RAISING HELL
Words by Matt Jarvis
Anung Un Rama is a half-demon detective of the supernatural summoned from Hell to Earth in the early 17th century, but he’s perhaps never felt more relatable than in 2018. Maybe it’s because Hellboy – as he’s better known – has a burning hatred for Nazis and equally heated passion for punching them with his indestructible Right Hand of Doom, a pastime seemingly on the rise. Or is it possibly because his ironic sense of humour gels perfectly with a world of nonstop memes and in-jokes? It could simply be that it increasingly feels like the world’s greatest paranormal investigator is needed to just make sense of the last 12 or so months.