Saturday, May 21, 2005

Hellboy | Comics

During the crucial era of World War II, the Nazis recruited the evil mystic Grigori Rasputin’s aid in a desperation to turn the tides of the war against the allied forces and through a magic ritual he teleported a Half-Demon, humanoid like creature to a churchyard in England. Their ritual was interrupted by the allied forces and soon, the boy was found by the American soldiers.

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Hellboy | Comics

A young Professor Trevor Bruttenholm of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D.), decides to adopt and raise this devilish-looking boy after naming him “Hellboy”. By the time he was eight, the boy joined the Bureau as a paranormal investigator and through Bruttenholm's guidance he soon becomes an occult expert with extensive knowledge on that particular subject.

Though he grew up only a little on age but got an appearance of a full-grown middle-aged man with two horns on top of his forehead and a red skin. Despite having a demonic origin, he actually cares for the humans. Being the son of the demon Azzael, he possess super strength as well as nearly limitless endurance and the invulnerable massive forearm made from red stone, called the "Right Hand of Doom".

In his years as an active agent for the Bureau, he worked on cases of possession, haunting, exorcism, enchantments and fought creatures like Vampires, Werewolves and other mystical monsters as well. Following many of his investigative missions, he is often aided by his fellow teammate Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman, Johann Kraus and B.P.R.D.'s finest field agents.

For more information on Hellboy comics series, you can check out these links below.

Hellboy (Comics) Wikipedia


Hellboy (Comics) Dark Horse Wikia



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Occult Detective from Hell

Here is your links to buy "Hellboy" comic series from Dark Horse Comics on Amazon.

Hellboy – The First 20 Years


Hellboy Library Edition, Volume 01


Hellboy Library Edition, Volume 02


Hellboy Library Edition, Volume 03


Hellboy Library Edition, Volume 04


Hellboy Library Edition, Volume 05

Hellboy Library Edition, Volume 06

Created by renowned writer cum artist Mike Mignola (Cosmic Odyssey, Lobster Johnson) back in 1993, Hellboy is a fictional superhero character that appears in the comic books published from Dark Horse Comics. Till date, the character has appeared in many graphic novels, company-wide crossovers and generated spin-off series; led him to be one of the most popular face in Dark Horse Comics.

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The Greatest Paranormal Detective

The growing popularity of the character led to two movies based on the concept; Hellboy and Hellboy II: The Golden Army with actor Ron Perlman in and as Hellboy himself. Also a single-player action video game titled, Hellboy: Asylum Seeker was released with its own plotline in 2000. Hellboy also have some crossover adventures with other fictional heroes like Batman, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Daredevil, Savage Dragon and Spawn.
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