A reasonable selection of tales. The weaker ones are probably the earlier, more ghost story types. Because basically, the Right Hand of Doom cannot wail on ghosts, and Hellboy is there to see if he can find out what is going on, mostly.
The best stories are the crossover, by Charles de Lint, with his Newford milieu. A veteran Newford cop has been ordered to set up a paranormal task force. He, of course, thinks this is a punishment. It pretty much appears the guy has been walking around oblivious.
Then Hellboy comes to town, to assist in an investigation. A big, fishy eye-opener for the new paranormal task force.
There are other monsters, including a relative, crazed Romanians, etc, and even a Lobster Johnston snippet, and a psychic regression story, starring Abe Sapien.
Certainly worth it for fans.
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 01 The Brotherhood of the Gun - Frank Darabont
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 02 From an Enchanter Fleeing - Peter Crowther
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 03 Down in the Flood - Scott Allie
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 04 Newford Spook Squad - Charles de Lint
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 05 Water Music - David J. Schow
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 06 The Vampire Brief - James L. Cambias
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 07 Unfinished Business - Ed Gorman and Richard Dean Starr
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 08 Saint Hellboy - Tom Piccirilli
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 09 Hellboy Odder Jobs : Sleepless in Manhattan - Nancy Kilpatrick
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 10 The Wish Hounds - Sharyn McCrumb
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 11 Act of Mercy - Tom E. Sniegoski
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 12 The Thrice-Named Hill - Graham Joyce
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 13 Of Blood Of Clay - James A. Moore
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 14 A Full and Satisfying Life - Ray Garton
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 15 The Glass Road - Tim Lebbon
Hellboy Odder Jobs : 16 Tasty Teeth - Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins
Ghostly gunslinger showdown loop.
4 out of 5
Fatal fog.
3.5 out of 5
Aquatic wifenapping.
3 out of 5
Hellboy gives a new cop team in Newford a leg up.
4 out of 5
Abe's ancestry.
3 out of 5
Vamp's fatal courtroom mistake.
3.5 out of 5
Succubus stalks soldiers.
3 out of 5
Floating mafia granny.
3.5 out of 5
Imp and undine, park interlopers.
4 out of 5
Scholar needs help with the Wild Hunt.
3.5 out of 5
Carrier crow leads to Romanian demon.
3.5 out of 5
Snake-woman sister surprise.
3.5 out of 5
Homunculus vs Golem.
3 out of 5
Manticore likes bits of boys.
4 out of 5
Fire Dogs from Hell.
4 out of 5
Tooth fairies, meet grenade.
3 out of 5
3.5 out of 5
Thursday, May 17, 2007
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