B.P.R.D. Hell On Earth Volume 2: Gods and Monsters

After the really promising set up in Vol 1, i just wasn't really feeling this volume.

I love that these are in great shape and are shipped quickly. Some of my favorite go-to presents for my husband!

I'm sure this story will improve with age, however after The Hollow Earth, The Plague of Frogs, etc., so far this fails to excite. Continue to love the characters and art, though.

This volume of the B.P.R.D. has two distinct storylines.The first starts with railroad security having an altercation with a group stowing away on the trains. The stowaways easily outnumber the two security guards. The stowaways head for a deserted football stadium before reinforcements show up. Their leader is a sixteen year old female named Fenix with seeming precognitive abilities.Flashback to Abe, Kate, and Devon discussing Devon’s issues with Abe. Kate lays it down the law. Devon gets it. If Kate has to make a choice, Devon finishes in second place.Professor O’Donnell interrupts a B.P.R.D meeting and sheds light on what’s been going on in Texas. It’s happened before. Way back when in Hyperborea. The Prof. never even mentions everyone’s favorite barbarian, Conan.Back to the football field, Abe and crew show up as do monsters. It’s a monster invasion but the B.P.R.D manage to kill them. Time to celebrate right? Not so much. Fenix shoots Abe.Time for story two.Card game at the trailer park. Everyone’s favorite pyrokinetic agent, Liz Sherman, comes back to the trailer and ends the game prematurely. Crazy stuff ensues but maybe not that crazy given the location. One resident points a gun at his “old lady.” Liz arrives and finds the “old lady” with bloody hands and her chopped husband transformed into an altar of candles, bloody graffiti, and severed limbs. That’s not the worst of it – most of the other residents are members of the congregation too.Bad news for Liz but she manages to escape.One other big, last panel shocker before we move to Volume Three.

another great entry into the over-arching story. new characters and unexpected events.