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Hellboy and the B.P.R.D: 1952 Paperback – Illustrated, August 25, 2015

by Mike Mignola (Author), Alex Maleev (Illustrator)

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A bizarre series of murders and rumors of something worse lead Professor Bruttenholm to send a young Hellboy to a Brazilian village on his first mission. Hellboy and a small group of agents uncover something terrible in the shadows of a sixteenth-century Portuguese fortress . . . Hellboy creator Mike Mignola teams with acclaimed artist Alex Maleev.

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144 pages
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English
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Dark Horse Books
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August 25, 2015
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6.65 x 0.29 x 10.17 inches
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1616556609
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978-1616556600
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MIKE MIGNOLA's fascination with ghosts and monsters began at an early age; reading Dracula at age twelve introduced him to Victorian literature and folklore, from which he has never recovered. Starting in 1982 as a bad inker for Marvel Comics, he swiftly evolved into a not-so-bad artist. By the late 1980s, he had begun to develop his own unique graphic style, with mainstream projects like Cosmic Odyssey and Batman: Gotham by Gaslight. In 1994, he published the first Hellboy series through Dark Horse. As of this writing there are twelve Hellboy graphic novels (with more on the way), several spinoff titles (B.P.R.D., Lobster Johnson, Abe Sapien, and Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder), prose books, animated films, and two live-action films starring Ron Perlman. Along the way he worked on Francis Ford Coppola's film Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), was a production designer for Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), and was the visual consultant to director Guillermo del Toro on Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004), and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008). Mike's books have earned numerous awards and are published in a great many countries. Mike lives somewhere in Southern California with his wife, daughter, and cat. The author lives in Los Angeles CA.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dark Horse Books; Illustrated edition (August 25, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1616556609
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1616556600
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.65 x 0.29 x 10.17 inches

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- #1,126 in Dark Horse Comics & Graphic Novels
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Mike Mignola is best known as the multiple award-winning creator, writer, and artist of "B.P.R.D." and "Hellboy", but has fostered several other projects like "The Amazing Screw-On Head" and "Baltimore" with Christopher Golden. Although he began working as a professional cartoonist in the early 1980s, drawing 'a little bit of everything for just about everybody' - including characters like Batman and Wolverine - he was also a production designer on the Disney film "Atlantis: The Lost Empire". Mignola also acted as a visual consultant to Guillermo del Toro on "Blade 2" and the film versions of Hellboy, which were broadly adapted by del Toro from the original comic series. Mike Mignola currently lives in southern California with his wife, daughter, and cat.

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Dakota

The perfect 8/10 story

Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2017

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This story had everything i wanted it to, nazis, dead nazis, monkeys smoking cigarettes, and a giant Lovrcraftian horror to finish it all off!

I also loved the brief but really cool expansion on Varvara and her weird relationship with the Prof

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Nickel

I enjoyed it

Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2019

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I like Hellboy, but I love B.P.R.D. This book was the best of both worlds, worth it.

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Orrin Grey

This is such delightfully classic Hellboy stuff that it's impossible to not feel like the new Hellboy and the B

Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2015

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A ruined fort. Ancient idols and Lovecraftian horrors. Nazi mad science experiments. A talking alligator. A vampire monkey. This is such delightfully classic Hellboy stuff that it's impossible to not feel like the new Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. series is a homecoming of sorts. I always hate to say this, because it's not like the artist did anything wrong, but Alex Maleev's work doesn't seem to fit into the overall Mignolaverse gestalt as well as some others, though he definitely captures some striking images. I can't help but wish--especially given that amazing cover on the trade--that Mignola himself had gotten to draw this particular adventure.

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Carlos Taylor

Simple nice story with great art

Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2015

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Simple nice story with great art . It's also nice to see HB as a teenager and some development of characters .

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michael R Smith

and my son loved

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2016

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it was a gift, and my son loved it

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Vincent Faust

Hellboy's First Mission

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2016

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Very good, great art. Not as strong or impressive as the likes of The Midnight Circus or the main series, however, I am looking forward to more Hellboy and the B.P.R.D

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Juan Garcia

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2016

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You won't be disappointed.

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Bryan

Great story and the horror vibe is by Alex Maleev ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2015

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Great story and the horror vibe is by Alex Maleev art is top notch. highly recommended for new readers as it takes place in the younger years of Hellboy.

