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Godzilla: Oblivion #3 (2016) Art by Brian Churilla

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Another superb mini-series from Mike Mignola featuring Hellboy in his younger years at the BPRD.

This time its 1955 and there's more supernatural skullduggery afoot!

Hellboy & the BPRD - Occult Intelligence by Mike Mignola + Chris Roberson with art by Brian Churilla.

Covers by Paolo Rivera.

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Never forget what they took from you.

These are test pages made by Brian Churilla when he was trying to get the job as artist for the TSE graphic novels. He was rejected in favor of PinkyPills

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Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1955 - Occult Intelligence by Brian Churilla and Dave Stewart (2017)

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Godzilla: Oblivion #3 (2016), art by Brian Churilla

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Hellboy #18: Hellboy und die B.U.A.P. 1955 von Mike Mignola und Chris Roberson ist ein Comicband der Hellboy-Reihe von Dark Horse Comics, welches bei Cross Cult als gebundene Ausgabe in deutscher Übersetzung erscheint. Gemeinsam mit Chris Roberson und einigen Zeichnern erzählt Mike Mignola die Abenteuer, welche der weltgrößte paranormale Detektiv im Jahr 1955 erlebt.

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Hellboy & The BPRD: 1955 - “Occult Intelligence”

Story: Mike Mignola & Chris Roberson | Art: Brian Churilla | Colours: Dave Stewart | Letters: Clem Robins

Originally published by Dark Horse in Hellboy & The BPRD: 1955 - Occult Intelligence #1-3 | September-November 2017

Collected in Hellboy & The BPRD: 1955

Plot Summary:

Hellboy and a team investigate some weird goings-on at an air base on the Marshall Islands. Whereby they find more bomb tests, enkeladite, and mutated creatures. Bruttenholm visits some old friends in London, discovering some spooky actions done in darkness. And Susan has visions that something horrible is coming. All pointing to signs that there are more occult intelligence organizations doing their thing.

Reading Notes:

(Note: Pagination is in reference to the chapter itself and is not indicative of anything found in the issues or collections.)

pg. 1 - That’s kind of a weird looking bomb.

pg. 2 - The story told off panel just by seeing the sound effects and spurts of blood is impressive and disturbing.

pg. 3 - A bunyip is a mythical creature in Australia, that’s often described as a kind of water dog, though there are some stories that have them as more reptilian. So, we finally get a cryptid for Woody in the form of a bunyip and it’s not even on panel. That’s an adventure that cries to be told eventually. 

pg. 6 - I think anyone would be a little shocked to initially see Hellboy, but it’s interesting that it doesn’t seem to be his presence that has Archie’s old friend on edge. Seems like we’re getting initial hints that something hinky is going on.

pg. 7 - I like that we’re getting a few narrative threads here, with what feels like a main focus on Hellboy in the Marshall Islands, but also Susan and Bruttenholm travelling to England. 

pg. 9 - The history of the military base on the Marshall Islands being used as an atomic testing area is accurate, so we’re seeing bits of real history worked into this narrative.

Also, in addition to seeing the guy coming in that looks freaked out by Hellboy’s appearance (someone who we’ll come to realize has appeared a few times before), there’s the little detail of Stegner sitting alone reading there.

pg. 10 - Something big in the ocean and disappearing crewmen. Although, given how small the Marshall Islands really are, where do they think they went if they deserted?

pg. 12 - Russian. Moravec. This is the guy from Beyond the Fences.

pg. 14 - Also great to see Victor Koestler again. It seems like this arc is determined to show off as many of the existing characters and story threads as possible.

pg. 16 - And opening up the possibility for more insight into Susan.

pg. 18 - It seems like something weird is going on with the British intelligence community. This is building off of what we saw in Ghost Moon with the Special Intelligence Directorate. (Also illustrated by Brian Churilla, so a nice continuation).

pg. 20 - Giant mutant turtle. Right up Hellboy’s alley during this time period. 

