SuperHeroBooks - Hellboy: Bones of Giants
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Manufacturer: Dark Horse
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781569716106
ISBN: 1569716102
Label: Dark Horse
Manufacturer: Dark Horse
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 200
Publication Date: 2001-11-30
Publisher: Dark Horse
Studio: Dark Horse
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Summary: Super Reader
Comment: This is a significant improvement. Mignola even states in the introduction, 'Chris is a better writer now than he was 4 years ago'. This would certainly seem to be the case. Perhaps a better editor, too. Gone are the dumbed down kindergarten sentences. The characters are handled better.
Oh yeah, and Hellboy becomes HellThor. That is pretty groovy. Mjolnir, Frost Giants, dwarves, and lots of running around in Sweden, which is certainly a pleasant change of setting.
If you were put off by The Lost Army, don't be - this book is considerably better.
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Summary: Good characterizations
Comment: I am a Hellboy fan. It is important to know that. This book had a good plot that was well thought out. The banter was very Hellboy and lots of fun. I loved how Abe was portrayed. I think it is an excellent read. Of course the artwork by Mignola was awesome, too.
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Summary: Excellent
Comment: Gripping stuff. I have no prior experience of Hellboy or BPRD work, but no introduction was required. This is a great alternative read. Great action. Paranormal conflicts. No need to have read prior Hellboy work, you'll enjoy this book
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Summary: MONSTERS GALORE!
Comment: This book is full of monsters. Hellboy, Abe, Garm, Dark Elves, Giants, etc. It is one long slugfest broken up with occasional spots of character development and story advancement. But mostly it's just Hellboy kicking mythical monster butt. And that's a good thing.
Not everyone will like it, but if you enjoy Hellboy or you like Norse mythology or you just like reading fast-paced stories, this is for you. Personally, I thought it was great fun.
P.S. It's based on Hellboy the comic, not the movie. So if you're only familiar with the film, expect some small differences. But you don't need to be a comic fan to enjoy this. I'm not.
Did I mention it's got a ton of monsters?
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Summary: NO THIS IS NOT LIKE SPAWN AT ALL!!!! That is a good thing.
Comment: First thing that is most important to let everyone know, from a fan of Hellboy, Hellboy and Spawn....compare apples and oranges. Both are fruit but are not alike beyond that. Don't listen to anyone who says contrary. Unlike Spawn, Hellboy is not some whiny self-pitying creature and has more heart than Spawn by a long shot. He's was born a demon, is a demon and accepts that but accepts also with ease, no brooding in some dump of an ally, that he can defy his heritage. This novel though I have to admit is not as detailed as the previous Hellboy novel, is still plenty of fun. A heavy read? No, deffinetly not a heavy read. So just read and enjoy. And within a week you can get back to your heavier reading. Again, this is not like Spawn. X-files, sure with a little of Doc Samson thrown in. But Spawn, no. The two should not even be mentioned in the same sentence unless to dinstinguish the two. No exggaterated capes to trip on from Hellboy. Just a normal overcoat.
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On the frozen shores of Sweden, lighting strikes from a clear sky. The skeleton of a huge man is revealed, its fingers clutched around the handle of an iron hammer. No one who comes to see this marvel from Norse mythology can lift it - no one but Hellboy, who lifts the hammer just in time for lightning to strike again, welding it to his hand, and leading him towards a bizarre series of visions and encounters. Chris Golden, author of the popular Hellboy: The Lost Army novel, makes his return to the character, in a novel illustrated by Mike Mignola, award-winning creator of Hellboy, and production designer of Disney's summer blockbuster, Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
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