Written by Mike Mignola and Christopher GoldenArt by Ben Stenbeck
As part of the continuing glut of Mike Mignola-written comics coming from Dark Horse this year is a new Baltimore mini-series, featuring the angry vampire hunter who is searching the world for the vampire who killed his family.
This two-parter opens in a small fishing camp in Croatia. Baltimore crashes into the beach when his airplane comes under attack, and is recovered by the locals. He learns that their village has fallen victim to the horrors unleashed by a Dr. Leskovar, who has been trying to cure vampirism. Baltimore being Baltimore, he soon enough sets out for the village, looking to kill the monsters that Leskovar unwillingly created.
This is the third mini-series to feature Baltimore, and they all more or less follow the same formula (Baltimore shows up in a place plagued by monsters, deals with them, finds clues to the location of Haigus, the vamp he's pursuing, leaves). This looks to be the same kind of thing.
I really enjoy Ben Stenbeck's art in this series. He does a great job of capturing the bleakness of the Croatian coast, and manages to sneak some crabs onto just about every page. I was a little surprised to see that Baltimore is fluent in Croatian, but otherwise, this is a good comic.
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