Hellboy
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| Created By: |
Mike Mignola |
| First Appearance: |
Dark Horse Comics' HELLBOY: SEED OF DESTRUCTION #1 (March, 1994) |
| Secret Identity: |
None |
| Super Powers: |
Very strong, very tough, very big hand |
| Played By: |
Ron Perlman |
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| Hellboy in the Comics |
| Pulled from Hell in a Nazi plot, a demon toddler is raised on an American army base. Grown up, Hellboy works for the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense, a federal agency that protects the world from monsters even bigger than him. He gets help from Abe Sapien, a gill-breathing fish guy, and Liz Sherman, a female firestarter. Together, they fend off Nazi sorcerers and the mad monk Rasputin. |
| Changes for the Screen |
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The Hellboy/Liz Sherman romance is invented for the movie. In the books, they're just good friends. |
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Kroenen, the gas-masked Nazi, is toughened up into a blade-wielding assassin. |
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In the comics, people aren't fazed by Hellboy's odd appearance, but the characters' outsider status is a strong theme throughout the film. |
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| Movie Stills - click on thumbnails for larger images |
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| Best Movie Moment |
"Hey! Stinky!" |
Hellboy
Hellboy's first tussle with the demon Sammael. |
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| What's Next |
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Hellboy 2
All signs point to go for "Hellboy 2" to surface sometime in 2006. |
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