B.P.R.D., Vol. 13: 1947 - Softcover

Mignola, Mike; Dysart, Joshua

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1595824782 ISBN 13: 9781595824783

Publisher: Dark Horse Books, 2010

Synopsis

Kicking off with a trainload of Nazi officers drained of blood, the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense learns that there are things far more ancient and dangerous than they could have imagined in this direct sequel to B.P.R.D.: 1946. Broom enlists an already damaged crew to lead an investigation that may be doomed before it can begin, climaxing in a witches' Sabbath, a vampire massacre, and an exorcism.

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About the Author

Mike Mignola's fascination with ghosts and monsters began at an early age; reading Dracula at age twelve introduced him to Victorian literature and folklore, from which he has never recovered. Starting in 1982 as a bad inker for Marvel Comics, he swiftly evolved into a not-so-bad artist. By the late 1980s, he had begun to develop his own unique graphic style, with mainstream projects like Cosmic Odyssey and Batman: Gotham by Gaslight. In 1994, he published the first Hellboy series through Dark Horse. There are thirteen Hellboy graphic novels (with more on the way), several spin-off titles (B.P.R.D., Lobster Johnson, Abe Sapien, and Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder), prose books, animated films, and two live-action films starring Ron Perlman. Along the way he worked on Francis Ford Coppola's film Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), was a production designer for Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), and was the visual consultant to director Guillermo del Toro on Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004), and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008). Mike's books have earned numerous awards and are published in a great many countries. Mike lives in Southern California with his wife, daughter, and cat.

Fábio Moon is a comic book creator, writer, artist, penciller, inker, and cover artist known for working on How to Talk to Girls at Parties, Hellboy, The Strain, and B.P.R.D.

Reviews

Whereas?1946, the last B.P.R.D. origin story, published in 2008, was a self-contained and complete story arc, this volume feels more like the beginning of what promises to be a year-by-year chronological tracing of both the organization’s early days and Hellboy’s childhood. The focus is on a group of grizzled soldiers knocking about post-Nazi Germany, squaring off against vampires and other ghastly terrors. Back home, a wee Hellboy just wants to play catch with his adoptive father, Professor Bruttenholm. Twin-brother artists Bá and Moon swap scenes back and forth, and both prove ideally suited to envision Mignola’s playful occult-horror universe. --Ian Chipman

Edition details

• Publisher: Dark Horse Books
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1595824782
• ISBN 13: 9781595824783
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160