After a brief bout of eternal damnation superhero films were being summoned back from the abyss at the turn of the millennium, still subject to the whims of cinema's dark masters before succumbing to franchise-building orthodoxy later that decade. From these fires arose Hellboy, Mike Mignola's demonic detective brought to life by Guillermo Del Toro's macabre imagination and a towering performance from Ron Perlman.
But would their charms extend to the realm of animation? A brace of cartoon tie-ins accompanied the big screen efforts, exploring the layers of Hellboy's comic origins, and with the cast of the well-received movies on hand it seemed a destined surefire hit. We peruse the fine print of this devil's bargain, beset by C-suite shenanigans and first film fumbles, to conclusively separate the men from the monsters.
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