A review by jexjthomas
Hellboy: The Lost Army by Christopher Golden

3.0

I don't have much to say about Hellboy: The Lost Army. It's about what you'd expect. Maybe a little less than, since I was expecting the writing to be a little stronger than it ended up being. Not that it needed to be a literary masterpiece--I just thought that some of the prose felt a little silly at times. The story is good enough, pretty gripping especially as you get to the end. The book poses some interesting questions about the Hellboy mythos, given that it's considered more or less canon, and getting a close third-person view of Hellboy both gives us a better understanding of the character and undermines some of what's special about him. I enjoyed the book, and might check out more of the Hellboy novels if I need something light and easy, but I would say this is for die-hards only.

The illustrations from Mignola are fantastic.