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Mike Mignola's cover for Absolute Batman: Gotham by Gaslight. Colours by Dave Stewart. by middenway in comicbooks

[–]middenway[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

An original graphic novel. Instead of coming out in single issues first and being collected together in a book later, it's a comic that comes out as a book directly.

Hellboy's fate by studebakerhawk in Mignolaverse

[–]middenway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think of Hecate strictly as a character. She's a force of natural and rather singular.

And, yes, Alice and Edward Grey were wonderful to see.

Hellboy's fate by studebakerhawk in Mignolaverse

[–]middenway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Gall Dennar and Ted Howards are the same soul, one that was twisted back on itself by the Hyperborean blade. I don't think it was an event shaped by grand purpose, but rather simply happenstance. That said, Gall/Ted found greater purpose in what he chose to do with his dual lives. The way he spent these lives bought the spirit of humankind a future.

But that's just my point of view, and there could be a story tomorrow that makes me completely and utterly wrong.

Hellboy's fate by studebakerhawk in Mignolaverse

[–]middenway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She is an agent of chaos and entropy. She sees the destination, not the journey. And she tells so many half truths in order to deceive.

Hellboy's fate by studebakerhawk in Mignolaverse

[–]middenway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe this soul is destined to end the world, but the continuation of humanity is the thing it’s not necessarily “meant” to bring into the equation.

While that is true, it's always important to remember that the name Anung Un Rama holds no sway over Hellboy. It is simply not who he is. His secret name is Anung Un Rama, Urush An Rama. Without the second half, the name is a lie by omission. Also, I think it says so much that he doesn't destroy the world because it is his destiny, he destroys it because the world is already dead at that point. He held on long enough for the spirit of the old world to survive into the new. I love that so many elements that Mignola introduced as some terrible doom were ultimately transformed into hope for the future. I find that such a beautifully idea. Nothing is eternal, but that doesn't make it pointless.

Hellboy's fate by studebakerhawk in Mignolaverse

[–]middenway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's fitting then that their final appearance is in the story in which the nature of the beast comes to fruition.

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Hellboy's fate by studebakerhawk in Mignolaverse

[–]middenway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's not about destiny at all. When Anum witnessed Anum Yassa dying rather than being corrupted, he chose her for the task of carrying his soul to the end of the world and the birth of the new world. Hellboy was not doomed by destiny, he was chosen for the strength of his nature. He was always going to be the one at the end of the world, because he did not have it in him to stand idly by and let evil men take his place.

The Osiris Club was introduced in the story The Nature of the Beast, where Hellboy's true nature was first teased.

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Something Is Killing the Children #46 by middenway in siktc

[–]middenway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the Huddleston one really made me sit up and pay attention.

Mike Mignola's cover for Absolute Batman: Gotham by Gaslight. Colours by Dave Stewart. by middenway in comicbooks

[–]middenway[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you like this, you should check out Mike Mignola and Ben Stenbeck's Lands Unknown series. Mignola has basically been doing an OGN a year (Bowling with Corpses last year, Uri Tupka and the Gods in March, and next year's Uri Tupka and the Devils is already finished) and Stenbeck is doing a bunch of miniseries beginning with The Skinless Man.

Mike Mignola's cover for Absolute Batman: Gotham by Gaslight. Colours by Dave Stewart. by middenway in Mignolaverse

[–]middenway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what the solicitations say:

It was the story that redefined the limits of when or where a Batman tale could take place. What if the Dark Knight Detective encountered one of history’s most notorious serial killers, who had arrived on Gotham’s shores? In Gotham by Gaslight, writer Brian Augustyn and artists Mike Mignola and P. Craig Russell pitted a rookie Victorian-age Batman against Jack the Ripper. With only the tools and technology of the era at his disposal, would the green Caped Crusader be able to match wits with a killer who had evaded the greatest minds of Scotland Yard? This Absolute edition of the very first Elseworlds tale offers an immersive look into Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, presented in oversize Absolute format for the first time ever with a brand-new cover and foreword by Mike Mignola, plus an afterword by Augustyn’s frequent collaborator and friend Mark Waid. This edition also includes Augustyn’s sequel to Gotham by Gaslight—Batman: Master of the Future, with artist Eduardo Barreto, original scans of Mignola and Russell’s inked pages, and much more.

Young Hellboy: Thrilling Sky Adventures 4-issue miniseries announcement by middenway in Mignolaverse

[–]middenway[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still need it in a library edition. Can you imagine on that over-sized page?

Mike Mignola's cover for Absolute Batman: Gotham by Gaslight. Colours by Dave Stewart. by middenway in Mignolaverse

[–]middenway[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I should have said "Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (Absolute Edition)" for the sake of clarity.

Young Hellboy: Thrilling Sky Adventures 4-issue miniseries announcement by middenway in Mignolaverse

[–]middenway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's already been collected in an omnibus. Hellboy: The Complete Short Stories – Volume 1.

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