A murder in a New York wax museum and a missing corpse lead Hellboy and the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense into ancient Romanian castles on the trail of a sleeping legend: the nobleman vampire Vladimir Guirescu. Nazi scientists revived in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction prepare for the return of Rasputin and the end of the world and Hellboy confronts his purpose on earth. This 144-page book includes the complete sell-out Wake the Devil miniseries plus a new five-page epilogue and pinups by Bruce Timm P. Craig Russell Dave Cooper Jay Stephens Olivier Vatine and Derek Thompson.

On the frozen shores of Sweden lightning strikes from a clear sky. The skeleton of a huge man is revealed its fingers clutched around the handle of an iron hammer. No one who comes to see this marvel from Norse mythology can lift it -- no one but Hellboy who lifts the hammer just in time for lightning to strike again welding it to his hand and leading him towards a bizarre series of visions and encounters. Chris Golden author of the popular Hellboy: The Lost Army novel makes his return to the character in a novel illustrated by Mike Mignola award-winning creator of Hellboy and production designer of Disney's summer blockbuster Atlantis .