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Hellboy: "The Crooked Man"
24+23+24 pgs. Appeared first time
in
Hellboy: The Crooked Man #1 to #3
(2008).
Story: Mike Mignola. Art: Richard Corben. Color:
Dave Stewart. Lettering: Clem Robins.
No known translation.
Style: Black line with colors. Genre: Super Hero. Time
Span: Fantasy/No particular moment of time. Nudity: Voluptuous girls.
Keywords: Hellboy. Witches. Demons. Lucky Bone. Temptation. Money.
Skin-changing. Animals.
Synopsis: In 1956, somewhere in the mountains of West Virginia,
Hellboy encounters Tom, a man who in his youth sold his soul to a backwoods
demon known as the Crooked Man. Together they travel back into the dark
heart of the Appalachian mountains to confront that demon and see if
Tom's soul can't be saved. Issue 2 includes an one time shooter, "Witchball".
Comment: I'm not much familiar with Mike Mignola's other stories, but I do like both of collaborations with Mr. Corben. This one even more than the first one. Both female characters are done very Corbenish way. And the marches of magots and other filthy animals are done greatly (issue #2 is visually the best). One single frame reminds a lot of one in the story "The Shadow" (clothed skeleton).
Copyright © 2008 Heart-Attack-Series,
Ink!,
Created: April 17, 2008. Modified:
April 1, 2010.
