by Mike Mignola (Author), John Arcudi
(Author), Laurence Campbell (Illustrator)
Publisher : Dark Horse Books (April 11,
2017)
Softcover, 144 pages
The end of the Hell on Earth saga, where
the Ogdru Jahad, the ancients dragons of evil, come finally come back to Earth
to remake the world in their own image. Since they’ve come, we’ve seen
civilization fall apart, heroes and villains die in fantastic manners, and Hell
itself overrun and destroyed with Satan’s throat slit by Hellboy himself. It’s
the absolute Cthulhu event we’ve always wanted to see, but have never been
treated to before. This volume wraps everything up by collecting issues
143-147.
It’s difficult to describe the action
without spoilers, so SPOLIERS, the final remnants of the players come together
to place doomsday apparatus in place - the last contingence operation in hopes
of stopping the Ogdru Jahad, one of whom has now fully manifested on Earth and
is busy transforming humanity into frog creatures and hatching thousands of
monsters by the hour. After launching the remaining nuclear stockpile at the
Dragon, the Russians let loose the Watchers, the first angels, thrown down for
mating with human women and birthing the Ogdru Jahad. While Elizabeth Sherman
and Johann, blow the monsters apart one by one, until the ultimate revelation
falls upon Johan who has his mind transferred into the WWII Sledgehammer suit,
causing him to act.
Some people have complained about the
ending of the cycle, saying it’s almost a deus ex machina, but I must say that
the hints about how the Dragon would be stopped was foreshadowed here and
there, it isn’t the greatest AH-HA ending you might want. However the death
toll in these issues, and adding up all the others in this series, is
correspondingly high for an apocalyptic event. I was satisfied. But I have to say that only one of the
Dragons has been destroyed, and much of their offspring are still about. So the
show’s not over.
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