore from which he has never recovered.
In 1982, hoping to find a way to draw monsters for a living, he moved to New York City and began wo...more
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