author: Mike Mignola
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2014/05/13
date added: 2014/05/13
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
Lobster Johnson is a spinoff character from the Hellboy series. He is a character in the style of 1930s pulp heroes. 'Lobster Johnson, Volume 3: Satan Smells a Rat' collects five standalone stories of this character.
Glowing goggle wearing Lobster Johnson doesn't seem to have any supernatural powers like some others in the Hellboy universe, but he's pretty good with a gun, and he looks darn cool. In this volume, he foils a Nazi blimp scheme, a supernatural statue, and an army of gun-wielding monkeys. He tends to get scraped up along the way, which just makes him cooler in my book. Each of the stories has a different illustrator, and I can't pick a favorite. All the art was great.
It's easy enough to jump right in and follow along. There are some secondary characters that a new reader might not know, but it all is pretty easy to catch up on. There seems to be a resurgence in noir pulp heroes with The Shadow and Green Lantern and newer creations like Dark Horse's Black Beetle. Lobster Johnson is a solid and dominant addition to this group. I really enjoyed this graphic novel.
I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
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