Seemed much shorter than other volumes considering the back was filled with a cover gallery.

Volume 2 of the Weird Tales compilations was much stronger than Volume 1, both in terms of art and writing. Each individual story seemed like it told a full tale, and there was a lot of variation in the art styles, some which were really beautiful.

Una variada y divertida antologia de Historias Extrañas alrededor del personaje de Hellboy.Siempre es interesante ver diferentes estilos de dibujo más allà del de Mike Mignola.La historia final en plan retro de Bogavante Johnson ha sido curiosa.Con todo, siempre me gustarán más la historias largas, a poder ser escritas y dibujadas por el autor original.

I have some difficulty with the Hellboy novels Mignola hands over to other artists. The stories aren't bad but the art can't compare. I enjoyed "Shattered" and "Command Performance" along with the Final Fantasy feel of "Toy Soldier". The rest were all right. I loved and appreciated the Lobster Johnson comic after the Hellboy stories.

Lots of great little stories about Hellboy and his friends. The artwork is of an excellent standard. I almost said a uniformly excellent standard there, but stopped myself, partly because that's such a cliche, but also because the art is anything but uniform - a dozen completely different styles appear, each of them quite marvellous. This was actually the first Hellboy book I've read. Volume 2 of a collection of stories not written by the character's creator Mike Mignola is a funny place to star...

A bit better, but not by much.So this being the second collection of non-canon Mignolaverse stories, and me absolutely disappointed in the last one, I went into this second collection with absolutely no expectations, and it actually surprised me with a couple of funny quirky tales:World: As I said in the previous review, there is not much world builing here as it is non-canon. The world building that you see here is mainly to serve the story that the writer/artist is trying to tell. With that in...

Seriously fun stories and others take a crack at Hellboy.

My feelings here are pretty much the same as they were for the first volume. Highlights of this collection include JH Williams III and Haden Blackman's "Love is Scarier than Death"—which deals (in a canonically plausible way) with the mystery of Hellboy's love-life; and Craig Thompson's "My Vacation in Hell"—an incredibly silly little comic, yet one that still feels (for some possibly intangible reason) distinctly Mignola-ish.

La que quizás sea la mejor antología del mejor personaje realizada por más de 20 insuperables autores, en una cuidadísima edición de Scott Allie con toda la muchachada.Si tenés que leer un solo tomo de Hellboy, que sea este. O el anterior.O cualquiera de los integrales, bah, que son de lo más rendidores.

A collection of shorts in the pulp tradition, uneven art and brevity are trumped by variety and whimsy.

2016 Re-Read:Pretty much the same as Weird Tales Vol. 1: some really good stories, some forgettable. This one I reread while watching the 2016 Presidential Election returns, to have something light to relieve some of the tension. Didn't work.

This was a fun romp through the Hellboy world. Lots of great art, themes, and storylines. Incredibly easy to read in just and hour.

A sailor moon action figure broken in half but worse

Though quite the proud comic geek, I haven't read much of Mike Mignola's Hellboy. This anthology was a fun intro to the B.P.R.D. universe. A tight collection of short stand alone stories each offering a solid punch of pulp weirdness. Will have to check out some more Hellboy, time and budget permitting.

Very nice collection of various Hellboy stories that cover most of his career in the B.P.R.D. Great collection of short tales. Recommended

The short stories, or "weird tales", contained within this volume are very short and they're not really all that detailed. Most of them were very short and sweet, which doesn't bother me having read all of the other Hellboy volumes. My appreciation for this volume came from seeing Hellboy through the eyes of other artists or writers. The illustrations were drastically different from Mignola's original volumes, and even between each small story contained within this book they were unique. Some of...

Me gusta Hellboy desde que lo tenía de vista nomás y mientras más leo de él, más me va gustando. Me encantan muchos de los autores involucrados en este tomo y me encantan estas antologías en las que varios talentos exploran un cachito de un universo claramente "de autor", aunque vaya en expansión constante.Decí que la mayoría de las historias acá reunidas no pasan de la anécdota divertida, y por eso le amarreteo puntaje, porque si no este tomo la rompía.

This volume of Weird Tales in my opinion, is slightly better than the first. The bad jokes most of the stories are here to get to are fine. And the ones that don't have a punchline seemed to be pretty toned down personal things, like the story Hellboy Cool Your Head, which was my favourite in the collection. I also thoroughly enjoyed the 'vintage' Lobster Johnson comics at the end. I'm pumped to get into Lobby Johns soon!

I'm a little conflicted about the two volumes of Hellboy's "Weird Tales." On one hand, reading through them, I was left with the feeling that -in many cases- I'd rather see the creators do something wholly original, rather than tell a tale in the Hellboy universe. But, on the other hand, if they had, and if this was just an anthology of random stories, would I have bothered to check it out? So, while Hellboy is the draw here, convincing me to check out these books, he also sort of becomes the an...

HELLBOY RETROSPECTIVE 2016Volumes I & II of WEIRD TALES are anthologies containing stories outside creator Mike Mignola's canon, written and drawn by other comics professionals. The individual tales differ wildly in quality, but volume I is a little stronger collectively. By no means essential, mostly for the Hellboy superfans only.