Hellboy: Conqueror Worm

Hellboy: Conqueror Worm
Cover to the trade paperback Art by Mike Mignola
Publication information
Publisher	Dark Horse Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Limited series
Genre	Action/adventure, horror
Publication date	May–August 2001
Number of issues	4
Creative team
Writer(s)	Mike Mignola
Artist(s)	Mike Mignola
Colorist(s)	Dave Stewart
Creator(s)	Mike Mignola
Collected editions
Hellboy: Conqueror Worm	ISBN 1-56971-699-4

Hellboy: Conqueror Worm is a Hellboy comic book mini-series, written and drawn by Mike Mignola and published by Dark Horse Comics.

This work was inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe poem of the same name.

Plot

This volume describes the events which ensue from the return to Earth of a Nazi space capsule, launched in the early days of the Ragnarok Project, and now holding the spirits of the void, intent on creating the new world through destroying the old. This, along with Herman von Klempt, the Nazi head-in-a-jar, and the usual Ragnarok forces, is confronted by Hellboy and Roger the Homunculus. In warning of this, an alien also tells Hellboy of his past, and his destiny. The popular character Lobster Johnson also makes his debut appearance in this collection (but second appearance in a comic) as a spiritual guide for Roger, aiding the two protagonists in their battle.

Collected editions

It was collected as the fifth Hellboy trade paperback:

• The Conqueror Worm (4-issue mini-series, 2001, Dark Horse Comics, tpb, 144 pages, 2002, ISBN 1-56971-699-4, 2004, ISBN 1-59307-092-6}

Awards

• 2002: Won "Best Finite Series/Limited Series" Eisner Award

References

• The Conqueror Worm at the Comic Book DB

External links

• Dark Horse profile of issue #1
• Review of the trade, Comics Bulletin
• Hellboy: The Conqueror Worm at the Comic Book DB

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