Hellboy
Red-skinned paranormal investigator
Hellboy is a comic book character created by Mike Mignola—a demon summoned to Earth as an infant during World War II, raised by humans, and working as a paranormal investigator.
The character appears in comics, films, and other media.
The name combines hell with boy, playing on the incongruity of a demon with an almost childlike nickname.
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Beyond scientific explanation
- exorcismRitual to expel demons
- ghostApparition of the dead
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
haunting · specter · phantasm · revenant · possession · ectoplasm · medium · vampire
Malevolent supernatural being
- half-demonPart-human, part-fiend offspring
- infernalOf the underworld
- hellspawnDemonic creature from below
- hornsBony animal projections
red skin · underworld · Satan · Lucifer · Mephistopheles · incubus · succubus · devil
Siberian mystic, imperial influence
- Baba YagaSlavic witch of legend
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- arcaneUnderstood by few
grimoire · talisman · amulet · alchemy · necromancy · summoning · prophecy · apocalypse
Dark, mysterious aesthetic
- LovecraftianEvoking cosmic horror
- eldritchWeirdly supernatural, disturbingly strange
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
sinister · ominous · haunted · grimdark · folklore · myth · legend · fairy tale
One excluded from group
- outcastShunned, rejected person
- rebelAuthority defier
- lone wolfSelf-reliant individualist
- underdogPresumed loser beforehand
gruff · wisecracking · cigar · trenchcoat · reluctant hero · destiny · humanity · identity
paranormal
Beyond scientific explanation
- exorcismRitual to expel demons
- ghostApparition of the dead
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
apparition · haunting · specter · phantasm · revenant · possession · ectoplasm · medium · vampire · werewolf
demon
Malevolent supernatural being
- half-demonPart-human, part-fiend offspring
- infernalOf the underworld
- hellspawnDemonic creature from below
horns · red skin · underworld · Satan · Lucifer · Mephistopheles · incubus · succubus · devil · damnation
Rasputin
Siberian mystic, imperial influence
arcane · grimoire · talisman · amulet · alchemy · necromancy · summoning · prophecy · apocalypse · cabala
gothic
Dark, mysterious aesthetic
- LovecraftianEvoking cosmic horror
- eldritchWeirdly supernatural, disturbingly strange
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
grotesque · sinister · ominous · haunted · grimdark · folklore · myth · legend · fairy tale · Nazis
outsider
One excluded from group
underdog · gruff · wisecracking · cigar · trenchcoat · reluctant hero · destiny · humanity · identity · agent
graphic novel
Book-length illustrated sequential narrative
- panelsFlat rectangular sections
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- story arcNarrative's overall shape
issue · series · trade paperback · inker · penciller · colorist · lettering · crossover · mythos · continuity
- del ToroPan's Labyrinth, Pacific Rim, The Shape of Water, Cronos, Pinocchio
- half-demonsDante, Vergil, Raven
- Comic Book Adaptationsgraphic novel film, manga adaptation, Watchmen, The Walking Dead, Sin City
- Comic CharactersSuperman, Batman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Captain America
- monster slayersmonster slayer, demon slayer, vampire slayer, vampire hunter, slayer
- superheroesSuperman, Batman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Thor
Hellboyangel
Divine winged messenger
archangel · seraph · cherub · divine messenger · Gabriel
HellboySuperman
Metropolis's flying defender
Captain America · Wonder Woman · white knight · Thor · paragon