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fishfish's review
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
magnetgrrl's review
3.0
Not my favorite of Hellboy stories, but I wasn't really clear if this was a one-off or part of an arc - I'm a bit behind in the main story. Gets a one-star bump because in general I love Hellboy though.
jexjthomas's review
5.0
What a weird and wonderful collection of stories which consist almost entirely of Hellboy slugging it out with other monsters.
crookedtreehouse's review
4.0
If you wish comics had more paranormal luchadores, then you've finally found book.
Hellboy in Mexico tracks five "missing" months from Hellboy's adventures in a series of short stories that lean more to the fun side of this horror epic. The Aztec Mummy story is kind of an unnecessary dud, but the rest of the volume, with art by [a:Richard Corben|9019|Richard Corben|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1360892455p2/9019.jpg], [a:Fábio Moon|454774|Fábio Moon|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1309371479p2/454774.jpg], [a:Gabriel Bá|313357|Gabriel Bá|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1298668985p2/313357.jpg], and [a:Mick McMahon|7031835|Mick McMahon|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] is a blast.
I would recommend this to Hellboy stalkers, fans of Richard Corben, horror lovers, luchadore fanatics, Frankenstein enthusiasts, people who wonder what Hellboy's first wife was like, fantastic art, people who wish wrestling had more supernatural elements, and Kirk Langstrom.
Hellboy in Mexico tracks five "missing" months from Hellboy's adventures in a series of short stories that lean more to the fun side of this horror epic. The Aztec Mummy story is kind of an unnecessary dud, but the rest of the volume, with art by [a:Richard Corben|9019|Richard Corben|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1360892455p2/9019.jpg], [a:Fábio Moon|454774|Fábio Moon|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1309371479p2/454774.jpg], [a:Gabriel Bá|313357|Gabriel Bá|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1298668985p2/313357.jpg], and [a:Mick McMahon|7031835|Mick McMahon|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] is a blast.
I would recommend this to Hellboy stalkers, fans of Richard Corben, horror lovers, luchadore fanatics, Frankenstein enthusiasts, people who wonder what Hellboy's first wife was like, fantastic art, people who wish wrestling had more supernatural elements, and Kirk Langstrom.
roseblight's review
4.0
4 stars for everything besides the Richard Corben story House of the Living Dead which gets an exemplary 5 stars. Honestly the best pastiche of the great Universal Monster sequels I've ever seen, nails every classic trope while still being madly original.
zanish's review
adventurous
dark
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ldyliberty's review
I liked 'Hellboy in Mexico' and 'House of the Living Dead'; the stories in between weren't as interesting.
jakekilroy's review
4.0
I'll never stop loving Hellboy. He as a character is so perfectly balanced and Mignola is so perfectly open to whatever may suit him. I also love his pre-tale rundown of explaining why the story, how the production, why the art. Hellboy romping through Mexico all drunk for five months was an ideal throwaway gag and the fact that Mignola came back to it in order to tell it, and to do with such wild anarchy, from luchadore brothers to a mysterious wife, it's grand. It's all grand.