Another collection of Mike Mignola's critically acclaimed Hellboy stories. The first part of the book, 'The Early Years' contains 'Pancakes', where a young Hellboy discovers that new things aren't always bad; 'The Nature of the Beast', in which a dragon must be slain, and 'King Vold', a cautionary tale for lovers of money. 'The Middle Years' includes 'Heads', a tale of Japanese demons, 'Goodbye, Mister Tod', where a seance goes badly wrong, and 'The Varcolac', the terrifying story of the king of the vampires. Part Three clears up some more Hellboy mysteries - in 'The Right Hand of Doom' and 'Box Full of Evil', we learn just *why* Hellboy has a huge, stone right hand - and what his mission on Earth is supposed to be! All this, plus a Hellboy sketchbook by Mike Mignola!