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HELLBOY IN HELL #3 by G-Man
February 19, 2013, 1:08 am
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Hellboy in Hell #3

After a strong opening couple of issues (#1 & #2) we fall further into Hellboy’s passed life in issue #3 of Mike Mignola’s triumphant return to art & writing duties.

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HELLBOY IN HELL #1-2 by G-Man
February 3, 2013, 10:38 pm
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Hellboy #1 and #2

A big spoiler for this new arc from Dark Horse may well be that Hellboy is dead……but then I’d doubt it would be much of a surprise whether you’ve heard or not….it’s the kind of title where you know that anything can and does happen.

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B.P.R.D. 1948 #1 by G-Man

It’s been a while since I’ve picked up some B.P.R.D. but I thought with the start of a new 5-part mini series I’d delve back in.

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LOBSTER JOHNSON: CAPUT MORTUUM ONE SHOT by G-Man
September 24, 2012, 10:29 pm
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Another one-shot featuring Lobster Johnson, a character from the Hellboy universe that has quickly become a favourite of mine.  Following a good, but not great one-shot just recently (The Prayer of Neferu) I was hopeful that this would be a return to form for Lobster.

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CREEP #1 by G-Man

After enjoying issue #0 of The Creep (reviewed here) – I was keen to see where John Arcudi & Jonathan Case would take us on this dark, detective story.

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LOBSTER JOHNSON: THE PRAYER OF NEFERU ONE-SHOT by G-Man

Following the recent Lobster Johnson mini-series, The Burning Hand (issue #1 reviewed here), there was always a good chance I would pick up anything new featuring the character and sure enough, along came this one-shot.

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LOBSTER JOHNSON : THE BURNING HAND #1 by G-Man

What could be better than Mike Mignola writing a 1930’s pulp tale?……got me…..I can’t think of anything better.  I’m a Mignola fan and I love old school characters like The Shadow, The Rocketeer and The Phantom – surely I was onto a winner?

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ABE SAPIEN : The Devil Does Not Jest #1 & #2 by G-Man

Another roll of the comic book dice for the Comics Anon team brought us Abe Sapien : The Devil Does Not Jest.  Now we all know Abe from the Hellboy movies….but the most refreshing things about this tale….is that we get a complete tale within 2–issues and we get to see Abe step out of Hellboy’s shadow and hold his own.

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