Name: Hellboy Library Volume 1: Seed of Destruction and Wake the Devil
ISBN: 9781593079109

Mike Mignola

"This volume collects issues one through four of the Dark Horse comic-book series Hellboy: Seed of destruction, issues one through five and epilogue of the Dark Horse comic-book series Hellboy: Wake the devil, stories from San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2 and the Comics Buyer'5 Guide, and previously unpublished sketches"--T.p. verso.

Hellboy Library Volume 1: Seed of Destruction and Wake the Devil

Fraser Simons

Great way to consume the series. Big fan of oversized collections. The extras at the back with extra lore stuff was fun, but it’s not a reason to pick up this version versus others, absolutely the thick stock pages and large format is the only real reason. 

I really liked both collected trades in this and have been told it only gets better, so I’m pretty excited to see what the series has to offer if this isn’t that great. Some better dialogue and less tropey interactions/story beats could easily turn these books into 5 star reads, for me.