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B.P.R.D., Vol. 13: 1947 (2010)

by Mike Mignola(Favorite Author)

4.12 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1595824782 (ISBN13: 9781595824783)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Dark Horse Books

series

B.P.R.D.

review 1: This book, a direct continuation of volume 9 ("1946"), continues to make the mistakes of its predecessor. The first issues focus largely on a forgettable group of interchangeable soldiers (not unlike the group from the last volume) who are completely dispensable to the story most of whom are predictably murdered before the halfway mark to prove how dangerous the plotline is. Varvara continually appears in Bruttenholm's office for no real reason (and is only visible to one other character). This doesn't make any sense continuing from the first volume where she works for the Soviets and their paranormal team and appears to be much more effective than the newly formed BPRD (at least, she has much more information than they do). I guess she decided to become invisible and hide... more out in Bruttenholm's office for no real reason? Things like this make absolutely no sense and just come off as lazy. So much effort was put into other volumes to connect disparate stories and to weave a larger picture of the BPRD's war on monsters - but in 1947 characters just appear and disappear across the span of the earth for no real reason at all. I won't get into the fact that the kidnapped man (a man for once!) teleports to another country, ughh. Also, do not get me started on the "all gods are the same" high school theology coming from some of these mouthpiece-characters.Look, I know that there are paranormal elements and all that in this series but when you can't follow your own fictional rules and just make stuff up as you go along it's pretty obvious. These offshoots (of an offshoot) are turning out to be real stinkers. The main story is starting to go downhill rapidly as well. I don't know how many more of these books I can slog through.
review 2: Another enjoyable outing in Mignola's Hellboy universe - a little sad to not see any of the regulars except young Hellboy, but the story makes up for it and feels right at home in the universe. WWII soldiers fighting vampires they hardly even believe in; an interesting contrast. And the scenes of the Hecate summoning are beautiful work - Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon always do amazing, and their style fit the BPRD universe to a T as well. less

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