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This was my first 'Hellboy' experience and I enjoyed it. I have never read anything by artist Mike Mignola and I enjoyed his artwork. His artwork is dark and very unique. The simplicity behind the artwork carries the story well and effectively. This volume contains two stories: The Third Wish and The Island. Both I enjoyed even though I have not read the previous five volumes in this series. Hellboy still has his witty sense of humor that pays out in his dialogue and interactions with the villai...
A quieter, more serene volume compared to the previous one. Strange Places collects two stories, The Third Wish and The Island. The first one is just a really good story all around, with a very solid structure and great payoff. The Island, on the other hand, could have been handled better. Mignola himself admits that he had a lot of trouble with this story, completely redrawing and rewriting the entire thing three times before ending up with the final result. And it shows — what started as a pre...
The Third Wish contains everything that's great about Hellboy. A badass villain in the Bog Roosh, Hellboy denying his destiny, his compassion for others, even those who've harmed him, and his wit.I love how The Island starts out. Hellboy out drinking is great and done in such a Hellboy way. It does get bogged down in an infodump later on but still worth a read.
As the title suggests, the book takes the readers to strange places indeed. And although the journey may seem confusing at times, it is very entertaining.
I've finished my re-read of the first five volumes and am moving on into new material--I've read a few scattered later volumes in the series, but this one was new to me. Two stories pick up where we left off in Conqueror Worm, with Hellboy leaving the B.P.R.D. and going off in search of...even he's not sure what, but it begins with him heading to Africa. I like the first story better than the second, mainly because the triad of the three mermaids' wishes is so poignant and so perfectly fairy-tal...
I've been making my way through the Hellboy trade paperbacks this week, and while I've really been enjoying them, this is the first one that I've felt the need to write a review for. I'm such a Negative Nelly that I'm speaking up because this is the first volume I've been disappointed in. In the intro to one of the two 2-parters that are in this volume, Mike Mignola promises that he's going to provide some origin stories for the Hellboy universe. I was looking forward to this, but the execution
"He has seen the face of the creature he was meant to be." I feel these are now getting a bit repetitive, maybe I shouldn't binge them. Hellboy wonders about, bumps into some folklore spirit, they tell him how he is the fall of all mankind, shed a little light on his hand, the end. I will continue as I am 6 deep now and would like to know what his hand is really for...2🌟
A return to the mysteries of Hellboy's origins and destiny, as Hellboy wanders after his departure from the BPRD. Hellboy's plain-speaking, cursing, and world weariness are present, as well as his adamant refusal to play by the rules of various gods and spirits and other beings.
Oceans of haunting beauty!
Strange Places contain the stories The Third Wish and The Island.After the events in Conqueror Worm, Hellboy has quit the BPRD and gone on a walkabout of sorts. The Third Wish finds him in Africa, searching for an ancient witch doctor named Mohlomi. He informs Hellboy that the ocean is calling him and he must go. Meanwhile, three mermaid sisters seeking wishes have come to see the Bog Roosh, a giant fish woman with magical powers. She promises to grant the wishes if they can hammer her magical n...
There’s something very entertaining in the fact that every time I look up one of these title on GR, the system autocorrects it to bellboy. Are there a lot of bellboy books out there? At any rate, how can they possibly compare to the whatever excellence Mike Mignola comes up with. This was a lovely surprise from our library, which has previously seemed to believe the first five books in the series were enough. It isn’t enough, not ever going to be enough. Because it’s just so freaking good. Every...
4.5 stars!My favorite volume so far! I loved the Third Wish. It's your classic fairytale with creepy vibes and evil grandmothers. It's a classic formula that works SO WELL in the Hellboy world. Loved it! As for The Island, I was loving it, I was planning to give the volume and overall 5, but the ending had me a bit confused. Wish it would have explained better some details at the end. That being said, Hellboy's lore is expanding and I love the mythology of it all and how many urban myths and fol...
3.5 starsThis is still a great series, but this story felt more of the same
My favourite Hellboy collection so far. Loved this from start to finish. The first story, The Third Wish was just so sad, the ending is the closets to tears I have ever been reading a Hellboy story. Other than the emotional impact this story just had a lot going for it. It was fun seeing the African spirits reacting so violently to having the bringer of the apocalypses on their continent. And it was nice seeing the monsters of the world wanting Hellboy dead because they don't want the utter anni...
Hellboy starts his journey of self-discovery and life re-evaluation after quitting the B.P.R.D., wandering to far-off lands to... well, to have more Hellboy adventures. But they are more deeply personal Hellboy stories than ever, once more focusing on Hellboy and his role in the foreseen apocalypse of which he, supposedly, will be the harbinger.Okay, so, this book is fantastic, from start to finish. From Mignola's deeply revealing introductions, to Hellboy's ever-so-charming "wisecracks" (if blu...
Pretty great mermaid story. Bought this at a sale to try Hellboy out and I will definitely come back for more.
The stories are quite long but not a complete storyline. I honestly wish they kept these away from the main stotylines The stories are good and the artwork top notch just annoying its disconnection with other stories.
I think this is quite good but its strength is all in the reveals about Hellboy's real creation all the way back through time as a vision quest. If you don't mind just having him question his motives or reaffirm his chosen destiny versus being the bringer of the apocalypse, this volume is just fine. The art's interesting and the twists aren't unexpected, but it's still very satisfying.
What's the best way to kill off a quirky, mysterious, unsettling world? How about explaining it all in a neat, tidy manner through an extremely long and convenient bit of exposition from a previously unknown character? Mignola's art is still great and the first story ('The Third Wish') is solid, if not as focused and uncanny as the short tales in 'The Chained Coffin and Other Stories'.But why does Mignola suddenly feel the need to wrap up his expansive, eccentric, esoteric cosmology in one unher...
Africa. The tinkling of bells. Doomed mermaids. The Bog Roosh. Hecate. Davy Jones' Locker. Blasphemy and Inquisition. Atlantis, Lemuria, and Urr. The Watchers. The 32 words. Ogdru Jahad. The 369 Ogdru Hem. The Golden People. Hyperboria. Thoth. The Black Goddess. The Right Hand. The secret history of the world. And that's before we get to the eight pages of the original version of The Island, which is an homage to William Hope Hodgson.Any nod, no matter how small, to WHH has my immediate attentio...