
"The Lost Army" in the series "Hellboy Novels" by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden follows Hellboy, a young demon who must navigate between being the destroyer of the world or its savior while battling monsters from various myths worldwide. The book blends together a literary sensibility with pulpy goodness, creating a fantastical tale that is imaginative and interesting, with elements of horror, fantasy, and supernatural occurrences in an authoritarian state.
The plot of the book revolves around Hellboy seeking to figure out what is haunting and plaguing towns, often leading to people dying or disappearing. The writing style is described as a mix of humor, drama, and epicness, portraying Hellboy as a relatable character who solves supernatural crimes while dealing with the mistakes of his past. The graphic novel format allows for a visually compelling experience, with artwork that is considered wonderful and hilarious, adding depth to the storytelling.
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In 525 B.C., the Persian king Cambyses sent fifty thousand soldiers across the conquered Egyptian desert to take an oasis city not far from where the Libyan border stands today. According to Greek history, a hurricane-force sandstorm struck near the end of their six-hundred-mile trek. The army - all fifty thousand men - vanished without a single trace. Fast forward to 1986. A British archaeological team, sent to the edge of the Great Sand Sea to exhume evidence of the incident, has also gone missing. So the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense is sending the world's greatest paranormal investigator, Hellboy, to find the missing Brits and to discover what became of The Lost Army. Dark Horse is proud to present a milestone in the history of Hellboy . This illustrated novel is written by Christopher Golden, best-selling author of the book Of Saints and Shadows . Hellboy creator Mike Mignola has done sixty-eight black-and-white illustrations for the story, and those illustrations alone are worth the price of admission.
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