Hellboy: The Wild Hunt #5

Hellboy (Ongoing Order) #41

by Mike Mignola (Writter), Duncan Fegredo (Art)

Hellboy and Alice have prevailed against a vicious ambush, but they haven't come out unscathed. After she is struck by a poisonous arrow, Alice's life hangs by a thread, and Hellboy's only hope of saving her rests inside a castle under assault by a horde of demons. To get to the castle and the mysterious sorceress inside, Hellboy has to punch through her castle's fiercest assailanta demonic commander of the legions of hell who guards the entrance to her stronghold! After a brief hiatus, Hellboy: The Wild Hunt resumes its monthly schedule, revealing new secrets about Hellboy's origins!

30 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

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 working for Marvel Comics, first as a (very terrible) inker and then as an artist on comics like Rocket Raccoon, Alpha Flight and The Hulk. By the late 80s he had begun to develop his signature style (thin lines, clunky shapes and lots of black) and moved onto higher profile commercial projects like Cosmic Odyssey (1988) and Gotham by Gaslight (1989) for DC Comics, and the not-so-commercial Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser (1990) for Marvel. In 1992, he drew the comic book adaptation of the film Bram Stoker's Dracula for Topps Comics.

In 1993, Mike moved to Dark Horse comics and created Hellboy, a half-demon occult detective who may or may not be the Beast of the Apocalypse. While the first story line (Seed of Destruction, 1994) was co-written by John Byrne, Mike has continued writing the series himself. There are, at this moment, 13 Hellboy graphic novel collections (with more on the way), several spin-off titles (B.P.R.D., Lobster Johnson, Abe Sapien and Witchfinder), three anthologies of prose stories, several novels, two animated films and two live-action films staring Ron Perlman. Hellboy has earned numerous comic industry awards and is published in a great many countries.

Mike also created the award-winning comic book The Amazing Screw-on Head and has co-written two novels (Baltimore, or, the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire and Joe Golem and the Drowning City) with best-selling author Christopher Golden.

Mike worked (very briefly) with Francis Ford Coppola on his film Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), was a production designer on the Disney film Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) and was visual consultant to director Guillermo del Toro on Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008). He lives somewhere in Southern California with his wife, daughter, a lot of books and a cat.

Reviews

[M.i. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hellboy is hella riveting, that much is known, but what really gets at me, is how despite all the supernatural stuff at work, this is a very human story, about what makes us human and how we can define ourselves despite the chains of fate and destiny tugging at us.

[Gina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This arc is longer than the others and more difficult to follow. The complexity comes from a variety of groups, several key characters, and so many betrayals that it is hard to keep track. It am still not sure that Mab intended for the one attack to happen, or even if it did happen, although the poison seems to have been real.

One interesting aspect is that as much as has been shown of free will, that Hellboy has it, and it makes him who he is, and it's important, here destiny becomes a much stronger force, and will that ultimately make all of his efforts moot?

[وسام السراج · Rating 1 out of 5]

ايضا كانت تجربة ولم تعجبني