{"id":1561,"date":"2018-10-10T12:45:50","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T16:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=1561"},"modified":"2018-10-08T19:48:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T23:48:31","slug":"graphic-novel-review-hellboy-omnibus-volume-1-seed-of-destruction-by-mike-mignola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=1561","title":{"rendered":"Graphic Novel Review: Hellboy Omnibus Volume 1: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nHellboy Omnibus Volume 1: Seed of Destruction\u00a0<\/em>by Mike Mignola<\/p>\n

Dark Horse, 2018<\/p>\n

ISBN-13: 978-1-50670-666-5<\/p>\n

Available: Kindle edition, paperback<\/p>\n

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Hellboy\u2019s complete story is presented in chronological order in\u00a0Hellboy Omnibus Volume 1: Seed of Destruction<\/em>. This is a massive tome, at over 300 pages, written and drawn by Mignola. We read from Hellboy\u2019s summoning during his World War II origin all the way to his confrontation with the mad monk who brought him to Earth. Hellboy continually resists accepting his alleged fate as the harbinger of the end of the world while he is fighting the supernatural. Hellboy\u2019s career at the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense is bolstered by the aid of the noble Abe Sapien and firestarter Liz Sherman at his side.<\/p>\n

Volume 1 reprints Hellboy\u2019s adventures from 1994-1997,\u00a0Seed of Destruction<\/em>,\u00a0Wake the Devil<\/em>, and the stories \u201cWolves of St August,\u201d \u201cThe Chained Coffin,\u201d and \u201cAlmost Colossus\u201d from\u00a0The Chained Coffin<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Right Hand of Doom<\/em>. Included in the last pages of this book is a sketchbook with character designs from the earliest versions of Hellboy, Abe, and Liz to the current iterations. The sketches show the physical evolution that Mignola explored as he created his epic characters.<\/p>\n

I would recommend this book particularly to readers new to the world of Hellboy and fans of the big red lug with the red right hand alike. It was great to be able to read the story of Hellboy in chronological order in one sitting to get the whole saga. Highly recommended.<\/p>\n

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Reviewed by Lizzy Walker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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