Chad's Reviews > Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction

Mignola mixes in Nazis, Rasputin, and H.P. Lovecraft into a bubbling, smoking cocktail worthy of Hellboy itself. The scripting here is verbose, but then again it's John Byrne. The story plods in spots. The plotting and voices of the characters gets much better in later volumes, once Byrne is no longer involved. Going back and re-reading this, I'd forgotten how much this lays the groundwork for further stories. Even The Visitor makes an appearance. I love the mixing of Nazis and Lovecraftian lore, I mean are there really any better villains in horror? Hellboy is one of my favorite characters of all time. I'm glad it holds up on re-reads.