"I haven't had much chance to encounter it yet, but I'm sure it's there," he says with a chuckle. They haven't known each other long, but Hellboy makes his friendship decisions pretty quickly, and he is definitely already fond of Astrid as well.

"I did warn you about that. I'd already seen lots of crazy stuff back home, but here there's that, plus a few other variations on the theme. Also, outside of cases, I had an angel come up to me a few weeks ago and ask me why I wasn't causing trouble. I don't mind admitting that does a guy's head in a little." He shakes his head as though to say what is my life. "My long-term case has been back-tracking a Shoggoth's path through the sewers. I'm hoping to hit the end of the trail soon, but I've run into a bunch of stuff along the way that needs following up on. I wouldn't mind some extra hands on some of that."