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Hellboy #1-12
Hellboy Omnibus Boxed Set
Hellboy’s major story, available in a special box set for the first time featuring slipcase art by the creator himself!
Previously available only as individual volumes, all four Hellboy series omnibuses (Seed of Destruction; Strange Places; The Wild Hunt; and Hellboy in Hell) are available together in a specially designed collection! Featuring an exclusive box with new art by Mike Mignola, expertly colored by Dave Stewart, this set is a marvel both inside and out.
Experience the original series through new eyes with this boxed edition set, featuring story and art by Mike Mignola, Duncan Fegredo, Richard Corben, Dave Stewart, and more!
Collects complete set of Hellboy omnibuses volumes 1-4.
Previously available only as individual volumes, all four Hellboy series omnibuses (Seed of Destruction; Strange Places; The Wild Hunt; and Hellboy in Hell) are available together in a specially designed collection! Featuring an exclusive box with new art by Mike Mignola, expertly colored by Dave Stewart, this set is a marvel both inside and out.
Experience the original series through new eyes with this boxed edition set, featuring story and art by Mike Mignola, Duncan Fegredo, Richard Corben, Dave Stewart, and more!
Collects complete set of Hellboy omnibuses volumes 1-4.
1600 pages, Paperback
Published November 9, 2021
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About the author
Mike Mignola
1,866 books2,536 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 10, 2021
It's a shame more people don't read the comics, because as enjoyable as the Del Toro films are...there's just a whole other universe in Mike Mignola's series.
Mignola crafts a rich supernatural universe from European and Russian folklore, and even the most minor goblins and baddies are injected with enough world-weary pathos to make them compelling. And at the center of it all is Hellboy himself. Neither at home in our world nor the next one...constantly spurning the apocalyptic destiny he was literally born for. You can see his fatigue grow in almost every panel.
It's a hyperbolic comparison, but I think this is among the richest supernatural worlds anyone has conceived, outside of Dante and Milton. And the gorgeous expressionist-tinged art works equally well whether its conveying moments of tenderness and intimacy, or good old-fashioned cosmic terror.
Mignola crafts a rich supernatural universe from European and Russian folklore, and even the most minor goblins and baddies are injected with enough world-weary pathos to make them compelling. And at the center of it all is Hellboy himself. Neither at home in our world nor the next one...constantly spurning the apocalyptic destiny he was literally born for. You can see his fatigue grow in almost every panel.
It's a hyperbolic comparison, but I think this is among the richest supernatural worlds anyone has conceived, outside of Dante and Milton. And the gorgeous expressionist-tinged art works equally well whether its conveying moments of tenderness and intimacy, or good old-fashioned cosmic terror.
December 20, 2021
The beautiful art/storytelling contrasts drastically with the quality of the printing and the binding, extremely low cost stock.
Beautiful to contemplate but not functional once start reading. Specially with vol 3, the thickest book.
This review is ONLY based on the product as such, because the talent behind hellboy is not in question.
Beautiful to contemplate but not functional once start reading. Specially with vol 3, the thickest book.
This review is ONLY based on the product as such, because the talent behind hellboy is not in question.
March 26, 2024
I loved the helloboy first two movies and I thought I would have liked the comic but it was not, I probably liked just some chapters but then I couldnt continue, it was just the same thing, go somewhere, meet sone weird entities and fight. Nothing exciting about it
April 11, 2023
The main arc of one comics' greatest heros epic perfectly paced, dark and humours. Where we see Hellboy denie and finally embrace his destiny
September 1, 2023
Long live Mignola. So he can write more Hellboy stories.
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