Hellboy In Love #1
| Writer | Mike Mignola, Christie Golden |
| Artist | Matt Smith |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
Hellboy has been assigned to patrol a train route where goblins have been stealing from passengers. Their latest victim, Anastacia, is a researcher and archaeologist transporting valuable artifacts to a museum, and she's not going to let them go without a fight! Rather than stay behind, she teams up with Hellboy to chase the light-fingered fey through the British countryside and into . . . a local punk show?
Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is joined by cowriter Christopher Golden and artist Matt Smith, featuring the colors of Chris O'Halloran, for a story of occult adventure and unlikely romance.
CRITIC REVIEWS
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9.1
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Oct 19, 2022Smith delivers some beautifully detailed art throughout the issue. The visuals craft a wonderfully lush and engaging environment for the characters. Read Full Review
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9.0
ComicBook.com - Spencer Perry
Oct 19, 2022Long-time Hellboy readers know that the "Beast of the Apocalypse" has dabbled in romance a handful of times but his flings were brief, albeit powerful. With their new series, Hellboy in Love, the powers that be in the franchise have decided to explore the idea with a little more nuance, plus it finally gives those with the hots for monsters some representation in another mainstream comic book series. Read Full Review
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8.2
Multiversity Comics - James Dowling
Oct 19, 2022A tale lovingly made for all those readers that have wondered about When Hellboy Met Anastasia. Read Full Review
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8.0
Sequential Planet - Marcus Orchard
Oct 17, 2022Hellboy in Love #1 is an excellent read for longtime fans and newcomers. Anyone who wants to see a dynamic duo with great chemistry will want to check this miniseries out. Read Full Review
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8.0
Razorfine - Alan Rapp
Oct 26, 2022As the issues suggests, there's some strong chemistry between the gruff Hellboy and the flirtatious and adventurous researcher. There's also plenty of action here with Anastacia and Hellboy squabbling cutely while working together to track the goblins and the artifacts down. Their path leads them eventually to a punk rock concert as the issue comes to a close but with answers possibly in sight. Read Full Review
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6.7
Major Spoilers - Jonathan Cadotte
Oct 22, 2022Hellboy in Love #1 commits a cardinal sin of opening a series up. It wastes its first issue on exposition, without giving a really good example of how dangerous the threat actually is. Read Full Review
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N/A
The Fandom Post - Chris Beveridge
Oct 19, 2022Hellboy is a fun character that has decades of story material that can be told from all the missions in the past. This one in 1979 is certainly interesting as you get a couple of interesting characters right out of the gate and the goblins themselves are pretty interesting too. Golden sets up a straightforward enough story to move the action and interactions forward so it hits some good notes and keeps you entertained throughout it. The artwork is really good with some great details and really strong background design that makes it easy to feel like you're reading about places that feel inhabited. I'm curious to see how this all goes. Read Full Review
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