Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. - Professor Harvey is Gone
In the late 1980s, Hellboy investigates the disappearance of an English professor who went missing after coming in contact with a long lost artifact. Hellboy's interaction with the small statue sends him out of space and time finding the professor on a small island infested with monsters, talking statues, and a ghost goddess on a throne of skulls with whom the old man has become infatuated by (like so many before him).
Despite being entitled a B.P.R.D. story, we don't get any agents other than Big Red although he's usually enough. While the setup is a bit unusual (why is Hellboy only astrally projected to the locale where the professor's body also disappeared?), the one-shot is a standard, but still enjoyable, tale of a demon feeding on the desires and adoration of others rendered unexpectedly in watercolor. Unfortunately for her, here wiles are wasted on Hellboy allowing him to break free of the artifact's enchantment and return to the real world to make sure no one else is ever caught in its trap.
[Dark Horse, $3.99]
- Title: Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. - Professor Harvey is Gone (One-shot)
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- Writer: Mike Mignola
- Artist: Giuseppe Manunta
