Friday, April 8, 2011

BPRD: The Dead Remembered #1

Written by Mike Mignola and Scott Allie
Art by Karl Moline and Andy Owens

As much as I want to see what is going to happen after the end of the last BPRD Hell on Earth arc, I like that Mignola and company are revisiting some of the earlier days of the Bureau, in a manner we've become completely accustomed to with Hellboy.  This three-issue arc is focused on Liz Sherman, the pyrokine who has been around since the earliest days of Hellboy.

This story is set two years after Liz killed her family when her abilities first manifested, and has come to live with the Bureau.  Hellboy convinces Professor Bruttenholm (how nice to see them in this comic again) to take Liz with him on a ghost-hunting trip to Massachusetts.  She's dripping with attitude, but is also working pretty hard to disguise her interest in what's going on.  It's been a while since we've seen the adult Liz, so I have to wonder if this arc should be seen as a hint that she will be returning soon.

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