Hellboy: A Plague of Wasps (Dramatized Adaptation)

Hellboy, Book 1

By: Christopher Golden

Narrated by: Jasmine Hyde, Scott McCormick, Stewart Crank, Carolla Parmejano, Sebastian Zancanaro, Peter Holdway, Kay Eluvian, Bia Borin, Vinicius Faria Zinn, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Eric Messner

Hellboy has accompanied his girlfriend, Anastasia Bransfield, on a trip to Brazil to help colleagues who are conducting an archaeological dig in the jungle.

While they’re having coffee, a colleague arrives...through a public square, sick and sluggish and in agony. He falls, and wasps begin to come out of his mouth. When he bursts open, more wasps emerge—his insides are full of a labyrinthine, gray, papery nest.

It becomes clear that something sinister and supernatural is at play here. This Original Dramatized Audiobook continues the story from HELLBOY IN LOVE.

Written exclusively for GraphicAudio and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!

Performed by Jasmine Hyde, Scott McCormick, Stewart Crank, Carolla Parmejano, Sebastian Zancanaro, Peter Holdway, Kay Eluvian, Bia Borin, Vinicius Faria Zinn, Stephanie Németh-Parker and Eric Messner.

©2023 Mike Mignola (P)2023 Graphic Audio LLC

Critic reviews

"A full cast accompanied by a score and sound effects brings this Hellboy adventure to life.... Scott McCormick captures Hellboy's wry sarcasm in a booming voice and gravelly timbre. Jasmine Hyde voices Anastasia as more than Hellboy's girlfriend; along with her affectionate fondness for the wisecracking demon, she's a capable adventurer. The sound effects--persistent rain, the hum of a car motor--all capture the ear. The music is an occasional but cinematic presence when it wafts into a scene." (AudioFile)

Felt like listening to a movie

Honestly this was a super worth it experience. I’ll admit I am not a huge fan of the Hellboy voice, but the story was so well done and the sound effects and music so fitting, I kept forgetting I was listening to a book and would have to remind myself if I looked at my phone I would only see the book cover.

Unnecessary music or background music

I did not like the overuse of the dramatic music it actually takes away from the dialogue for me finding it hard to listen to words over it

Wasp Queen

Loved every second of this, another story in the history of Hellboy. Highly reccomend to any fan.

Excellent! With One Exception...

A Plague of Wasps features stellar casting and voice acting. Each of the characters is appropriately written. I love getting new Hellboy stories, and this certainly didn't disappoint.

I docked a star from the story for the belabored go-arounds amongst the cast about colonialism, as it started to feel like someone, presumably Chris Golden, was bordering on ye olden noble savage trope in their unnecessary effort to sidestep it. I think it would have been a stronger story without the several attempts. Lucky for us, there is a fast forward button that I've otherwise little used.

I recommend this audiobook not just for Hellboy fans but for any of those with a taste for horror in their fantasy works.

full detail!

The Hellboy voice is great! amazing story that had me stopping to focus on the words. very well done. on to the next!