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Here's a story.  Will this be the first Mignola scripted story we didn't like?  Will Seth sing again?  Will we have any successful segues?  We recorded this a while ago and I honestly don't remember.  Ah well.  Guess we'll all have to listen to find out!

Happy New Year!  What's your favorite werewolf?  You'll never guess Seth's.  Things get hairy in this weeks episode of the BPRDcast.  Hellboy vs werewolves!

Merry Christmas, Hellboys, Hellgirls, Hellthems and anyone else who is listening!  This week, we revisit an often overlooked Hellboy story and discover there is much more here than we previously thought.  And here is a very important link!
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A very special episode of The BPRDcast!  Special guest Samantha Brilhante joins Peter to try to understand what this Hellboy business is all about.  Has Seth died?  Is there palpable romantic tension between Sam and Peter?  What is Hellboy like in the morning?  Only one way to find out, and that's to listen to this podcast!  BOOM!

Yeah, it's The Corpse.  Is it everyone's favorite Hellboy short story?  No, because there are SO many awesome ones.  Is it perhaps the most perfectly paced piece of short comic book fiction on this (right hand of) doomed Earth?  Possibly.  Ahhhhh, we had so much FUN with this.  Join us.

How many myths can Mike Mignola reference in one action sequence?  Does Peter know who Iron Maiden is?  Why is that a concern?  All these questions and many more will be answered as we continue to explore the masterpiece that is Wake The Devil.

Wake a devil.  Which devil?  Does the title refer to Hellboy?  The vampire guy?  Both?  We totally forget to address this as we deep dive into the mythological references, the pieces of vampire lore and the seemingly endless joy of this truly classic story.  Mike Mignola scripts his first long form story and we start to get pretty ok at delivering solid commentary and insight.  Is this where Hellboy gets good?  Yes.  Is this where the podcast gets good?  Peter thinks so. Seth hasn't listened back yet.

Two great monsters that monster great together!  This week we talk about two short stories from Hellboy:  The Chained Coffin and Others, officially numbered volume three but the stories take place all over Hellboy's timeline.  We're finally getting a sampling of Mike Mignola's writing here, a little taste of the short story form that he has utterly mastered.  There's a lot of folklore to discuss with these two well worn creatures from the past.  We're also going to see some long term arcs start to build as the Baba Yaga is going to come back in a Big Bad way down the line.  As for Iron Shoes...well, just listen to the episode.

We're never gonna talk about John Byrne again.  Maybe.  This is it, the conclusion of Seed Of Destruction, our deep dive into the earliest Hellboy stories is complete!  This book is good, it's just not as good as we've come to expect from Mike Mignola's world.  Next week we cover The Baba Yaga and Iron Shoes!  Two short stories with more bearing on Hellboy and the BPRD's future than you might guess!

We dig into the very first Hellboy stories.  Why so many words?  Is John Byrne the rudest Canadian?  Will we ever see the Torch of Liberty again?  (No)