Okay to be fair I enjoyed both Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy movies and always wished for a third one, which never appeared, sadly. Somehow I never git to read the comics because I was way behind to catch up, its main problem being to obtain the comics which had never been translated into my language and it was rather pricey to obtain.However the wild hunt was supposed to be the foundation of the next Hellboy movie and I found a very affordable edition to read.I must admit that the story does nee...

Read all the Hellboy books you can get your hands on. Don't worry too much about the parts you aren't sure you're following. It will get cleared up soon enough and you'll look back like, "Holy crap, that was crazy and amazing." and you'll be absolutely right. Just read them. You're welcome.

Simply wonderful! This is quite possibly one of my favorite HB arcs to date. Epic, emotional, full of character building, this has everything you want in a HB book:World: Art is perfect, let's not even waste time talking about that. The world building this time around is simply awe inspiring. The amount of scope, mythology, call back, widening of scope, development of character related material in this trade is stunning. There is just so much here that I don't want to talk about it for fear of r...

Mike Mignola has done an exceptionally wonderful job putting out these consistently high quality stories one after another, that is rich in fantasy folklore and filled with action, thrill, humor and drama.

The Wild Hunt is all about a comic book protagonist becoming an epic hero by accepting a destiny that was ordained long ago. The scope of the Hellboy mythos is expanded here with an Arthurian touch to the apocalyptic storyline. Hellboy joins the Wild Hunt in order to prevent the rise of Giants, but he is betrayed and must overcome a disastrous failure. Here in this story, Mignola has tied in disparate elements to the Hellboy narrative with English folklore and the Arthurian legend, to evoke the

I've spent the last few days trying to articulate or quantify my feelings about The Wild Hunt. It's pretty much the biggest turning point in the Hellboy universe up 'til now, and a lot of stuff happens in these eight issues. It's good, of course, but it's also a lot to take in and contextualize. I have a feeling that I won't really know how I feel about it until a little bit down the road.Some of the stuff that happens here sounds, on paper, like decisions I might not like, but Mignola pulls off...

Another great story as Hellboy rises to the top of my list of favorites. I actually thought this might connect with some of the Witcher video game mythos but I couldn't have been more wrong. This twisted until the anti climatic finale but you just know a great battle is coming and it will be done justice by Mignola. The King Arthur inclusion was interesting and a good deviation from the normal story. The great thing with Mignola is the ability to mould well established myths and legends into Hel...

This is what Hellboy comics are all about. A cool story with a lot of mythological folklore thrown in and mixed with a great, fluid art style.Hellboy joins forces with the ancient Wild Hunt in order to prevent the rise of the Giants. At the same time Queen Mab, Queen of the Witches of England, is being resurrected from her prison. What follows is a great tale of Hellboy fighting everything from giants to witches. The pacing of the story and the mixing of folklore with a comic story is something

Poor Hellboy! Spears through his chest, everyone wanting to either kill him or use him to kill everything. Hellboy gets to do a lot of punching, of course, in these stories, which reference some of his earlier adventures/cases. A number of little details from his past become clearer, along with an enemy's plot. And what gives with all those secret societies peopled with titled, ruthless jerks, who seem to be constantly pulling strings on Hellboy's and the B.P.R.D.'s cases and invoking spirits fo...

The plot thickens..

The Wild Hunt delves into Hellboy's past while setting up his future. This has that same charge you get when you feel a long story picking up steam as it charges into the final confrontation. Mignola mixes in the the fae, Arthurian legend, and English folklore to great effect. Tieing up many of his loose plot threads through the years, including his short stories which you didn't realize were part of the larger picture. There's less action and more world building than I expected. But the action

As usual, the team of Mignola and Fegredo serve up a beautiful, haunting story rooted in folklore, this time featuring their take on the Wild Hunt and Herne the Hunter. It's longer than most of the others, which is suitable because it's a bigger story in which the folklore is paired with several revelations about Hellboy's origins, hinted at in earlier books. We also learn who the mysterious new queen of the otherworldly creatures is, the Gruagach becomes a little more understandable (if not ter...

This volume of Hellboy combines elements of Celtic mythology and Arthurian legend to create a mysterious and creepy tale. The names were a bit confusing at times since I'm not familiar with Celtic mythology, but once the Arthurian elements start to kick in, it's a lot easier to get into. The art is fantastic and does a really good job of setting the mood.

In The Wild Hunt, Mike Mignola makes Hellboy face his past and embrace his future. Without spoiling anything, I'll just say that this is one of the best, if not THE best Hellboy book. Mignola masterfully weaves so many storylines, characters, myths, lores and ideas into one epic story, and it all works together so naturally. Surprisingly, this volume isn't as action-packed as I remembered, although it still delivers plenty of giant-punching goodness. But mostly, this book delves deeper into the

Directly following up Darkness Calls, this volume follows up on the story thread of the new witch queen, which had run in the background in the previous volume. It also explores Hellboy's maternal line, and sets up what will probably be another interesting phase in Hellboy's life. The pace wasn't perfect, but overall, I was very happy with this installment. I'm still loving Fegredo's art.

British legends, giants, witches, fairies, and Excalibur! I love the fast pace of Hellboy books to begin with , but this one had one of my fandoms, and that being the legend of King Arthur. I was shocked by the reveal into Hellboy's past, but is it true or just a trick? Exciting read.

This one may be the very best of the Hellboy comics I've read. There have been a number of really good ones before, but this one pulls out all the stops and has stopped teasing us about the end of the world.All this time, Hellboy has been refusing his destiny while always inching ever closer to fulfilling it anyway. Just how many times has he regrown his horns only to break them off again? Let's not forget all the times the demons keep trying to ingratiate themselves in his good graces or ALL th...

(Probably about a 2.5 star rating for me.) I'll admit that I'm not the ideal audience for this volume of Hellboy—I've got no prior knowledge of the character (either in the comics or the movies) so jumping in at volume 9 is maybe not the best way to go about things. I was interested in it for its use of Celtic mythology, but not particularly engaged by how it was presented here (not least because the writer doesn't seem entirely clear on the difference between Britain and Ireland, or know what I...

Hellboy comes out of hiding to take part in the Wild Hunt where giants are hunted and beheaded. This leads to a bigger story where his life's purpose is brought up, his heritage is revealed, and his destiny is presented to him. A new enemy, a dead blood witch, is raising an army to slaughter England and Hellboy needs to take up his mantle and raise an army to fight them. Duncan Fegredo once again takes over the art with Mike Mignola scripting the story. Fegredo is, I'm convinced, one of the best...

It's hard to overstate how impressed I continue to be with Fegredo's artwork as this series continues. He took in Mignola's style, refined it, and recreated something which perfectly captures that feel--which is somehow even more Mignola than the original. The fact that his work on other books explores completely different styles with equal effectiveness has left me with the strong impression that he is one of the most skilled artists working in the medium today.I'm also glad that Mignola has be...