Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and Bill Wray (Ren and Stimpy) combine their talents to bring us the outrageous adventures of Hellboy, Jr. and his little friends. This volume includes stories of Wheezy the Sick Little Witch, the Ginger Beef Boy, Somnambo the Sleeping Giant, The Wolvertons, Sparky Bear and Huge Retarded Duck, plus a brand new Hellboy, Jr. story not in the original series. Mignola and Wray are joined by the diverse talents of Dave Cooper (Futurama), Stephen DeStefano (Ren and Stimpy), Pat McEown (Grendel), Hilary Barta, Glenn Barr, and Kevin Nowlan.

Review

"Hellboy's creator gets top billing, but the writer, and often artist or colorist, of most stories in this collection is Ren and Stimpy animator Bill Wray, who brings that TV show's depraved humor to Hellboy's diaper days. As a baby demon still ensconced in Hell, H-b's hobgoblin is that all he's allowed to eat is roasted maggots. His adventures arise from trying to add flesh to his diet, though he doesn't pass up smokes when offered--much to his chagrin in "The Devil Don't Smoke." His quests are complicated by such sidekicks as a fly, a bird-demon, Donnie (a junior devil), and Hitler. Half the stories actually star not Hellboy but twisted variations on famous Hanna-Barbera and Harvey Comics characters, such as Yogi Bear's doppelganger, Sparky, and Baby Huey's outrageous double, Huge Retarded Duck. (Incidentally, isn't Hellboy Junior a takeoff of Hot Stuff?) Standout artists besides Wray are Dave Cooper and--in a Wally Wood mode" Ray Olsen, Booklist