Hellboy is one of the most celebrated comics series in recent years. The ultimate artists' artist and a great storyteller whose work is in turns haunting, hilarious, and spellbinding, Mike Mignola has won numerous awards in the comics industry and beyond. When strangeness threatens to engulf the world, a strange man will come to save it. Sent to investigate a mystery with supernatural overtones, Hellboy discovers the secrets of his own origins, and his link to the Nazi occultists who promised Hitler a final solution in the form of a demonic avatar.
Hellboy Volume 1: Seed of Destruction
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
First of all I'd like to advise people who are willing to get into Hellboy to start here. Besides from this being the official first story you also get easily introduced to Hellboy and what he's about here, and the drift into Hellboy-reality is very natural and gentle. Besides from that it's a very nice read as a stand-alone story. It doesn't end with something like a cliff-hanger that makes you need to buy continuing books. It's a book with a beginning and an end.
About the story: It's been over 35 years since Trevor Bruttenholm first found the creature that was later named "Hellboy", a big red creature over 7 feet high, strong as ten men, with a tail and an artificial stone arm. Nobody knows what he is or where he came from, including himself (a thing about which you get more and more hints as time goes by, not only in this particular volume). That was at the end of World War II on the scene of an occult experiment by a Nazi group trying to grab on to probably their last chances of enpowering the Reich. Now, the present, Trevor reaches out to Hellboy, who has since gone on to work for the "Bureau of Paranormal Investigation", because he desperately needs his aid. Weird extra-natural murders are taking place and it's up to Hellboy and his agency to find what kind of mystical powers are on a rampage and, even more important, who unleashed them.
What you have here is a title that especially people who like things like "X-Files" and "Planetary" will like a lot. It's about an agency that goes around the world to solve super-natural crimes and puzzles, but the members of the agency aren't that normal theirselves either. All this in a pretty gritty and dark atmosphere. It's very well-written, everything fits, and what also is really nice is that the creator (Mike Mignola) NEVER gave the story-writing or the art-job away in any of the following books. The creator sticks with his book and it really shows later on, when you see how things keep clicking and keep the same atmosphere. Must-buy for Planetary and X-Files fans and alike.
32 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Seeds of Destruction is a nice place to begin because it deals with where Hellboy hails from, no pun intended, plus its actually one of Mignola's more heavily Lovecraftian tales. The coloration is also darker in graphic novel form, giving it more of more horror appeal than the pervious comic releases did. There are more than enough Nazis, plots leading into the next Graphic Novel (Wake the Devil) to want you to go on without stranding you in a half-read story, not to mention the fact that its so wonderfully dark.
Something that all other reviews seem to be leaving out, something that affected my purchase of this particular graphic novel for a while, is the fact that it isn't simply the Seeds of Destruction story. Included within it are also two other stories, earlier works of Mignola, that are oftentimes overlooked and are quite the pain to find in their original formats.
1) This is a story from San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2, a little tale involving squibs of storyline and drying up towns in the desert, not to mention Anubis.
2) There's another story from Comic's Buyer's Guide dealing with Herman Von Klempt, everyone's favorite Nazi "Nazi head in a bottle" and his Brutus, his super gorilla.
Also included is a little section entitled "Where did Hellboy come from?," a section delving into the early promotional art showing Hellboy off, plus some nice pictures by artists including Art Adams and Gary Gianni.
Tentacled things = Happiness!
Something that all other reviews seem to be leaving out, something that affected my purchase of this particular graphic novel for a while, is the fact that it isn't simply the Seeds of Destruction story. Included within it are also two other stories, earlier works of Mignola, that are oftentimes overlooked and are quite the pain to find in their original formats.
1) This is a story from San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2, a little tale involving squibs of storyline and drying up towns in the desert, not to mention Anubis.
2) There's another story from Comic's Buyer's Guide dealing with Herman Von Klempt, everyone's favorite Nazi "Nazi head in a bottle" and his Brutus, his super gorilla.
Also included is a little section entitled "Where did Hellboy come from?," a section delving into the early promotional art showing Hellboy off, plus some nice pictures by artists including Art Adams and Gary Gianni.
Tentacled things = Happiness!
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
By J. Schwab
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
The story was great, fantastic art, much love for Hellboy, but that's all been covered already by other reviewers. Here's the thing: I love my books, and treat them all with special care in the hopes that they'll last forever. By the time I had read through this graphic novel ONE TIME, the cover had fallen off in my hands, and pages were coming loose from the binding! For the price they're charging, I'd expect a book that doesn't self-destruct after a half-hour. (To be fair, I also bought volume two, which did not fall apart...yet.)
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing
Fast shipping, brand new, & great comic book! I didnt expect to like this comic it wws required for my eng101 class (yes college) but i have to say this is nothing like the movie... Read more
Published 17 days ago by Ashly Small
4.0 out of 5 stars
all heil hellboy
This is a great comic the out line and artwork is up to the usual standards. It was a little cumbersome learning to read on a kindle.
Published 20 days ago by Ruth Christensen
5.0 out of 5 stars
A masterpiece!!
A masterpiece of comic in a very good presentation.
Hellboy is a comic icons and Seed of Destruction is their birth as such. A great graphic novel.
Hellboy is a comic icons and Seed of Destruction is their birth as such. A great graphic novel.
Published 1 month ago by Federico Taibo
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good beginning, but overshadowed by the film
I'm a huge fan of the Hellboy films--the character, the world it creates, all of it. I didn't realize until after watching it that there was a comic it was based on, and for a... Read more
Published 2 months ago by J. Binkerd
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good start to a great series
The story was interesting. The art Mignola's usual incredible presentation of Kirby power, Alex Toth elegance and clarity, and Gene Golan mood and light-play. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Owba
4.0 out of 5 stars
Rich art work
I like this a lot more than I thought I would. I wasn't too crazy about the movie but I really like the books. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Michael F. Emig
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hellboy Volume 1
This book was excellent. Good condition for being used, and it was a perfect combined copy of this volume. I definitely plan to buy the other volumes in good time.
Published 3 months ago by Matt
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hellboy
I thought Hellboy was a great graphic novel and a great place to start in the series I can't wait to start the next one
Published 4 months ago by Gemein Rin Cho
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Artwork and Story
Because of our very tight budget, my boyfriend and I set a designated limit to the amount we can spend for gifts like anniversary and Christmas. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Rea Donner
5.0 out of 5 stars
5-STAR, A-PLUS, 10 out of 10
there is nothing really to be added to the previous reviews...
the more striking feature is that it's more than Seeds of Destruction... Read more
the more striking feature is that it's more than Seeds of Destruction... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Jose R. B. Guarniero
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