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enbylievable's review
5.0
A super cool behind-the-scenes look at the Hellboy universe. A great read for any fans of Hellboy or Mignola, this book has biographies of all the characters and an enormous timeline of all of the events taking place in the Mignolaverse, from as far back as the creation of Hyperborea. Any longstanding questions that you might have about the Hellboy universe, this book is likely to make understanding them a bit easier.
bookwyrm337's review
3.0
It's a good guide. I quite liked it but the timeline doesn't give the relevant story for the events and the guide was released before the series was completed.
joshuavrysen's review
3.0
taking a small intermission from Calvino to take this in -
maybe this is disappointing, in terms of how deep-digging it seemed like it was going to be... though I am only a bit of the way through... really for fans only. Though why are you not a fan!?! Have you not read Hellboy or BPRD yet?
maybe this is disappointing, in terms of how deep-digging it seemed like it was going to be... though I am only a bit of the way through... really for fans only. Though why are you not a fan!?! Have you not read Hellboy or BPRD yet?
jexjthomas's review
4.0
Handy but not sure it's essential. The character biographies and time line are good to reference but presented such straightforwardly lose much of the magic of the comics. The scholarly essay at the end is interesting however.
stilldirty's review
4.0
The character profiles are very nice and useful. The timeline is a little "meh" for casual reading (or any kind of reading), but what could anyone expect from that? Overall, the book is a good read to expand understanding of the vagaries within the whole series, and jog memories before going on to next titles published thus far. I like it a lot, and recommend it as good reminiscent reading for those who've read as far as Hellboy's "Darkness Calls" and B.P.R.D.'s "1946" (pretty sure "The Warning" came after the Companion)
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