![]() ![]() The demonic hints likely mean more to readers of the complete series, but anyone can appreciate the dreamlike images. Through it all, Hellboy, like so many other children, wants to be a grown-up without realizing how much he’d have to give up to get there early. ![]() The story of Pinocchio, mentioned early in the tale, provides parallels, from an underwater sequence to disturbing hobos who aim to make the kid their own. For kids, there’s not much difference between clowns and demons, spectacle and magic, lions and ghosts, and here, they all blend. The circus is illustrated in a more three-dimensional style than the line art of the lab, with fuzzy shading that makes it even weirder than a circus that operates from midnight to dawn would normally be. Fegredo does an excellent job evoking the creepy atmosphere Mignola established for his characters, adding detailed settings and period suits. He comes across the Midnight Circus, a place of fantastic sights and disturbing implications. Hellboy Library Volume 5 collects two complete trade paperbacks: Darkness Calls and The Wild Hunt, the short story The Mole, as well as an extensive selection of previously unreleased sketches and designs. When strangeness threatens to engulf the world, a strange man will come to save it. ![]() It’s 1948, and young Hellboy is sneaking out of the research lab where he’s kept. Overview Hellboy has racked up multiple Eisner Awards, numerous spinoffs, a novel line, video games, cartoons, and two feature films. Mike Mignola has won numerous awards in the comics industry and beyond. ![]()
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