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Christopher Long

Insert hell related pun here

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 6, 2015

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Mike Mignola has a hold on me. It really is that simple. Many years ago I saw a Hellboy t shirt and knew I had to make it my business to find out who the big, red guy was. Now Mignola is basically my print George Lucas. Only, you know, in a good way. I've devoured all things Hellboy, including rebuying library editions and art of books. It's beyond an obsession. Hence the large Hellboy figure standing in my lounge.
Since HB left the BPRD I have always longed for some project or tale to bring them back into the same pages. BPRD have offered some insights into the early years and a very young Hellboy but I had high hopes for this one. High hopes that were not in any way disappointed. The atmosphere, the pacing, the story. The art. It all works for me. Then again it would. I guess what I'm saying is this is a biased review. But if you're the same as me in respects a Hellboy/Mignola addiction then you will find much to love here. Then again, if you are the same as me, then you probably already bought this. So here's hoping we agree. We countdown the months until we get another one of these beauties to read/obliterate.

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Artistic differences...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 14, 2015

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Stylish. I have to admit to being physically upset when anyone but Mignola does the artwork for Hellboy and I usually get no further than the first page of 'Look inside now!' to know if I can stomach the style of the artist messing with Mike's creation. There are two exceptions, to date - the first was Duncan Fegrado and now Alex Maleev. I loved his work on the Daredevil series a while back. His photo-realism style works with BPRD 1952.
The Hellboy in Hell series is a life-line to the fully integrated genius which is, will always be, the Mike Mignola Hellboy proper.

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L Morrison

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 5, 2016

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Excellent as always.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 7, 2015

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very good service and product

Jan-Niklas Bersenkowitsch

Als erfahrene Handwerker zurück zu den Anfängen

Reviewed in Germany on November 19, 2015

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1952.

Die B.R.P.D. existiert seit einiger Zeit und auch Professor Bruttenholms Ziehsohn Hellboy ist inzwischen ganz gut gewachsen. Und jetzt soll er auch noch seinen ersten Auftrag als Agent der Behörde erhalten.Einigen gefällt das, anderen nicht, aber der Professor hat ein Einsehen und so geht es nach Brasilien in ein kleines Dorf. Dort geschehen seit einiger Zeit unheimliche Morde, verübt von einem bösen Geist. Am Ende ist die Sache noch bizarrer als zuerst angenommen und die Geschehnissen werden Hellboy einige Dinge lehren. Nicht nur Gute.

"Hellboy and the B.R.P.D: 1952" hat einen sehr sperrigen Titel und möchte das Gefühl der ersten Abenteuer Hellboys wieder aufleben lassen. Das bedeutet, dass Hellboy wieder Agent der Behörde ist und die Geschichten wohl wieder etwas leichtherziger werden, als im wesentlich düsteren "Hellboy in Hell". Düster ist die Geschichte aber trotzdem, was aber durch die bizarren Wendungen zum Schluss hin etwas abgeschwächt wird. Trotzdem wird gestorben und geprügelt und auch sie kann nicht den Entwicklungen der Serie der letzten Jahre entkommen. Das ist aber auch gut so, da sie inzwischen genauso Teil der Serie sind, wie Mignolas routinierter Schreibstil, der mit scheinbarer Leichtigkeit dieses actiongeladene Abenteuer erzählt. Es wird geprügelt, es wird gegruselt und auch wenn es Hellboys erster Auftrag ist, fügt er sich doch gut (wieder) in den Dienst in der Behörde ein. Eine nette Reise in die Vergangenheit, an der auch Neueinsteiger ihre Freude haben werden, für die der Band vielleicht sogar gedacht ist, ein unterhaltsamer Routineauftrag.

Mehr ist "1952" allerdings auch nicht, wenn man sie zum Rest der Serie vergleicht. Mehr muss es allerdings auch nicht sein, aber wenn man sich noch einmal den langen Weg Hellboys in Erinnerung ruft, waren Hellboys Migration in die Mythologie der Welt weit weg von seinen pulpigen Ursprüngen doch das Beste was ihm je passieren konnten. Trotzdem, Spaß soll "1952" machen und Spaß macht die Miniserie am Ende auch und die realistische Zeichnungen Alex Maleevs, der die grafische Gestaltung übernahm, stören auch nicht weiter. Sie stechen aber in der Serie auch nicht besonders hervor, wirken einfach zu "echt" um wirklich künstlerischen Wert zu besitzen. Sie sind funktional, aber die Bilder Ben Stenbecks, der die Fortsetzung "1953" zeichnet, passen besser zum allgemeinen Stil der Serie.

Alles in allem ist "Hellboy and the B.R.P.D: 1952" trotz des sperrigen Titels, ein gutes Abenteuer, dem weitere folgen werden und ein Zeugnis davon, dass die Serie zurecht einer der erfolgreicheren Comics abseits des Superheldengenres ist.

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