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Hellboy (Ongoing Order) #7
Hellboy: Wake the Devil #1
Mike Mignola's Hellboy is back in action in Hellboy: Wake the Devil #1! This time, he's working with the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense to hunt down the legendary nobleman vampire Vladimir Giurescu, who is woken by the same newly defrosted Nazis seen in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction. Unbeknownst to them all, the Bureau is walking into the biggest disaster in its fifty-year history! Hellboy fans will not want to miss this spectacular miniseries with direct tie-ins to the first Hellboy arc, Seed of Destruction!
25 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 7, 2015
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Mike Mignola
1,865 books2,527 followersMike 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.
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.
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July 25, 2024
Skip ahead to August 8, 1882. Sir Edward grey writes to Queen Victoria, warning that a visiting nobleman named Giurescu is actually a supernatural being, plotting to "establish' a secret, evil empire" in England. August 19th, he writes that Giurescu has fled the country and refers to him, for the first time ever, as a vampire.
Having enjoyed the 2024 free-comic-book-day one-shot, I found myself in a Hellboy mood. With Amazon offering me a free trial of Kindle Unlimited, and with the Hellboy single issues being included, it felt rude not to start from the beginning.
Following the two one-shot stories, we now move onto the next story arc, which reunites us with Nazis, project Ragna Rok, the full B.R.P.D. team, and a potential unstoppable evil that will test them to the limits.
Not too much is given away in this first issue. My only gripe is that it references another Hellboy story, The Chained Coffin, which doesn't appear in the single issues (having featured in Dark Horse Presents #100-2) and is only in volume 3 of the graphic novels (with this arc being volume 2). It is only a passing reference but to read it I'll either have to do some jiggery-pokery with the graphic novels or try to find a second hand copy of Dark Horse Presents #100-2. Due to this, I'm dropping it to 4.5 stars.
Having enjoyed the 2024 free-comic-book-day one-shot, I found myself in a Hellboy mood. With Amazon offering me a free trial of Kindle Unlimited, and with the Hellboy single issues being included, it felt rude not to start from the beginning.
Following the two one-shot stories, we now move onto the next story arc, which reunites us with Nazis, project Ragna Rok, the full B.R.P.D. team, and a potential unstoppable evil that will test them to the limits.
Not too much is given away in this first issue. My only gripe is that it references another Hellboy story, The Chained Coffin, which doesn't appear in the single issues (having featured in Dark Horse Presents #100-2) and is only in volume 3 of the graphic novels (with this arc being volume 2). It is only a passing reference but to read it I'll either have to do some jiggery-pokery with the graphic novels or try to find a second hand copy of Dark Horse Presents #100-2. Due to this, I'm dropping it to 4.5 stars.
April 9, 2019
Excellent once again
Well once again this proves to be an ultimately awesome read. As always the film's fail to match the quality of the graphic novels. Onto the next one
Well once again this proves to be an ultimately awesome read. As always the film's fail to match the quality of the graphic novels. Onto the next one
January 3, 2017
The story arc runs really big, which is not unusual for the series, but it feels a little rushed and a little less realistic. Maybe realism is an odd criticism for a series that plays out on such a mythic, cosmic scale, and they usually play out at high speed too. I just think this was less effective than some arcs.
That may also be due to the scattering that happened, as the main forces of both heroes and villains divided themselves, setting a lot of things in motion.
I may appreciate that more after reading Almost Colossus.
That may also be due to the scattering that happened, as the main forces of both heroes and villains divided themselves, setting a lot of things in motion.
I may appreciate that more after reading Almost Colossus.
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