Summary: With the vampire gone to ground Grey enlists the powers of the New Scotland Yard to assist him but in the end he finds himself alone, once again, against the threat.

Plot: While the last few chapters had been focused on building the mystery of the vampires in London and teasing connections to the wider Hellboy Universe in this issue Mignola and Roberson blew the whole thing wide open with some explosive action scenes. Their pacing was incredibly fast: moving from the encounter in Hecate's temple underground, to the police searching the sewers, Grey's initial battle with Vladimir Giurescu and then the final scene where Grey finally locates the vampire nest...and all with out feeling disconnected or rushed. There were definite transition scenes and the progression to them and then from them to more action felt both natural and meaningful which is the greater strength as more often than not those scenes can feel like filler simply there to connect the dots in the action scenes. 

Art: What I really love is how well Stenbeck brings in Mignola's look to his art here, Giurescu originally appeared under Mike's pen in Hellboy and in drawing him Stenbeck uses those same heavy brush strokes to let the inky blackness define the vampires which gives it a great feel of continuity to Mike's own work.

Grade: 9/10

Preamble: As this is a showcase of new talent this review is going to look a little different as I'll be looking at each story here. To start with, even though it's not done by the new talent, I'm not loving the cover by Janson; I'm usually a big fan of his(especially his coloring and inking) but this just looks very flat like something out of a kids coloring book. I hope the art inside is more polished.

Summary: As Tarzan attempts to broker peace with his ape brother Milo, now calling himself Cesar, the two must fight for their lives against a horde of dinosaurs as their mother learns about where the creatures come from...but can tell no one!

Plot: For a fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs like myself Seeley and Walker throw out a lot of elements that made me smile. I mean, I don't remember the last time I saw David Innes and Pellucidar mentioned never mind featured in a modern book so it really filled with some serious nerd love to see them here...but it almost felt like too much too fast as there wasn't enough time to really introduce these elements in the story so if you weren't already a fan you wouldn't have even know what they were. And then on top of all that there is a battle planned against the masters of Pellucidar and although emphasis is placed on coming up for a plan before attacking we never see what that plan is before we get the attack which summarizes the problem I have wit the issue in a single example in that before it sets up the element it jumps ahead. It's a beautiful world they're giving us but they're not letting us really breath it in which is ultimately disappointing. 

Art: As disappointing as the plot was Dagnino really came up big in making this issue worth while. The back grounds were lush, detailed and alive in a way that made you feel like if you pushed aside that frond over there you'd find another surprise and that the teeming jungle wasn't contained by the borders of the panels and the width of the page but rather continued on in either direction hiding yet more adventures just around the corner. On top of all that he draws a mean monster! I loved the look of the dinosaurs, they were recognizable enough as realistic creatures that we've been familiar with since childhood but they were grotesque in an exaggerated manner as to fit into what a Victorian mind would imagine the creatures would look like which really fits the time period of the story.

Conclusion: While Seeley and Walker lose track of  the characterization that made the first two issues so much fun in an effort to load up on Burroughs references and action scenes Dagnino really steps up to the plate with some fantastic art to keep things moving.

Grade:6/10