B. P. R. D. The Dead Remembered #3 of 3

Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola & Scott Allie
Art by Karl Moline

Hellboy is a fun character to read. But, to me, I think of the whole team over at the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense. Where would Hellboy be without Abe or Liz? Well I’m glad to see the other members of the team get their own recognition. In this little offering, it takes place a number of years back and Elizabeth is out looking for a ghost with a few others. As always, there’s a lot more but I don’t want to give too much away. Now to what I saw in the story, I see Elizabeth finding the strength to be what she is going to be in the future. Trust me, you want to know the whole story.

Reading through this story, I was drawn in by the storytelling and writing. You read the words and you can truly hear the voices coming off the page, you feel yourself falling into the story. Really, something I enjoy when it happens. The art is standard for any Hellboy comic but there’s an old saying that fits here, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Here, I couldn’t agree more. Paneling is simple and easy to follow, same thing, you don’t need to change something if it works for the characters and story (Sorry if I get technical, I write too). This was a really good read.

Now, this one is the third of three. Once again, I’m given a book in the middle or end of a series (I really need to talk to my editor about that). But I am going to find the first two of this series and read it. Elizabeth starts to come into her own and it’s done in a way that makes sense. It also fits into the character that we know now. In my humble opinion, this is one that you want to get the whole set, start at page one and don’t stop until you’ve reached the last page of book 3. I gave this 4.5 caps out of 5.