Short, cryptic, simple. Just like my review. ( )

Short, cryptic, simple. Just like my review. ( )

What do you do to celebrate the release of the new animated Hellboy features? Release a comic set in the same animated universe, of course! It's a comic based on a cartoon based on a comic. Simple.

Here, HB and the BPRD are on the trail of a witch who has not only done something to a Frenchman's cat, but also seems to be bringing a cadre of monsters into the town for some reason. As they investigate, the team learns it's all connected to some dark ritual of power involving the summoning of a demon and the use of one of their own!

Along with the title story, there is a short back-up piece with lil' Hellboy on one of his first adventures, this one taking place in his own mind as he pretends to be Lobster Johnson after getting way too into his favorite radio adventure. Of course, growing up on a military base means no end of potential shenanigans for our young wannabe hero, as we find out...

Good book. Enjoyable and fun. ( )

Hellboy fights against the celebration of the Black Wedding. The character of Hellboy has historical origins: brought to earth by Nazi occultists and nowadays wants to destroy every kind of evil. This suggests a double-sided super-hero.
Ron Perlman having played as Hellboy and as Salvatore in The Name of the Rose, seems more diabolical in this second movie than in the first one. ( )