Hellboy: Conqueror Worm is a Hellboy comic book mini-series , written and drawn by Mike Mignola and published by Dark Horse Comics .
This work was inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe poem of the same name .
Plot
Ce qui volume Describes the events ensue from the return to Earth of a Nazi space capsule , lancé in the early days of the Ragnarok Project, and now holding the spirits of the void, is intent Creating the new world through destroying the old. This, along with Herman von Klempt , the Nazi head-in-a-jar, and the usual Ragnarok forces, is confronted by Hellboy and Roger the Homunculus. In warning of this, an alien also tells Hellboy of his past, and his destiny. The popular character Lobster Johnson also makes his appearance in this collection as a spiritual guide for Roger, aiding him and Hellboy in their battle.
Collected editions
It was collected as a fifth Hellboy trade paperback :
- The Conqueror Worm (4-issue mini-series, 2001, Dark Horse Comics , tpb, 144 pages, 2002, ISBN 1-56971-699-4 , [1] 2004, ISBN 1-59307-092-6 } [2]
Awards
- 2002 : Won “Best Finite Series / Limited Series” Eisner Award
Notes
- Jump up^ Dark Horse Comics> Profile> Hellboy: Conqueror Worm TPB
- Jump up^ Dark Horse Comics> Profile> Hellboy Volume 5: Conqueror Worm TPB
References
- The Conqueror Worm at the DB Comic Book