pg. 24 - Great overall fight with this turtle. Love the action and the humour that’s a signature for Hellboy’s fights.

pg. 26 - Monster turtle goo...fun.

pg. 29 - We know that Lady Cynthia is essentially lying here based on what we’ve seen before, but it raises the question as to why. Why is she keeping her friend in dark and why is Britain intent on keeping their occult division so super-secret hush hush.

pg. 30 - This is hilarious.

pg. 33 - It seems really weird that the military would stonewall another government entity. Especially one that specializes in this sort of thing. Also, I think I’d be really, really concerned about both the giant monster turtle and the fact that the atomic bomb disappeared.

pg. 36 - Gorgeous art here for the vision from Churilla and Stewart. Also, interesting that it seems to be coming off of a statue of Durga.

pg. 37-39 - Just great visual storytelling here in these mostly silent pages as Bruttenholm continues his investigation. I love the colours that Stewart is using.

pg. 40-41 - This is an interesting insight into why Stegner was sitting alone, but he does seem unnecessarily harsh with Hellboy about loss.

pg. 42 - Here we get further confirmation that whatever it is that the military is testing with these bombs is linked to the enkeladite formations that occurred back in 1948.

pg. 44 - I like the electricity effects. Though, even though Varvara would undoubtedly be angry that the Russian agent messed up again, I’m not sure if killing the son of her favourite human would ultimately win him any brownie points.

pg. 45 - He definitely seems angry that Hellboy doesn’t even remember him.

pg. 46 - Hellboy getting “fried” is one hell of an image.

pg. 49 - I quite like this complication in the arrival of another mutated creature. 

pg. 50 - Hellboy putting together that the actions of this guy and whatever organization he might represent have been going on for longer than they themselves are aware is nice to see.

pg. 51 - Love this silhouette.

pg. 54 - Just giving the bird what it wants seems like a brilliant idea.

pg. 55 - The Special Intelligence Directorate definitely seems to be populated by people who enjoy acting like pompous asshats.

pg. 57 - This “help” feels more like holding information over Bruttenholm’s head rather than something shared out of concern. 

pg. 58 - This pseudoscientific equipment is awesome.

pg. 60 - More monsters, precarious predicaments, and visions of the future. Should be interesting.

pg. 62 - These guys seem creepy. Also, further reinforcing the idea that there are different elements within the government and military that are working at cross-purposes to the Bureau. 

pg. 63 - Weaponizing things they don’t understand never works out well.

pg. 65 - It should be interesting to see how this plays out.

pg. 66 - Very interesting to see the Colorado base as it was originally used by the previous inhabitants.

Final Thoughts:

I really like Brian Churilla’s artwork. He’s got an exaggerated angular style that brings to mind Jack Kirby, Michael Avon Oeming, and Keith Giffen, but with a feel all his own. There’s also a nice animated feel in his style that brings to mind some of the Japanese anime influences that artists like Jeff Matsuda brought to the industry, and it perfectly works for Hellboy. Dave Stewart’s colours here also help achieve that visual atmosphere, with some interesting pastel and neon colour choices, complete with an approach to the backgrounds that alternate between a complete solid fill and a negative outline wash.

Also, like with what we’ve got going on in the present with all of the Hellboy universe coming together to tell the final chapter of the narrative that began back in Seed of Destruction, something similar is happening here. Not quite an end, but a culmination of the numerous different threads that have been running through the historical series, giving us a picture of the larger game that’s been being played through the stories.

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Review: Books of Magic #12

Review: BOOKS OF MAGIC #12

  [Editor’s Note: This Review may contain spoilers]

Writer: Kat Howard

Artist: Tom Fowler, Craig Taillefer and Brian Churilla

Colors: Marissa Louise

Letters: Todd Klein

  Reviewer: Tony Farina

Summary

Books of Magic#12 starts off with Tim coming home to find out that his Mum has been lying to him. Duh. We all knew, but it is finally time for Tim to find out. That goes…

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