Written by Mike MignolaArt by Scott Hampton
Whereas the first issue of this two-part Hellboy story set in England in the mid-60s dealt with a lot of set-up and establishing of plot and character, this issue is pretty much all action.
Hellboy is in a creepy house, where an old man has more or less fed him to his young sister, who has become some hideous vampiric monster at the hands of an actual vampire, who has enslaved the family for many years. Now, he has to fight the young girl, and eventually the old vampire himself.
At the same time, some BPRD back-up has arrived, just as the vampire has chosen to awaken his many victims, who have been buried all around the house. This could easily be a pretty standard comic, but the art by Scott Hampton elevates the material quite well. I like these one-off or two-part Hellboy series, even though they are pretty formulaic at this point.
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