SPOILER ALERT!!! CBR: Mignola Ends An Era of "Hellboy" In Shocking Style

[CBR News]

As the battle between his signature character and his longtime Lovecraftian nemesis hits in "Hellboy: The Fury" #3, Mike Mignola reveals EXCLUSIVELY to CBR the shocking, spoiler-filled details that will change Hellboy forever.


Full article here.

[Mechano]

I am getting mixed signals from Mike and Scott as to whether I should read the spoilers...

[Crawlerette]

To read or not to read.

To read or not to read.

To read or not to read.

... D:

[CBM]

I am getting mixed signals from Mike and Scott as to whether I should read the spoilers...

There are no mixed signals...Scott is letting you know that if you want the full impact of the story you should wait until the comic comes out...

[thwhtGuardian]

There are no mixed signals...Scott is letting you know that if you want the full impact of the story you should wait until the comic comes out...

I'm going to take his advice, I won't click that link.

I won't.


I won't.


I won't...

[jpseverijns]

Ah, Mike, Dark Horse & CBR.. why bro's?

Comicbook publishers/ writers/ artists in general should just stop giving interviews with mayor spoilers before the book comes out.

Teasing is one thing; getting the (loyal) readers all fired up on their fav. comic -that fanboy feeling- and maybe draw attention from new readers alike.

But come on, showing the boobies before the lapdance even started, -is cutting short not only on the book, but on the readers as well- where's the fun in that?

Let us guess what's going to happen story/ character wise, make us excited and giggly with anticipation.. the tease will do just fine..

[regan]

Can someone put spoiler alert on the header?

[Rhymer]

I was too weak. Read the thing without wanting to. Can I complain about my own weakness? Guess not. But still: articles like this are like the plague.

[TheDonAbides]

I have enough faith in Mike to know that whatever happens will be awesome, badass and last, but not least, for the best. It's been a hell (no pun intended) of a ride so far and I can't wait to see where the hell (again, no pun intended) this will go now. Whatever I think I would want to see happen will not be a tenth of the awesome as what Mike actually has planned.

[HBR]

For anyone who wants to avoid this, yo stay spoiler free I would also avoid Googling for Hellboy Fury #3 - even the search results (i.e. before you've clicked on any links) contain the MAJOR spoiler on the first set of results returned.

[Janissa]

How much do you want to bet that Mike Mignola's "new commitment to drawing" lasts no longer than a single issue?

That being said. "The Storm" and "The Fury" have been anything but. So the Ogdru Jahad can be defeated by nothing more than the physical force of Hellboy punching it?? How pathetic. This is almost as anticlimactic as the defeat of the "4" from Planetary. I guess Mignola spent all these years building them up to be these brilliant Lovecraftian gods, and in the end he could not think of any other way of defeating them than by using a freaking boxing match. To say I'm disappointed is an understatement.

Despite the hysterical fans Mignola has on this Website, it's always been clear for the past ten years that Mignola is a HORRIBLE WRITER. He's a Brilliant Artist though which makes his retirement from doing art all the more disappointing.

[CBM]

How much do you want to bet that Mike Mignola's "new commitment to drawing" lasts no longer than a single issue?

Not true...

[Predator]

So.......he's going to be a ghost now?

[JMichaelS]

So.......he's going to be a ghost now?

No, He'll be the new "HELLMAN"

But a quick lawsuit from a recognized sandwich spread company will force a rebirth to the original.

[Kees_L]

How much do you want to bet that Mike Mignola's "new commitment to drawing" lasts no longer than a single issue?

That being said. "The Storm" and "The Fury" have been anything but. So the Ogdru Jahad can be defeated by nothing more than the physical force of Hellboy punching it?? How pathetic. This is almost as anticlimactic as the defeat of the "4" from Planetary. I guess Mignola spent all these years building them up to be these brilliant Lovecraftian gods, and in the end he could not think of any other way of defeating them than by using a freaking boxing match. To say I'm disappointed is an understatement.

Despite the hysterical fans Mignola has on this Website, it's always been clear for the past ten years that Mignola is a HORRIBLE WRITER. He's a Brilliant Artist though which makes his retirement from doing art all the more disappointing.

Don't be silly. Or thick. Or plain pathetic and trollish.

Obviously Hellboy as a character has been created by a comics artist who has dazzled and amazed the superhero genre for decades art-wise (since the 80s), but who'd be having his own ideas about what would be making comics fun or good.

Obviously Hellboy would be nothing average since he looks like a monster instead of a hero, doesn't talk fancy and isn't interested in being cool or liked according to any modern or majority standards.

A lot of the time for popular mainstream entertainment, the writing seems made to be meeting up with expectations.

Whereas Hellboy seems set as to be generating more rather the opposite: truly mysterious and but extraordinary enticement, without as much popularizing or milking stuff out as much as possible, through storytelling comprized of both narration and graphicality most effectively and astutely.

Which seems pretty rare in the world of comics: creativity seeking to amaze and entice rather than to but meet with basic expectation or popular demand.

And believe it or not: there's a good number of folks liking the crap out of it.