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isauldur's review against another edition
4.0
Solid four stars. In a way, I found this better than the first Hellboy Omnibus (which follows the actual plot proper). It drops you into the world of Hellboy, and the different stories have slightly different styles (visually) that allow us to see the art of various artists. There are a couple of stories in here that are hard to understand, because they either rely on the reader knowing a little about Hellboy's background or because they're just told in such a way that it's not quite obvious what happened in the story or why. Namely "The Nature of the Beast" and "Hellboy Versus the Aztec Mummy" fall in the second category. But, I'd say this is a great place to jump into Mignola's strange, dark and rich world. Enjoyed it and eagerly will read further.
hm_reads's review against another edition
5.0
honestly mignola is brilliant. this is almost a best-of for me, too
nappiermarcus's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.0
peyjturner's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
malcolmnull's review against another edition
4.0
Read this before the hellboy omnibuses. It gets referenced a bunch.
space_gaudet's review
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
howiedoowinfam's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
hausofrhetorika's review
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Compilación muy campechana de relatos de Hellboy. Algunos se me pasaron de noche. El arte de The Midnight Circus y The Crooked Man están súper cheveres. Me gusta que Hellboy no tiene tanto el foco, sino que funciona para enmarcar los relatos y contar otras cosas. Chido el rollo procedimental muy de la detectivesca con ciertos puntos que quieren ser chistosos, pero no tienen mayor chiste que "Hellboy es virtualmente indestructible y los antagonistas creen que pueden con él". El mayor problema: las mujeres siguen siendo muy unidimensionales.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror
groblinthegoblin624's review
adventurous
dark
relaxing
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Only an anthology of short stories but had a real great time with these