![]() ![]() It kicks off the long-running Hellboy narrative, which would carry throughout much of Hellboy and related comics. Looking for a good place to start reading Hellboy? I recommend starting at the very beginning – Hellboy: Seed of Destruction. Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1 cover by Mike Mignola. Read on to find out the best way to start reading as well as what the best format to read it is. With so many miniseries, one-shots, short stories, and different publication formats, it can be difficult to know where to start with reading Hellboy. It’s a style that’s gone on to be Mignola’s signature and has been noted as being influential to many artists. ![]() ![]() Mignola implements heavy blacks in his art, which work well with the supernatural and shadowy tones of the subject matter. Hellboy is also visually unique through the use of Mignola’s high-contrast style. Everything from Jack Kirby, H.P Lovecraft, folklore from all around the world, Edgar Allen Poe, pulp heroes, and much more have inspired Mignola to form a comic that is truly unique. While that sounds like that may have a limited scope, each Hellboy story actually draws from a large pool of influences. For 25 years artist/writer Mike Mignola has crafted stories of Hellboy, the well-meaning demon summoned by Nazi occultists who now works to save the world from a variety of supernatural threats. ![]()
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