The battle for the elixir of life has really ramped up. Gantesusai and Fuchi fight Yamada Asaemon Shugen, Rein fights Iwagakure ninja Shija, and Zhu Jin makes a last ditch effort to defeat the humans. This story continues to keep me hooked between the action and fascinating setting. The creatures that are created are all … More Review: Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku Volumes 10-13 by Yuji Kaku
This was another action packed volume with an unexpected ending. This continues the fight on the base with Vice-Captain Hosina fighting the kaiju leader until Captain Mina Ashiro arrives to take it down. This was an interesting battle and I loved getting to see more of Hosina’s fighting style. Also I love how badass Ashiro … More Review: Kaiju No. 8 Volumes 4-6 by Naoya Matsumoto
This volume see’s the reinforcements arrive and Gabimaru’s group splitting in two to better find the elixir and an escape route. Unfortunately, they have been betrayed by Chobe and are now facing down the many Lord Tensen’s. The fight for the elixir and freedom has finally started and it’s going to be an action packed … More Review: Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku Volumes 7-9 by Yuji Kaku
This was an action packed, monster filled, and hilarious start for a series. Kafka is an adult who gave up on his dreams of being in the Japanese Defense Force years ago. When a new rookie joins his team for Kaiju cleanup he finds himself fired up again for taking the test. Unfortunately he finds … More Review: Kaiju No. 8 Volumes 1-3 by Naoya Matsumoto
In this volume, Gabimaru and the other criminals continue to search for the elixir of life. Along the way they learn the truth about what happened to the humans on this island, what Lord Tensen is, and about Tao, which is the energy that Tensen wields. The world and creatures on this island are fascinating. … More Review: Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku Volumes 4-6 by Yuji Kaku
This was a great introduction to this series and characters. Gabimaru the Hollow is one of the most notorious ninja assassins. While he is captured, multiple attempts at executing him have failed. The shogun gives him an ultimatum, go to Shinsenkyo and find the elixir of life or die. Gabimaru is an interesting character. He … More Review: Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku Volumes 1-3 by Yuji Kaku
Koshchei the Deathless was sent by Baba Yaga to kill Hellboy in Darkness Calls. He was defeated and now resides in hell. Hellboy found him in Hell and over some drinks, finally got his full backstory. Koshchei’s story was very interesting. It was filled with dragons, magic, death, and of course Baba Yaga’s trickery. I … More Review: Koshchei the Deathless by Mike Mignola
This story begins during WWII, before Hellboy arrives, with Trevor Bruttenholm who is working for Britain’s Military Intelligence. Following a trail of strange messages he finds himself against animated corpse, Nazi agents, and Rasputin, who has returned from the dead. This was interesting because it was in the early days of Trevor’s occult career. He … More Review: Rasputin: The Voice of the Dragon by Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson
In this volume, Hellboy deals with demons, giant creatures, spontaneous human combustion, and a weapon at an Air Force base. This was another great collection of Hellboy stories. I am really enjoying these early stories of Hellboy and his B.P.R.D. team. I really enjoy Agent Woodrow “Woody” Farrier and his determination to encounter a cryptid. … More Review: Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1955 by Mike Mignola
With this series we jump back in time to Hellboy’s early cases working with the B.P.R.D. These cases take place between 1952 and 1954 and are all little mini stories with Hellboy and the first group of agents he worked with. This was a great collection. I really enjoyed seeing a young and inexperienced Hellboy … More Review: Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1952-1954 by Mike Mignola
“Death is only the end if you assume the story is about you.” Nilanjana Sikdar is an outsider in the town of Night Vale. She works for Carlos and relies on facts and logic as her guiding principles. When Carlos gives her a special assignment to investigate a mysterious rumbling in the desert it leads … More Review: It Devours! by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
Title: Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder Vol. 4-6 Author: Mike Mignola and Chris Robertson Artists: Ben Stenbeck, D’Israeli, Christopher Mitten, Michelle Madsen Series: Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder #4-6 Pages: 432 This review is for volumes 4-6. In these volumes, Edward Grey continues to deal with the Helioptic Brotherhood of Ra. He also has to deal with … More Review: Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder Vol. 4-6 by Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson
Red-Haired Ash Reads 