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Hellboy Volume 3: The Chained Coffin and Others (Hellboy (Graphic Novels))excellent purchase, received on time for christmas, recipient was very pleased

Graphic SF Reader	Customer Rating:
A collection of seven stories, that range from being plain, straight out funny, to the more touching pathos of the Wolves of St August. In 'The Corpse', Hellboy has to strike a deal with a dead man to help him find and return a child, and this is probably the strongest story in the collection.

Dark fantasy

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If you like dark gothic fantasy stories, and great stylish artwork, then look no further, this Hellboy book has it all. This collection of short stories, contains some of the best drawings and stories ever printed, period. Dark fantasy has never been better. And Hellboy's black humour is really great, his remarks are both sharp and witty. Do yourself a favor, read this book and enjoy the superb artwork.

Totally Awsome	Customer Rating:
Mike Mignola Rules! If you like anything cool and somehow don't like Hellboy than there is something wrong with your brain. The Characters and concept is totally awsome. and the Art work is beyond compare. There is really nothing like it, It just has this totally unique style that is very cool and moody. Probably my favorite comic ever.

Great collection of Hellboy illustrated short stories

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Mike Mignola's first compilation graphic shorts is titled The Chained Coffin and Others. The stories within were compiled from sources such as the Dark Horse Presents comic issues all the way to promotional issue of the comic catalogue Diamond Comics. The one difference between those issues and this compilation was the coloring. The illustrated shorts where in black and white when they first appeared in those issues, but in this compilation book they have been retouched with bold primary colors. Mignola wrote and drew all the shorts included in Chained Coffin and Others. The coloring he'd done for all the shorts lives up to the previous Hellboy books. There's some inconsistency to the look of each stories artwork, but that's due to some of them being drawn early in Hellboy's history. Some of these stories were done even before the Seed of Destruction story. All the stories are well-written and they range from laugh-out funny to classically scary. Stand out entries in Chained Coffin and Others are "Christmas Underground" (Mignola's take on the vampire myth), The Wolves of St. August (a werewolf piece) and "Almost Colossus" (the introduction of recurring character Roger the Homunculus). These three takes are great examples of why the Hellboy books are a joy to read. "Christmas Underground" is my personal favorite for combining both a genuinely scary tale with some genuine humanity to turn a simple horror tale into one of redemption and forgiveness. For readers who have seen the Hellboy feature film, they will recognize a character in the film who actually appears in this compilation: "The Corpse". In the end, I highly recommend this graphic compilation to new fans of Hellboy and for old, loyal fans to pick it up if their old copy has been dog-eared and tattered from frequent readings.