1947 rewinds to the early days of the B.P.R.D., when there were just a few agents who didn't really understand what they were up against. There's some great stuff here: vampire covens, parallel realities, and tiny Hellboy playing baseball with Bruttenholm. But one of the best things this book has going for it is just how quickly and seamlessly the first four B.P.R.D. agents are fleshed out. By the end of the first issue, I had a sense for who they were and what made them distinct for each other. Necessary, really, because who would care what happened to them otherwise? BPRD #13 opens with the mass mutilation of a train full of SS officers. The tone is set right? The story involves centuries old vampires, malevolent spirits, an eternal ball of dead people, and how the BPRD made it through the rocky second year of their formation without Abe Sapien or Hellboy or Liz or any of the regulars to help them. Hellboy puts in a cutesy performance as the kid he was, asking for pancakes and reading Lobster Johnson, but essentially the story centres around a small group of former GIs who go out to do battle with the ghosties and the ghoulies. Ace script from Mignola, some fantastic artwork from Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon, and a haunting tale of an ordinary man magicked away to fairy land and somehow finding his way back. This edition also features a small strip about the Professor in his youth staying the night in a haunted church. A great addition to the BPRD series, roll on 1948!
What do You think about B.P.R.D., Vol. 13: 1947 (2010)?
Fabio Moon & Gabriel Ba + Mike Mignola = greatness. i hope they do more books together.
—ashm
I simply love the work of Ba and Moon. Mignola is an American comic book classic.
—Matilde
love that Mike Mignola, and thrilled to meet Christopher Golden
—vh1212
Kid Hellboy is one of the most adorable things in the world.
—kipper
