I enjoyed this book. In , the young Hellboy sneaks out of the B. Headquarters in Connecticut at night to smoke a cigarette he filched from some guys in the lunchroom. Just as he finds a nice tree behind which he can light up, he hears a lone drummer on a nearby path.
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It's a clown playing a drum. Hellboy follows, seeing a poster for a circus. He forgets the cigarette and runs off to see the circus. Naturally it's much more than it appears to be.
The story provides an interesting reflection on Hellboy as seen through the story of Pinocchio. Hellboy discusses the plot of Pinocchio with the circus ring master which brings to mind Hellboy's own desire to be a regular human.
Professor Broom, his foster father, wants to give Hellboy as much of a normal childhood as he can have. Others both humans at the B. Is he the harbinger of destruction or even the destroyer himself? It's a mystery that still hasn't been solved, though clearly the older Hellboy in the other stories resists what others tell him is his fate.
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The story here is interesting though the young Hellboy is mostly passive in the second half of the story. He is just a kid after all The book is enjoyable but it does seem like it is little more than a single-issue comic released in a hard-cover format at hard-cover prices. Sample quote--Mike Mignola's dedication of the book: For Carlo Collodi, who taught me everything I know about what a puppet should be. And for Ray Bradbury, who confirmed my worst fears about the circus.
Ive been collecting the Hellboy series for a while now and this is one of the ones i still needed for my collection. Honestly, i'm not impressed, first off it's very short, probably half the size of a normal trade, more so than that the story doesn't really matter. It's a short story about hellboy in his youth that just shows the bond between he and his supplemental father.
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Unless you're trying to collect all of hellboy, don't even bother. Great story, but I was expecting it to be longer. Still, the artwork was amazing, and the tale definitely gave you some insight of Hellboy as a kid. It also shows a few of his relatives. I won't give any spoilers, but he definitely has a messed up family. Definitely worth a read.
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The book itself is excellent. The art, dialogue and storyline are compelling.
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Humor, pathos, and suspense are skillfully woven together. I think in many ways this book itself underlined that Professor Bruttenholm did, and that he genuinely cared for him like a father would a son. The funny thing is most of the B. Plus, how nice of a touch was it that he stole Zinco brand cigarettes? That made me laugh. The Zinco cigs was a great touch, for sure.
Overall, this felt like the best of both worlds: It easily makes my best graphic novels of list. Anything else to add before we give this bad boy a grade? It gets an 8. Masterful achievement that I appreciate deeply though. While I respect your views, I will gladly gloat a year from now when you re-read this and tell me how wrong you were! Brian Salvatore is an editor, podcaster, reviewer, writer at large, and general task master at Multiversity.
When not writing, he can be found playing music, hanging out with his kids, or playing music with his kids. He also has a dog named Lola, a rowboat, and once met Jimmy Carter. Feel free to email him about good beer, the New York Mets, or the best way to make Chicken Parmagiana add a thin slice of prosciutto under the cheese.
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