After some time in Hell, the big red guy is back on Earth.
His creator explains how and why.
No great hero is ever gone for good.
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The truth is, I knew he was coming back, Mignola tells EW.
- Its something Ive been keeping a lid on for a long time.
King of Fear,in which the fire-powered Liz Sherman saw an apocalyptic vision of the future.
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In that vision, Liz saw photos one of a mutated Abe, and another of Hellboy.
We put it in there that somewhere in the future Hellboy would be back, Mignola says.
As we wrap this up, we wanted to confirm that anything we teased, were paying off.
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Between Scott Allie and I, weve been orchestrating this thing for a long time.
Mignola is staying mum about what exactly Hellboy has to do now that hes back on Earth.
All Mignola will say is that things wont be easy for his signature character.
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I have that doomed hero thing.
Hes still got to take a beating.
Hellboy is a doomed hero for a doomed Earth.
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- Given the current state of things, Im kind of going, yeah I think I was right.
The Devil You Know#6 hits comic stores on May 9.
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