In the final days of World War II, the Nazis turn to black magic to reverse the course of the war and, during the ritual, unwittingly summon a small demon that the Allies manage to rescue and christen Hellboy. Sixty years later, that little devil has grown into a hulking red-skinned agent working for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, battling the forces of evil alongside Abe Sapien, a telepathic fish-man, and Liz Sherman, who can conjure fire. Guillermo del Toro adapts Mike Mignola's comic with his unmistakable gothic imagery, endearing monsters and a hero as powerful as he is sardonic.