B.P.R.D., Vol. 13: 1947
Whereas?1946, the last B.P.R.D. origin story, published in 2008, was a self-contained and complete story arc, this volume feels more like the beginning of what promises to be a year-by-year chronological tracing of both the organization’s early days and Hellboy’s childhood. The focus is on a group of grizzled soldiers knocking about post-Nazi Germany, squaring off against vampires and other ghastly terrors. Back home, a wee Hellboy just wants to play catch with his adoptive father, Professor Bruttenholm. Twin-brother artists Bá and Moon swap scenes back and forth, and both prove ideally suited to envision Mignola’s playful occult-horror universe. --Ian Chipman