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matt4hire's review against another edition
5.0
So I love Hellboy. If there is one series/franchise that I will collect until I die, it's Hellboy. And this volume is a lot of why. The sense of pervading and impending doom is magnificent, and Fegredo's art just churns out the goods with every line. Such excellence.
mschlat's review against another edition
2.0
Eh... maybe it's been too long since I read the last volume, but it felt like a bunch of plot points were raised and then almost immediately dismissed. It's also been hard to match up the British supernatural emphasis with the series' regular focus on things Cthulhu.
texaswolfman's review against another edition
5.0
Where does Hellboy go from here? One of the greatest stories of the year.
sisteray's review against another edition
4.0
I'd been putting off finishing this for a while, just because I really didn't want the series to end. This does wrap everything up nice and pat, but the story is more about what is happening around Hellboy rather than Hellboy himself. I'm not going to lie, I was a little depressed by the ending. I'm hoping that Mignola is inspired to continue where we last left our hero.
quetzelish's review against another edition
5.0
I absolutely loved this volume. The Storm and the Fury provides a wonderful sendoff for the main Hellboy series (although his adventures are continued in Hellboy in Hell). Duncan Fegredo's art is once again some of the best art for the series and Mignola's writing is simple and atmospheric, providing a full wrap up of all the adventures that were slowly conveyed throughout the 12 volumes of Hellboy. It's volumes like these that made me very glad that I began reading Hellboy, thank you Mike and all the artists who worked with you to create such a wonderful, creepy but ultimately calming world.
howardtaftmd's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-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
Amazing conclusion to the series. Beautiful art. Absolutely love the mystique of it all.
btmarino84's review against another edition
5.0
I have, since October, been reading the Mignolaverse. To those who don't know this includes a massive amount of miniseries, oneshots, ongoing etc. The main two ongoing books being Hellboy itself and BPRD. This has become one of the great pleasures of my comics reading life. I expected, just by the sheer amount of it all, to come across some lesser works, but this has not happened. I love almost everything I have read to one degree or another and all of it is fantastic and different. From the huge, apocalyptic stories and long term character development of BPRD, to the pulpy 30s "Batman with a gun" goofiness of Lobster Johnson, to the mournful and strange Sherlock Holmesian occult detective stories of Witchfinder, I find an obsession of mine and something unique to adore in every series. Even within a single series we'll find vastly different stories. Some of BPRD is a dreamy haunted house, some is a Kaiju story, etc. Hellboy is famous for the way it mixes an ongoing narrative with oneshots and minis that tell some other strange tale in other genres. Witchfinder did a Western, etc.
I haven't been logging most of it in Goodreads because it's so much as to be daunting but I wanted to pay special attention to this one, as it wraps up the main Hellboy book and narrative (though by no means ends it, as Hellboy in Hell came soon after). It is an absolutely gorgeous book. Mignola is at his poetic and minimal best in the writing and Fegredo outdoes himself with all the emotional and epic beats he has to hit with his art. Dave Stewart, as always, is a master of atmosphere in his colors. The story itself, though it is the giant culmination of all the story that has come before, all the plans and hints coming together, is often quiet and melancholy. It really manages to stick the best of every Hellboy story into one. From the dreamy strangeness of something like The Corpse, to the big fights and apocalyptic foe of Wake the Devil.
Hellboy as a character also reaches his finale here. So much of his character is built on his refusal to be anything but himself, to not believe in any kind of fate or destiny he does not want (even when that destiny seems unavoidable). This is one of the things that makes him heroic, but is also perhaps his fatal flaw. Maybe things would have been different if he had accepted his Arthurian destiny. But no, his refusal to be an agent of destruction makes him reluctant to take that sword and lead that army. That same stubbornness makes him unprepared, in the final moments, to become the King he could be, or even just...turn around. Just turn around, Hellboy, just turn around.
Anyway, I'm a bit sad I'm nearing the end of my Hellboy run (even though I still have 3 years worth of side books and BPRD to make my way through) but it's been such a massive joy I had to write something about it somewhere.
I also look forward to Mignola himself returning on pencils for Hellboy in Hell. The art for these books is always great, and I love his work with Corben and Fegredo, but no one draws the big guy like Mignola himself.
I haven't been logging most of it in Goodreads because it's so much as to be daunting but I wanted to pay special attention to this one, as it wraps up the main Hellboy book and narrative (though by no means ends it, as Hellboy in Hell came soon after). It is an absolutely gorgeous book. Mignola is at his poetic and minimal best in the writing and Fegredo outdoes himself with all the emotional and epic beats he has to hit with his art. Dave Stewart, as always, is a master of atmosphere in his colors. The story itself, though it is the giant culmination of all the story that has come before, all the plans and hints coming together, is often quiet and melancholy. It really manages to stick the best of every Hellboy story into one. From the dreamy strangeness of something like The Corpse, to the big fights and apocalyptic foe of Wake the Devil.
Hellboy as a character also reaches his finale here. So much of his character is built on his refusal to be anything but himself, to not believe in any kind of fate or destiny he does not want (even when that destiny seems unavoidable). This is one of the things that makes him heroic, but is also perhaps his fatal flaw. Maybe things would have been different if he had accepted his Arthurian destiny. But no, his refusal to be an agent of destruction makes him reluctant to take that sword and lead that army. That same stubbornness makes him unprepared, in the final moments, to become the King he could be, or even just...turn around. Just turn around, Hellboy, just turn around.
Anyway, I'm a bit sad I'm nearing the end of my Hellboy run (even though I still have 3 years worth of side books and BPRD to make my way through) but it's been such a massive joy I had to write something about it somewhere.
I also look forward to Mignola himself returning on pencils for Hellboy in Hell. The art for these books is always great, and I love his work with Corben and Fegredo, but no one draws the big guy like Mignola himself.
zanish's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0