A phenomenal volume of Hellboy. The Conqueror Worm is a turning point for the entire Hellboy universe, as it splits one great comic into two, Hellboy and BPRD respectively, as well as introduces a whole new character, Lobster Johnson (and, as it turns out, also The Visitor, who now has his own great mini-series). When I first read Conqueror Worm, I gave it a pretty low rating, and I can sort of see why: for a new reader, this might be too overwhelming, because so many parts of Hellboy's crazy my...

I love Hellboy. He's awesome. Loved the story and the characters. Everything looked great to me.

10/10Take this review with a grain of salt.......I am the waterboy for Mignola.

Although Conqueror Worm takes its name from an Edgar Allan Poe Poem, the book has more of a Lovecraftian vibe. It takes us to the mountains of Austria, where Hellboy and Roger have to battle some old enemies and a new one.Packed with action and twists, and executed with some phenomenal artwork, Conqueror Worm is yet another awesome volume in the Hellboy series.

Seriously, how many trench coats must this guy go through? It's no surprise he chose to forego the most of the rest of the clothes. But hey, he looks good doing it, so..Mignola returns to long form with this latest adventure, revisiting some of the themes from the books one and two. Aliens…check. Evil Nazis…check. Mad scientists…check. Strange creatures turned fellow investigators…check. Etc. It also gets serious at the end, the red giant takes a pause from taking names and kicking ass and pond

Easily the best single-volume story in the Hellboy canon up until this point. Occultism, science fiction horror, Nazis, cosmic terror, ancient sorcery - everything that makes the pulps great are in full form here.

Re-read 8/3/15: See below. This is probably my favorite of the books; it deals with questions of free will and humanity, what they mean and what we do with them. In this second read-through of the series, I'm more conscious of how steeped in folklore it was from the beginning, but Conqueror Worm goes back to the origins of the series, bringing back some of our old Nazi friends and the constantly looming threat of the Ogdru Jahad, and I find that very satisfying. And I absolutely love Roger the g...

Hell boy stories have been consistant so far on all levels. These fell short on the plot, which could have been shortened a little bit. But at least we get some progress in HB life, and the blooming of some of the seeds planted in the book begining.

Before the B.P.R.D. books started, this is without a doubt the best long HB story.This was the book that defined and changed the world of HB forever, the consequences of this book and the characters of this book would forever alter the single character book that was Hellboy into the wider world of the B.P.R.D. this book is awesome:World: It's Mignola, the colours the framing is top notch, as it the world building. Once again we are taken to a weird and interesting local and let loose to explore....

GR gremlins ate my original entry.

In a way, this volume feels like Mignola threw his entire basket of weird and creepy at us. And yet, somehow, it all works. Yes, there are Nazi zombies and ghosts and aliens and... Still, it works. And somehow, Mignola still has time to delve into Hellboy's character, more than in most of the previous volumes. And did I mention that it looks great? Because it does, it looks fantastic.

Great story that brings in Lobster Johnson who I had wanted to see in the film series. This book is classic Hellboy and after a string of oneshot books I was happy to have another fully fledged out story. Granted the bulk of the crew are missing we still have enough strong secondary characters to keep this from falling short. Mignola has created one of the strongest character lines and the depth of characters will keep this going for some time to come. The villains are interesting and full of re...

If you thought the Hellboy movies were good then you will love the comics. Much more backstory on the monsters and the history of hellboys origin. This volume sets up the stage for the B.P.R.D War on Frogs storyline. Great reads, Very recommended

Oddly enough, or perhaps not oddly at all, I'm really enjoying Hellboy. At first it was just an intellectual enjoyment, getting all into the conspiracy stuff and the metaphysics and the magic as well as the history, but now I'm just rocking to the stories being told. It's filled with gentle reveals, perhaps no more than hints, and we've got a grand sweep of untold history, but all these snippets are pure gold.I like Lobster Johnson and Roger a lot. Alien intelligences and cthuhlu entities? Even

Lobster Johnson makes his first appearance, and I kept having the urge to say "pow!" or " zowee!" whenever Lobster was in action.And dear, wonderful Roger is on this mission with Hellboy. And the head honcho at the BPRD shows some definite specism, which rightly disgusts Hellboy.

I just spent the past 2 weeks reading the Hellboy volumes 1 – 12 in a roughly chronological order. Many of the volumes include various short pieces, and they are not in chronological order by volume. In fact, the first stories chronologically actually are in Volume 4, then 11, 10, 7, 3, then 1, and so on. (You can find chronological reading lists on different websites. I found the most useful and up-to-date on the Hellboy wikia, but you may encounter spoilers as you follow the chronology thread....

Hellboy makes me feel all fuzzy and warm inside. “The Conqueror Worm” begins with a prologue that sounds just about goth and melodramatic enough to make every emo teen weak at the knees. And then you find out that it actually is Poe, and of course it fits the atmosphere perfectly. Everything here is just a bit over the top, just a bit too exaggerated, just a bit of every mythological cliché out there, just a bit of heart-wrench and tear-jerking, just a bit of romantic heroism, just a bit of iron...

This was the second of two volumes of Hellboy that I picked up cheap and it was the less satisfying of the two. Collecting a four-part miniseries, this felt a little padded and of all the kinds of darkness I've encountered in comics the Lovecraft-influenced stuff is my least favourite. So this one was a bit meh for me. I like the Hellboy mythology and if I could pick up more of these early collections at a reasonable price, I would consider adding them to the collection.

One thing you need to know about Hellboy is that each series builds off the last. You can't just pick up a story from the core run at random and expect to know what's going on. That being said, this build wonderfully off previous volumes. You've got more Nazis and Lovecraftian elements. I love Roger and Hellboy together. I wish they had teamed up more. Mignola sets up the perfect Lovecraftian doom vibe in this story. This is where Hellboy really starts to come together just as BPRD splits off ou...

Lo! ’t is a gala night Within the lonesome latter years! An angel throng, bewinged, bedight In veils, and drowned in tears, Sit in a theatre, to see A play of hopes and fears,While the orchestra breathes fitfully The music of the spheres.Mimes, in the form of God on high, Mutter and mumble low,And hither and thither fly— Mere puppets they, who come and go At bidding of vast formless things That shift the scenery to and fro,Flapping from out their Condor wings Invisible Wo!