Hellboy, Vol. 5: Conqueror Worm
by:
Mike Mignola (author)
At the end of World War II, American costumed-adventurer Lobster Johnson led an Allied attack on Hitler's space program, but not before the Nazis were able to launch the first man into space. Now, after sixty years, Hellboy is partnered with an artifical man - a Frankenstein's monster implanted...
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At the end of World War II, American costumed-adventurer Lobster Johnson led an Allied attack on Hitler's space program, but not before the Nazis were able to launch the first man into space. Now, after sixty years, Hellboy is partnered with an artifical man - a Frankenstein's monster implanted by Bureau scientists with a bomb - to travel to the ruined castle in Norway to intercept the returning capsule, and its single passenger. . .the conqueror worm.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781593070922 (1593070926)
Publish date: February 4th 2004
Publisher: Dark Horse
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Urban Fantasy,
Horror,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Graphic Novels Comics,
Comic Book,
Superheroes,
Dark Fantasy,
Supernatural
Series: Hellboy (#5)
Adventurer Lobster Johnson led an attack on Hitler's space program, but not before they already sent one man into space.Now, sixty years later Hellboy along with Roger are sent a ruined castle to stop the returning space capsule.This volume has chapters and follows one storyline, instead of just hav...
Gee, I wish I'd had time to write this review sooner, because my brain can be like a sieve. I'll do my best, two weeks down the road.It's fairly obvious that I am a big fan of Mike Mignola, so the four star rating is not unexpected. I love me some Hellboy, which sounds really strange to say, but the...
In a way, this volume feels like Mignola threw his entire basket of weird and creepy at us. And yet, somehow, it all works. Yes, there are Nazi zombies and ghosts and aliens and... Still, it works. And somehow, Mignola still has time to delve into Hellboy's character, more than in most of the previo...
By far my favorite volume.
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