Just read the first omnibus, I enjoyed it but im starting to notice a pattern here:
>story starts with exposition dump
>investigating a castle or stone church
>villain appears, monologues
>hellboy or a BRPD member falls through the floor, every, single, time
>hellboy gets his ass whooped
>villain monologues while Hellboy is sarcastic
>turns the fight around at the last moment with a lucky hit
>Liz & Abe do barely anything at all other than be plot devices
>same villain appears later with the same plan and same overconfidence
Does Mignola shake up this formula later on? Also, it seems like hes trying out different styles of writing in every story. Some beat you over the head with thought windows while others using dialogue sparingly
So whats your favorite Hellboy story? And why is Rasputin such a blowhard?