22 Facts About Hellboy

In time, Hellboy grew to be a large, red-skinned adult with a tail, horns, cloven hooves for feet, and an oversized right hand made of stone (the "Right Hand of Doom").

Hellboy finds his adopted father only to witness his death at the hands of a Lovecraftian frog monster.

The search takes Hellboy, Abe, and Liz to the Cavendish Hall mansion, which is a trap established by Rasputin to lure Hellboy into an embrace of his own "destiny", with the assistance of Sadu-Hem; one of the spawn of the Ogdru Jahad.

Therefore, enlisting Baba Yaga's assistance with his eye as payment for the injury he did to her in their first meeting, Hellboy decides to face Nimue one-on-one in the events of Hellboy: The Storm and the Fury.

Hellboy has the innate ability to comprehend ancient and magical languages.

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Hellboy has picked up and thrown opponents weighing at least four to five hundred pounds.

Hellboy survived being shot many times in the chest with an MG 42 machine gun before destroying it.

Hellboy has survived being impaled through the chest with a sword, severe werewolf mauling, being beaten unconscious with heavy iron tongs, falling from extreme heights, being crushed by boulders, and more.

The lifespan of a demon or half-demon as Hellboy's mother was human, is left undefined within the comics and seems to range from decades to many thousands of years.

Hellboy has been known to carry holy relics, horseshoes, various herbs, and hand grenades.

Hellboy has, therefore, concluded the only way to prevent its falling into the wrong hands is to keep and protect it.

Much like other American comic book superheroes, such as Batman, Wolverine, Iron Man, Daredevil, and Spawn, Hellboy is constantly tormented by the knowledge of his past.

The increasing commitments from the Hellboy franchise meant that 2008 one-shot In the Chapel of Moloch was the first Hellboy comic Mignola had provided the script and art for since The Island in 2005.

The character shown was still in a draft stage, and although close to the final design of Hellboy, it had gray skin and an outfit not common to the character.

Mike Mignola's Hellboy by Mike Mignola and John Byrne featured the character's first full appearance, and was a four-page black-and-white story that had an approximately 1, 500 book print run.

Hi, My Name is Hellboy by Mike Mignola was a one-page panel ad that related the character's fictional origins.

The film depicts Hellboy as living at the BPRD with a dozen cats and limited access to the outside world, and considered an urban legend by the general populace.

In May 2017, a reboot, titled Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen, was announced by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, revealing that the project was to be directed by Neil Marshall and star David Harbour as the titular character.

In 2021, Iranian short animation, Hellboy: Frozen is in development and tells a new story with a new villain named Amacus in Morocco.

Character Hellboy was nominated for "Favourite Comics Character" at the 2004 and 2005 Eagle Awards.

In March 2009, Hellboy won two categories in the fan voted Project Fanboy Awards for 2008: "Best Indy Hero" and "Best Indy Character".

In 2011, Hellboy was ranked 25th of the Top 100 Comic Book Heroes by IGN.