The Hellboy saga begins with over 300 pages illustrated by Mignola. For the first time, Hellboy's complete story is presented in chronological order to provide the ultimate reading experience. The narrative jumps from Hellboy's mysterious origin during World War II to his confrontation in 1994 with the man who summoned him to Earth, along with the earliest signs of the frog plague. To escape his supposed fate as the herald of the end of the world, Hellboy continues to work with the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D.), fighting alongside Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman, and recruiting Roger the Homunculus into his own unfortunate service at the B.P.R.D. The four-volume Hellboy omnibus series, along with the two volumes of complete short stories, collects all of Mignola's award-winning Hellboy tales in chronological order for a definitive reading experience. This 368-page volume covers Hellboy's adventures from 1994 to 1997 and includes reprints of "Seed of Destruction," "Wake the Devil," as well as "Wolves of St. August," "The Chained Coffin," and "Almost Colossus" from "The Chained Coffin" and "The Right Hand of Doom." "Mignola, Byrne, and Chiarello have created a perfect introduction to Mignola's Hellboy, his mysterious surroundings, and the unanswered questions that surround his origin." - Comics Authority.