Hellboy in Hell, Volume 2: The Death Card

by Mike Mignola

Overview

The final chapter!
After facing off for a second time against the Vampire of Prague, Hellboy, dead and in Hell, comes down with a fatal illness and seeks the help of an incompetent team of doctors. As he explores the geography of Hell, learning little from a confused pair of mapmakers, Hellboy gets a glimpse of the new World Tree that he helped to create, stands accused by his own sister of a terrible murder, and causes the destruction of Pandemonium itself in the climactic chapter of the series that the LA Times calls “the best work of [Mike Mignola’s] career.” Collects issues #6–#10.
“Mike Mignola and Dave Stewart work magic on those pages.”—Multiversity

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781630087401
Publisher:	Dark Horse Comics
Publication date:	10/18/2016
Series:	Hellboy Series
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	43 MB
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About the Author

Mike Mignola was born in 1960 in Berkeley, California and grew up in nearby Oakland, the eldest son of a tough and leathery cabinetmaker. His fascination with ghosts and monsters began at an early age (he doesn't remember why) and reading Dracula at age 12 introduced him to Victorian literature and folklore from which he has never recovered. Besides comic books, Mike worked on Francis Ford Coppola's film Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), as a production designer for the Disney film Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) and was the Visual Consultant to director Guillermo del Toro on Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004), and Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (2008). Mike lives somewhere in Southern California with his wife, daughter and cat.

Editorial Reviews

★ 09/19/2016
Mignola has been drawing the adventures of his signature character, a gruff but good-hearted demon raised by humans, for more than 20 years. Along the way, Hellboy has been adapted into animated series, video games, and two feature films. The acclaimed saga comes to an end with this story arc in which Hellboy dies and returns to his infernal birthplace, where he continues his work of punching out supernatural baddies. Even longtime readers may have trouble following the narrative, which wanders through the geography of hell and encounters with foes new and old. But occasional murkiness barely diminishes the heady atmosphere of the Hellboy world, an idiosyncratic mix of classical mythology, Lovecraftian horror, punch-’em-up pulp fiction, and an affection for all things weird. Above all, there’s Mignola’s glorious art, some of the best in American comics, all bold, looming shapes and audacious chiaroscuro. Ideally, you will have read all of Mignola’s Hellboy books and finish on this one. But do read it regardless. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly