Now I know my name suggests my main focus is Green Lantern comics, and it is, but I like to write a review every now and then, and Hellboy comics are a favorite of mine.   
 
HELLBOY: THE FURY Pt. 1: 
The book begins very well for those who have just jumped aboard, and after the last Hellboy story "The Storm" set up the events of this story, it was good to see a recap of everything in a "Our story so far" moment. The recap also allows us to know this is not just another short story, this will be a big event in Hellboy's story. After leaving Excalibur with his love interest Alice Monaghan in an old english Tavern, he seeked out Baba Yaga so he could pass into the tower where the evil Queen and self proclaimed goddess of war Nimue is preparing to destroy the world with the armies of all things that ever hated humanity. Oh, and did I mention, back at the cozy little inn where Hellboy's new gal is, there is also a standing army of the undead titled "The Noble Dead of England" or an army of those faithful to the holder of Excalibur. Hellboy trades in his eye to Baba Yaga at the end of the story "The Storm" thus allowing him to pass by the other witches on Nimues side (more like those being forced on her side). The real interesting part from how I see it comes when the story of George Washbrook, and his experience during WWI when a lady in white healed his mortal wounds by giving him water from the sacred cup, its safe to assume its the holy grail, to keep to arthurian legend. Washbrook is explained to be descendant from the same family of witches that attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria, and were thwarted by Edward Grey, thus leading to his knighting and the addition to the famous sir at the beginning of his title. It is explained that Washbrook lived far beyond his peers, and was waiting for something, after spending his life searching for a purpose, he settled in the very same cozy inn they were in at that time, just as his story was being finished, the very old man, helped down the stairs by the spirit of what can be assumed is the same woman who healed him and gave him a drink from the grail, to then accept Excalibur from the hand of Alice. Upon receiving the sword, in a bright light, he becomes King Arthur, and the spirit places the crown on his head, then he steps outside to the army of the noble dead, raises the grail, and in a bright light, restores life to his army in waiting. As Hellboy fights his way into Nimues tower, he encounters of course some heavy resistance, but the big shocker comes when he reaches Nimue, who is no longer as she was, and has become a vessel for the truly evil, and potentially arch-nemesis material of Hellboy, the Ogdru Ussep Jahad, the same beings Rasputin had tried to free on the day Hellboy was born. In the end, Nimue refers to herself as the Dragon, and the crown she once wore, having transmutated into a flock of crows, goes to her army of hatred and gives the orders to march on the world of man. A truly thrilling cliffhanger.  
 
All in all ,of course, it has the typical dark but beautiful artwork, and the writing is fantastic, even if you don't like to read a lot of Hellboy or haven't tried it, try this one out, its only 1 in 3 so its not a long term series, and will probably make one hell of a great story. Who knows, if you like it, read more, maybe I can get someone else into it.