Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781593079758
ISBN: 1593079753
Label: Dark Horse
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: Dark Horse
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 140
Publication Date: 2008-06-25
Publisher: Dark Horse
Studio: Dark Horse

"Beware my claw, for I've come to inflict justice!" After years of captivating fans from the pages of Hellboy and B.P.R.D., the pulp-style adventures of Lobster Johnson take the limelight in this collection of The Lobster's first solo series. Written and featuring a cover by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, and drawn by Jason Armstrong (Ferro City, The Sensational Spider-Man), Lobster Johnson: The Iron Prometheus is a wild ride full of fearsome monsters, mad scientists, and threats from the world beyond.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Mignola + Pulp = Hell Yeah!
Comment: It's a look back to WWII where LJ is running around giving justice to the mobsters and Nazis in America. Nazi battles, giant subs, monsters, and pulp roots. It's a nice story to flesh out the Hellboy universe and a good pulp story, but ultimately, unessential. Jason Armstrong's art fits the story perfectly.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Here is the Claw
Comment: I wasn't actually expecting much out of this book, probably because the Lobster Johnson material that has appeared, intermittently, in the Hellboy books has felt sort of disjointed and hard to get into. The character is an colossal enigma, and has always felt slightly underdeveloped as a result, though it's easy to get the impression the author knows quite a bit about him, and is hoping people will catch on in degrees.
Maybe as a result of not expecting much, I was very pleasantly surprised with this book. Although again, we know pretty much nothing about the characters we're introduced to, you can definitely feel it when certain characters have been interacting for a long time, and the hint of interaction made me want to know more about the characters.
It also tells us some definitely interesting information about a character that those of us who have been religiously following BPRD will remember, and makes his true alignment very clear.
I don't know if it will be as good as BPRD, but then I wasn't madly in love with BPRD until the third book when they introduced Daimo, so this may yet be something really worth following if another book comes out.
Otherwise it's a lot of fun, and has some interesting background to the Hellboy universe.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A serviceable addition to the Hellboy family.
Comment: If you're not a Hellboy completist then you won't miss much if you don't read Lobster Johnson's serviceable, collected adventure.
Lobster Johnson is written by Mignola and has many of the nuances that you'd find in the main Hellboy series. The title character is the gritty, pulp hero of few words who takes on the Nazis during the 1930s.
As I said before, the story is quite serviceable but just doesn't really compare to the brilliant scripting of B.P.R.D. or have the heart and soul of the main Hellboy series.
Jason Armstrong's artistic style lends himself to be well suited for this book. His graphic storytelling is clear and interesting.
My main enjoyment of this book comes from the copious supplemental sketchbook material provided by Mignola, Guy Davis, and Jason Armstrong.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Lobster Johnson - the Iron Prometheus
Comment: Mike Mignola's Pulp character, Lobster Johnson, whose cameos in the "Hellboy" and "BPRD" series have proved popular, gets a solo runout in this book. Think "the Rocketeer" meets "Batman" and you get the idea. All the usual Mignola Pulp touches and nuances are here - Nazi agents, mad science, enigmatic Chinese gents and huge, world-destroying monsters, plus yet more retro-cybernetic hardware! A must for Mignola fans and good fun for fans of the whole Pulp adventure genre.
Time for you to face the Claw!

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