Hellboy, Vol. 8: Darkness Calls
by Mike Mignola, Duncan Fegredo, Dave Stewart
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Author: Dave Stewart, Duncan Fegredo, Mike MignolaBrand: Dark Horse Comics
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-06-09
ISBN: 159307896X
Number of pages: 200
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Book Reviews of Hellboy, Vol. 8: Darkness Calls
Book Review: Because your Fist, your fist, I Can't Resist.
Summary: 5 Stars
When Hellboy and Mignola collide, you expect certain things BUT those expectations are forced to become fewer and fewer as time travels on. First there was the "no Nazi" touch because Mignola started tiring of the feel, then there was the "no B.P.R.D." on the swingsets because Hellboy needed to get a little air, then there was the "tales" aspect that went on for a while. Now, Hellboy is back in a bigger role and he is bigger than life but he has one little problem - the person drawing the beloved Anung Un Rama is not Mignola. That certainly took a little time to adjust to.
As far as storylines go, this one is a great piece of literature and feels like a prequel to something larger. You can see it in the way specific things happen and in the omens that sometimes show their heads and sometimes find themselves spoken of. There are also a lot of familiar faces gathered around to put the tale together, giving people a prospective on what exactly happens when a lot of "somethings" get together. I personally liked the touch of all of it: the storyline carries its own weight, Hellboy has to put in work to figure out what is happening and what role he is playing, and there is a bigger thing than Hellboy working within the context. A reader has to pay attention to the story to make sure they catch everything that is going on as well - the good thing about that is that it is Mignola at his finest, not simply making Hellboy to make Hellboy but to put some love into his finest creation. That is a good thing to see because Mignola himself said that he had fallen out of love with Hellboy and was planning a break for a while (he never said how long that while would be, either, and that frightened a lot of people) before this came out. Merrily, he found his muse and his folklore calling and meshed it all together into one exotic blend that I have not seen for some time.
Finally, readers have a long story to call their own once more.
For anyone that has followed Hellboy along the crooked path he has walked recently, this is a good place to keep going because connectivity exists here. Darkness Calls has a consecutiveness that plays along with the other stories that have been taking place and, merrily, Hellboy seems to be fine. I never figured Mignola for one to give up on Hellboy anyhow and, just as Hellboy wandered, I think Mignola wandered and tried to think about what he wanted. So, if this is a picture of things to come then it seems like a fine one indeed.
Recommended highly for those who have been keeping up, but not as a starting place.
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