HELLBOY: AMERICA'S BERSERK

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  @Meatwesal · 4 years ago

  Hellboys take on the wendigo was rather interesting too. Heck, most of the mythology based side stories were what truly hooked me back in the day.

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• SL

  @sloppywc · 4 years ago

  I know jack shit about hellboy, but the line alone “Hellboy in Mexico.” Made me buy the box set in a heartbeat

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• UN

  @unveiledexodus · 4 years ago

  "stoic, sad chad energy" Yep that's the take away line here.

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• LU

  @lucasfreitas3701 · 4 years ago

  One point I would like to make<br>In the short story “Hot”, Hellboy fights a Japanese monster with a long wood “sword”, the fight looks a lot like the craziest monster fights in Berserk<br>Maybe an inspiration IDK

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• SC

  @scoobysnak07 · 4 years ago

  Fun fact: the art style of Atlantis: The Lost Empire was based off of Hellboy.

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• RE

  @realsanmer · 3 years ago

  What I personally love about Hellboy, is how he is effortlessly badass, and also completly lame, in such an endearing way. <br><br>In a vaccum, a gunsling demon detective who sawed off his own horns and fights monsters on the regular is such a cool concept, but then you hear him say the corniest one-liners, like he <i>wants</i> to sound badass. It grounds him in a really nice way.<br><br>I also love how <b>nice</b> he is: he&apos;s a bit grumpy and quite stoic, sure, but from the first comic you see how much he cares for other people, how he chooses to be good in spite of his fate (and how much it fucks him over). He&apos;s also good with kids, quite patient, and barely curses, which you don&apos;t expect from a guy with his looks. <br><br>Mike Mignola could have so easily gone with the &quot;badass male power fantasy that treats everyone like shit&quot; trope, but instead he made one of my favorite comic characters.

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• F_

  @F_King7 · 4 years ago

  &quot;Did we just become best friend&apos;s!!&quot;<br>I honestly never really looked into why Guts and Hellboy have always been 2 of my favorite characters in geek culture and with my multiple times reading Miuras masterpiece and yeaars (13yrs+) &nbsp;of the hellboy universe being in my comic &quot;pull list&quot; I&apos;ve never once thought to examining the parallels. I just thought i was too edgy for my own good. &nbsp;Now i see they are opposite sides of a real strange coin. &nbsp;Thank you for helping me see this. &nbsp;<br> It&apos;s like when i find out Stephen Summers Directed 1999&apos;s The Mummy (one of my favorite movie) aaaand 2004&apos;s Van Helsing (My most guilty pleasure).

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• JE

  @jellyface401 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Hellboy is less of a reluctant hero and more of a Gothic Detective. He may look down on all the Demon Shenanigans and be tired of all their shit. But he cares as any willing messiah would. way less individualistic and very low flawdness compared to Guts.

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• DA

  @Darkfist007 · 4 years ago

  I still think The Stranger, and Why He Stayed was one of the best Hellboy one offs. God I love these comics, so good.

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• VI

  @viktorfrankenstein7603 · 4 years ago (edited)

  I remember when reading Hellboy and he denies what he is suposed to be to recognize himself as Hellboy such a beatiful moment

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• JO

  @josephdubois5290 · 4 years ago

  I honestly think it&apos;s a shame comics couldn&apos;t work in NA america the same way Manga works in Japan, and actually, everywhere else, cause there are a lot of really great stories told in the format. Graphic fiction as a whole really has tons of value and I think its a shame it doesn&apos;t have as much casual appreciation as it deserves.

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• RO

  @RomanceRoach · 4 years ago (edited)

  When I think of a “hero” it’s kinda hard not to think about the more traditional hero in a costume “it’s my duty to protect the innocent and save the world” kinda guy. And Hellboy does literally all of that, but for me it was more Heroic to see an extremely reserved and sad dude dig himself out from his own horrible circumstances and never dragging anyone down with him because of it. That’s a very nice way to look at a hero

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