{"product_id":"hellboy-the-crooked-man-the-return-of-effie-kolb-isbn-9781506744049","title":"Hellboy: The Crooked Man \u0026 The Return of Effie Kolb","description":"\u003cb\u003eExperience Hellboy’s classic Appalachian horror adventure that inspired the new movie!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHellboy helps a young man who sold his soul to the terrifying Crooked Man in Mignola and Richard Corben’s original series and the inspiration for the new film. In the sequel by Mignola and Zach Howard, Hellboy confronts the folk legend again when someone—or something—has moved into the Crooked Man’s backwoods mansion with wicked intentions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCollects \u003ci\u003eHellboy: The Crooked Man\u003c\/i\u003e #1–#3, \u003ci\u003eHellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Return of Effie Kolb\u003c\/i\u003e #1–#2.\u003cb\u003eMike Mignola\u003c\/b\u003e's 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. There are thirteen \u003ci\u003eHellboy\u003c\/i\u003e graphic novels (with more on the way), several spin-off titles (\u003ci\u003eB.P.R.D., Lobster Johnson, Abe Sapien,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSir Edward Grey: Witchfinder\u003c\/i\u003e), prose books, animated films, and two live-action films starring Ron Perlman. Along the way he worked on Francis Ford Coppola's film \u003ci\u003eBram Stoker's Dracula\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), was a production designer for Disney's \u003ci\u003eAtlantis: The Lost Empire\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), and was the visual consultant to 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). Mike's books have earned numerous awards and are published in a great many countries. Mike lives in Southern California with his wife, daughter, and cat.","brand":"Dark Horse Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301451714789,"sku":"NP9781506744049","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781506744049.jpg?v=1742924347","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/hellboy-the-crooked-man-the-return-of-effie-kolb-isbn-9781506744049","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}