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HELLBOY VOLUME 10: THE CROOKED MAN AND OTHERS PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Mike Mignola,Joshua Dysart,Richard Corben,Jason Shawn Alexander,Duncan Fegredo,Dave Stewart | 160 pages | 22 Jun 2010 | Dark Horse Comics,U.S. | 9781595824776 | English | Milwaukie, United States Hellboy Volume 10: The Crooked Man and Others PDF Book Abe gets his hands dirty in these early adventures! Hellboy covers a lot of ground. I especially liked Crooked Man and for some reason the Mole. The Crooked Man was interesting as was the witches in that tale. Which doesn't mean I wouldn't kill to see Mignola 's take on the material, especially after that cover. Book Description Dark Horse Books. Elsewhere in the chapel he finds a mark of the Knights of St. It was my favourite of the stories. More filters. Jerry has been working in the old chapel attached to the premises, but has stopped painting and turned to sculpting a gigantic bull-headed humanoid in clay which based on his now-incoherent mumblings depicts the deity Moloch. Buy New Learn more about this copy. New Quantity Available: 1. The art is fantastic, and I loved the Wellman-esque opener, but the rest is just pretty good. Paranormal crime scenes wreak havoc on Abe Sapien as he investigates a recluse demonologist's evil house, a haunted lake, and a sunken Soviet submarine filled with zombies! I lit out for home, swearin all the way to be good again. While I would've liked to see what happened after Vol 9, "The Crooked Man" more than makes up for it by providing story after story of high quality, brilliant storytelling and art. Unlike the earlier story "Makoma," which I was less happy with, Corben 's work fit this story perfectly. A drunken Hellboy is playing cards with Middleton and two other ghosts, who notice a mole on his hand. As I said, the world building is minor, serving mostly the tale that the writer is telling, but man is it ever cool to have a monster of the issue books again. For an even better example in my opinion of a Hellboy story that is exactly suited to Corben 's particular genius, check out the as-yet-uncollected single issue "Hellboy In Mexico," which is also one of the best Hellboy short stories to date, for my money. It's a solid, believable piece of work, with one of the most twisted and disturbing looking creations that I believe I've seen in the pages It was a little jarring to come right off a Hellboy collection with a single storyline that ended on a bit of a cliffhanger The Wild Hunt to this one, which has three unrelated short stories. Best of all, this collection features: 1 An introduction by Gahan Wilson , my favorite cartoonist. The art is all over the place, with different artists taking different approached on telling a HB story, and of course there is the wonderful Mignola illustrated Temple of Moloch. A month later in N. Trade Paperback Cover. All are bigger than life, odd and just interesting. Oct 29, Artemy rated it it was amazing Shelves: comics , 5-stars , dark-horse , dark-horse-mignolaverse. Books by Mike Mignola. Jason Shawn Alexander Illustrator ,. Nov 13, Brandon St Mark rated it really liked it Shelves: darkhorse , comics-manga. I love that Hellboy is always hanging out with ghosts drinking and playing cards. Hellboy Volume 10: The Crooked Man and Others Writer A month later the BPRD are staking out North Carolina 's Ocracoke Island , the antique dealer's ghost communicating via medium having tipped them off to the theft of what they realize is the skull of the legendary pirate. This is what it was that hooked me on the Mignolaverse: World: Not a lot of world building, all of of it is done in service of the title and the setting of the stories. Celebrate the Horror Genre on Goodreads! Mignola says he wrote "The Crooked Man" specifically for Corben, who "really delivered the goods. I give it only 4 stars because of Corben's art for "The Crooked Man. Project Ragna Rok. Related Articles. View 1 comment. However, in this such instance, the story was compelling and every so often a glimpse of a good-looking Hellboy would pop into a panel. HB decides they should hide inside the church and wait for the painter to enter, since the doors somehow lock behind him, the last time the man had tried to follow him in. Refresh and try again. Fegredo's work is splendid as always, and it was nice to see Mignola return and do a bit of art, himself, though his contribution struck me as particularly unadorned. Hellboy, Vol. Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense B. Traditional comic books I realize Hellboy isn't super traditional, but you know what I mean are a REALLY big gap in my book knowledge, so I'm glad that my teen book club chose a Hellboy comic this summer! Especially when it comes to the title story, which is oddly, for Mignola based on American folklore. Lord Henry Baltimore, a soldier determined to wipe out the monsters, fights his way through bloody battlefields, ruined plague ships, exploding zeppelins, and submarine graveyards on Jul 16, Jake rated it really liked it Shelves: graphic-novel , horror. Jun 30, Daniel rated it really liked it. At the end of the book, they're a great essay about an author I and apparently many others had never heard of, Manly Wade Wellman , and I enjoyed reading about his influence on Hellboy. In , Hellboy, still working for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, sets cloven foot into the mountains of Appalachia, where the terrain may be sunnier on the surface but whose forests hide hillbilly witchcraft as black as the farthest reaches of the Old Ones' domains. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Buy As Gift. In Virginia , HB is investigating a lady falling ill from a witchball, which the bruise-marked on her neck, she unable to move. The coming frog apocalypse heats up Seller Rating:. If only more comics could be so easily story-lined. Brings to light a whole tradition of pulp-era back woods fantasy that might well be worth checking out. A walkie-talkie carrying Abe Sapien encounters a robed figure sitting on the beach which legend has haunted by Blackbeard's headless body, while in a motorboat approaching the beach a local historian fills Hellboy in on the known history of Blackbeard's death and of his skull, passed down from owner to owner as a macabre drinking goblet. Feb 12, Chad rated it it was amazing Shelves: The one about Blackbeard's skull was ok, but not much to it besides dead pirates, the next one about a painter becoming obsessed with Moloch was pretty creepy, even if it was mostly a fight. Aug 12, Melissa McShane rated it really liked it Shelves: graphic-novels , folk-tales , dark-fantasy , gory , protag-both. England, 2 weeks before the story of Darkness Calls. Story: One and done are great when you just want to throw multiple ideas and stories towards the reader. These tales are simple, paced well and fun. We travel all over the place with this arc, from Italy, American South, Caribbean In , Mike moved to Dark Horse comics and created Hellboy , a half-demon occult detective who may or may not be the Beast of the Apocalypse. By the late 80s he had begun to develop his signature style thin lines, clunky shapes and lots of black and moved onto higher profile commercial projects like Cosmic Odyssey and Gotham by Gaslight for DC Comics, and the not-so-commercial Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser for Marvel. Published by Dark Horse Books. He wakes up alone at the table to find that the mole has gotten bigger. After listening to the Crooked man guilt-tripping Tom, HB goes out and confronts the fool. Hellboy Volume 10: The Crooked Man and Others Reviews As I said, the world building is minor, serving mostly the tale that the writer is telling, but man is it ever cool to have a monster of the issue books again. I know Corben is one of those artists with a great reputation, but I was not moved by his art in this story. Add to Wishlist. In , Hellboy, still working for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, sets cloven foot into the mountains of Appalachia, where the terrain may be sunnier on the surface but whose forests hide hillbilly witchcraft as black as the fa H. Keely rated it liked it Shelves: reviewed , supernatural-horror , comics , fantasy , horror. Actual rating: 4. Views Read Edit View history. In , Hellboy, still working for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, sets cloven foot into the mountains of Appalachia, where the terrain may be sunnier on the surface but whose forests hide hillbilly witchcraft as black as the farthest reaches of the Old Ones' domains. The story pits Hellboy and Abe Sapien against the ghost of the pirate Blackbeard. Error rating book. The first one had more witches but primitive American ones this time. Best of all, this collection features: 1 An introduction by Gahan Wilson , my favorite cartoonist. With BPRD going full steam ahead with world building and character buildling not to mention monster fights it's been a while since I've read HB just walk into a situation unprepared and beat the shit out of weird folklore, mythological monsters. Seller Inventory S Download as PDF Printable version.