HELLBOY

There are few characters more original or striking (literally – Hellboy punches first, asks questions… well, almost never) than Hellboy, the genius creation of Mike Mignola, who uses the character as the outlet for his obsession with pulp comics, Lovecraftian horror and tales of ancient folklore and the supernatural.

Enhanced greatly by Mignola’s artwork – pitch-black shadows and popping reds – Hellboy is a lumbering but lovable giant of few words (although, “aw, crap” is usually high on the list) who interacts with talking corpses and giant tentacled horrors while trying to deny the destiny he was created for.

For the movies, Guillermo del Toro gave Hellboy more inner turmoil and emotions, but the comics version is a blast as he investigates the paranormal in much the same way Gene Hunt investigates crime -fists first!

AKA: ANUNG UN RAMA

FIRST APPEARED IN SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON COMICS #2 (1993)

CREATED BY MIKE MIGNOLA