{"product_id":"hellboy-and-the-bprd-19551957-isbn-9781506754840","title":"Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1955-1957","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis second comics collection of Hellboy’s earliest days as a B.P.R.D. agent takes him across the globe in adventures that tie in to the darkest corners of the \u003ci\u003eHellboy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eB.P.R.D.\u003c\/i\u003e comics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoin Hellboy and his fellow agents on globe-trotting horrifying mystery adventures from a fire ghost in a forgotten dinosaur theme park to vengeful demons in Hong Kong, Cold War weapons tests that lead to mutilated monsters in the South Pacific to a forgotten ghost in a NYC potter’s field and more, plus the true story of Hellboy’s turn on the silver screen in Mexican luchador films!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume collects \u003ci\u003eHellboy and the B.P.R.D.\u003c\/i\u003e across volumes \u003ci\u003e1955\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e1956\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e1957\u003c\/i\u003e, from a slew of extraordinary talents including Mike Norton, Alison Sampson, Shawn Martinbrough, and more in this paperback edition!“A must-have for \u003ci\u003eHellboy\u003c\/i\u003e fans who might have missed these stories when they were first released and a great collection for those, like me, who want to dig deeper into the creative process behind their favorite comics”—Fanbase Press\u003cb\u003eMIKE MIGNOLA’\u003c\/b\u003es fascination with ghosts and monsters began at an early age; reading \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e at age twelve introduced him to Victorian literature and folklore, from which he has never recovered. Starting in 1982 as a bad inker for Marvel Comics, he swiftly evolved into a not-so-bad artist. By the late 1980s, he had begun to develop his own unique graphic style, with mainstream projects like \u003ci\u003eCosmic Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBatman: Gotham by Gaslight\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1994, he published the first \u003ci\u003eHellboy\u003c\/i\u003e series through Dark Horse, leading to over two decades of comics spinoffs, prose books, animated films, and live-action films. He worked on Francis Ford Coppola’s film \u003ci\u003eBram Stoker’s Dracula \u003c\/i\u003e(1992), Disney’s \u003ci\u003eAtlantis: The Lost Empire \u003c\/i\u003e(2001), and with director Guillermo del Toro on \u003ci\u003eBlade II\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), \u003ci\u003eHellboy\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), and \u003ci\u003eHellboy II: The Golden Army \u003c\/i\u003e(2008). A new film by Neil Marshall was released in 2019. 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