Hellboy Volume 1 : Seed of Destruction - NEW EDITION! (Hellboy)
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Hellboy Volume 1 : Seed of Destruction - NEW EDITION! (Hellboy)
by Authors:
Mike Mignola , John Byrne , Mark Chiarello , Dave Stewart , Matthew Hollingsworth , Kevin Nowlan , Gary Grazzini , Barbara Kesel , Scott Allie , Robert Bloch
Released: January, 2004
ISBN: 1593070942
Paperback
Sales Rank: 7200
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Customer Review #1:
 GREAT concept and AMAZING art, not so great dialogue
I am not very familiar with Byrne so I dont know if this is typical for him but he writes a little too mundain and run-of-the-mill for such a fantastic story with great art like Hellboy. His dialogue and monologue for the villain in this book are horrible. It is completely boring and skippable. In fact thats the worst part, it is ENTIRELY skippable. This is even worse because at points theres PAGES of it. This villain just drones ON AND ON about a bunch of ..., and you can literally skip those whole sections and not lose ANYTHING. The stuff is just barely relevant and Byrne does nothing to it to make it interesting or write it with any originality. One could argue that Hellboy is a very "pulp" comic and that as such, the sort of writing and dialogue can be expected to be of a certain (read DULL AND TRITE) nature. But its too much to be asked of the reader to settle on the writing when the story and art are so compelling. Recap: Hellboy = original, Byrnes dialogue for it = horribly plain and done.
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Customer Review #2:
 Its more than Seeds of Destruction!
Seeds of Destruction is a nice place to begin because it deals with where Hellboy hails from, no pun intended, plus its actually one of Mignolas more heavily Lovecraftian tales. The coloration is also darker in graphic novel form, giving it more of more horror appeal than the pervious comic releases did. There are more than enough Nazis, plots leading into the next Graphic Novel (Wake the Devil) to want you to go on without stranding you in a half-read story, not to mention the fact that its so wonderfully dark.
Something that all other reviews seem to be leaving out, something that affected my purchase of this particular graphic novel for a while, is the fact that it isnt simply the Seeds of Destruction story. Included within it are also two other stories, earlier works of Mignola, that are oftentimes overlooked and are quite the pain to find in their original formats.
1) This is a story from San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2, a little tale involving squibs of storyline and drying up towns in the desert, not to mention Anubis.
2) Theres another story from Comics Buyers Guide dealing with Herman Von Klempt, everyones favorite Nazi "Nazi head in a bottle" and his Brutus, his super gorilla.
Also included is a little section entitled "Where did Hellboy come from?," a section delving into the early promotional art showing Hellboy off, plus some nice pictures by artists including Art Adams and Gary Gianni.
Tentacled things = Happiness!
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Customer Review #3:
Well done
Okay, I just read picked this up because the movie was coming out, and Im one of those people who does that (as probably are many of you reading these reviews). But I found myself thoroughly enjoying Mike Mignolas HELLBOY.
This first HELLBOY book is a little on the short side, and at times, Mignola probably gives too much attention to the mythology rather than the characters, but all in all its a fun read.
Its not my favorite comic Ive read (definitely not in the Alan Moore category) but its fun and well worth your time.
The artwork is definitely top notch. Even if the story were no good (but it is good) it would be worth getting to look at.
Now that the movies out (which was also very entertaining and worthy of your time) Im sure Ill keep reading the rest of the series.
Happy reading!
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