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Works by Ben Stenbeck

Witchfinder Volume 1: In the Service of Angels (2006) — Illustrator — 152 copies, 5 reviews
Frankenstein Underground (2015) — Illustrator — 88 copies, 3 reviews
Witchfinder Omnibus Volume 1 (2019) — Introduction — 61 copies, 2 reviews
Witchfinder Volume 4: City of the Dead (2017) — Illustrator — 40 copies, 1 review
Lobster Johnson Volume 6: A Chain Forged in Life (2018) — Illustrator — 37 copies
Strip Search (2004) 11 copies
Lobster Johnson: Mangekyō (2017) — Illustrator — 6 copies
Our Bones Dust (2024) 6 copies
Frankenstein Underground (2016) 3 copies
Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder: City of the Dead #2 (2016) — Illustrator — 3 copies
Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder: City of the Dead #3 (2016) — Illustrator — 3 copies
Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder: City of the Dead #4 (2016) — Illustrator — 3 copies
Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder: City of the Dead #5 (2016) — Illustrator — 3 copies
Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder: City of the Dead #1 (2016) — Illustrator — 2 copies

Associated Works

Baltimore Volume 1: The Plague Ships (2011) — Artist — 235 copies, 16 reviews
B.P.R.D., Vol. 15: Being Human (2011) — Illustrator — 95 copies, 4 reviews
Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1953 (2016) 86 copies, 2 reviews
MySpace Dark Horse Presents Volume 3 (2009) — Contributor — 30 copies
B.P.R.D.: The Ectoplasmic Man (2008) — Illustrator — 8 copies
Baltimore: Dr Leskovar's Remedy #1 (2012) — Illustrator — 4 copies

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This was a very different read. Sir Edward Grey was always shown as a more man of thinking and less of action. That he is ready to move and fight the evil forces, of course, but he was never an action hero. In this story arc he seems .... more angry and willing to spill blood. It could be that I am missing something from before but here Grey seems to be more like Baltimore - highly motivated to go and suppress the night creatures that are starting to terrorize the city of London through any means necessary.

Story itself is very interesting - it is good to see that shadowy societies (and lets not forget that Grey is member of such a troop in direct service of the Queen) do work side by side when they encounter the common enemy. It seems that end of XIX and start of XX century [in Hellboy's universe] were years of great dangers. Although ending is positive it is made obvious how very fragile the established balance is and how easy is to plunge the world into literal hell.

Art as always is great.

Highly recommended to all fans of Hellboy universe and horror stories in general.
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Zare | Jan 23, 2024 |
Sir Edward Grey is an occult detective - seeker of dangers to the mankind from the past best left forgotten and fighter against the witches and ominous secret societies.

This volume collects first short stories of the Witchfinder and main story-line - hunt for the ancient creature that started terrorizing the London after it was excavated in the far lands (wont go any further into details because to say anything more would spoil things for others).

Art is great, mood is properly set to be very dark and oppressive as one would expect from a story about the monster hunter.

Highly recommended to all fans of weird and strange tales.
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Zare | 4 other reviews | Jan 23, 2024 |
Sir Edward Grey is excellent. This omnibus is slightly less assured and coherent than the second one. It contains Sir Edward's first adventures, and his first encounters with the Heliopic Brotherhood of Ra. My favourite tale in here was the weird Western Lost and Gone Forever. I had read The Mysteries of Unland separately before and it's also good.
 
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questbird | 1 other review | Dec 10, 2022 |
Mignola et al. continue to crush it. The knowledge that something weird/bad is on its way for Grey really makes this rich and interesting. The different artists are all extremely well-suited to each story's tone. Great stuff all around.
 
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