Hellboy: Conqueror Worm is a Hellboy

Hellboy

Hellboy is a comic book superhero created by writer-artist Mike Mignola. The character first appeared in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2 , and has since appeared in various eponymous miniseries, one-shots and intercompany crossovers...

comic book

Comic book

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 mini-series

Limited series

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, written and drawn by Mike Mignola

Mike Mignola

Michael Joseph "Mike" Mignola is an American comic book artist and writer who created the comic book series Hellboy for Dark Horse Comics. He has worked for animation projects such as Atlantis: The Lost Empire and the adaptation of his one shot comic book, The Amazing Screw-On Head.-Career:Mignola...

 and published by Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Comics

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This work was inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...

 poem of the same name

The Conqueror Worm

"The Conqueror Worm" is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe about human mortality and the inevitability of death. It was first published separately in Graham's Magazine in 1843, but quickly became associated with Poe's short story "Ligeia" after Poe added the poem to a revised publication of the story in 1845...

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Plot

This volume describes the events which ensue from the return to Earth of a Nazi

Nazism

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 space capsule

Space capsule

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, launched in the early days of the Ragnarok Project, and now holding the spirits of the void, intent on creating the new world through destroying the old. This, along with Herman von Klempt

Herman von Klempt

Herman von Klempt is a villain created by writer/artist Mike Mignola for the Dark Horse Comics series Hellboy. He first appeared in the Comics Buyer's Guide.-Character Biography:...

, the Nazi head-in-a-jar, and the usual Ragnarok forces, is confronted by Hellboy and Roger

Roger (Hellboy)

Roger the Homunculus is a fictional character featured in the Hellboy and B.P.R.D. comic books published by Dark Horse Comics. He is an unusually large homunculus, a humanoid being said to be created by means of alchemy....

 the Homunculus. In warning of this, an alien

Extraterrestrial life

Extraterrestrial life is defined as life that does not originate from Earth...

 also tells Hellboy

Hellboy

Hellboy is a comic book superhero created by writer-artist Mike Mignola. The character first appeared in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2 , and has since appeared in various eponymous miniseries, one-shots and intercompany crossovers...

 of his past, and his destiny. The popular character Lobster Johnson

Lobster Johnson

Lobster Johnson is a fictional character featured in the Hellboy and Bureau For Paranormal Research and Defense comic books published by Dark Horse Comics. He was created by Mike Mignola....

 also makes his debut appearance in this collection (but second appearance in a comic) as a spiritual guide for Roger, aiding the two protagonists in their battle.

Collected editions

It was collected as the fifth Hellboy trade paperback

Trade paperback (comics)

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• The Conqueror Worm (4-issue mini-series, 2001, Dark Horse Comics
  Dark Horse Comics
  Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...
  
  , tpb, 144 pages, 2002, ISBN 1-56971-699-4, 2004, ISBN 1-59307-092-6}

External links

• Dark Horse profile of issue #1
• Review of the trade, Comics Bulletin
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