Hellboy: The All-Seeing Eye by Mark MorrisMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This series is great fun if you're already a fan of Hellboy comics or movies, and this is a decent representation of the books. It has some specific flaws that I've decided not to point out because it was generally a pleasure to pick up and read each time I looked at my stack of books, and that's what matters here.
Books like this, IMO, are supposed to extend the fun for the reader, giving them more time with the characters they met in other media, and the regular standards for standalone novels don't really apply. Hellboy and Liz and Abe Sapien are tracking down some dangerous supernatural killers, and they get to fight and chase some real baddies. Hellboy gets hit and gets to hit back; they find secret spaces; they encounter terrifying villains; the citizens are in danger and need their help.
There ya go. That's all a Hellboy novel needs.
Good pulp action. Recommended for readers who appreciate that sort of thing.
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