THE CRITTERS FROM HELL(BOY)

Text: Lio Mangubat
Images: © 2008 Universal Studios

Hellboy II: The Golden Army takes well-known fairy-tale critters and give them a creepy-cool twist. Trust us—you ain’t seen a tooth fairy until you’ve seen a Hellboy-ized tooth fairy. (You’ll never want to loose your teeth again!)

Tooth Fairy
What’s so scary about these fairies? They’re so hungry for calcium—y’know, the stuff that makes up your teeth—that they’ll eat through human flesh to get it. A whole toothy cloud of them infests an auction house, and later most of New York, and it’s up to Hellboy and the gang to stop them.






Trolls
Trolls make their home in Troll Market, hidden somewhere under New York’s Brooklyn Bridge. They sell everything from potion ingredients to magical creatures to a mystical map that could point the way to the so-called “Golden Army”. According to Hellboy II lore, trolls moved to America during the Great Troll Migration of the late 1800s.

Elemental
This gigantic plant creature is strong enough to rip through pavement. Its seed is shot from Elven Prince Nuada’s grenade—after touching water, the seed sprouts into a huge walking forest that will destroy anything in its path. Yep, that includes poor Hellboy.

Elves
Long, long ago, Elves and humans fought for control of the planet. To help them win the war, the Goblins built a clockwork army for the Elven King. This “Golden Army” was so horribly efficient that the King declared a truce—humans would keep their cities, and Elves would keep their forests.

Angel of Death
The creepiest-looking angel ever (take a look—or not—at those eyes on her wings) has a secret prophecy for Liz, Hellboy’s girlfriend. She’s going to face one of the hardest choices in her life because of this prophecy.