Hellboy Omnibus Vol.1

The story jumps from Hellboy's mysterious origin during World War II to his 1994 confrontation with the man who summoned him to earth and the first signs of the Frog Plague. Avoiding his supposed destiny as a herald of the end of the world, Hellboy continues with the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, fighting alongside Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman and enlisting Roger Homunculus in his own ill-fated service with the BPRD The Hellboy series Four-volume Omnibus plus the two volumes of The Complete Short Stories collect all of Mignola's award-winning Hellboy stories in chronological order for the definitive reading experience. This 368-page volume covers Hellboy's adventures from 1994 to 1997, reprinting Seed of Destruction, Wake the Devil and "Wolves of St August", "The Chained Coffin" and "Almost Colossus", from The Chained Coffin and The Right Hand . of misfortune. ''Mignola, Byrne and Chiarello have created a perfect introduction to Mignola's Hellboy, his mysterious environment and the unanswered questions surrounding his origin. '' - Comics Authority