After being cast in Hell following his death in Hellboy Omnibus, Vol. 3: The Wild Hunt, Hellboy finds himself back home, so to speak. But the denizens of Hell are still reeling from the destruction that the recent conflict between the witches and the humans wrought. The Princes of Hell have all been slaughtered by their own captains, as legions disintegrated. Satan, who still dwells in Pandemonium, sleeps away until he is awakened by Hellboy, who kills him. Hellboy even has a family reunion of sorts, with his uncle and his brothers, all of whom end up dead. His half-sister attempts to kill him a second time, but she fails.
In the end, Satan's hold on Hell has been broken, and the world is reborn once more. Hellboy discovers that there is no one left that cares about his right hand, and, for the first time, finds himself at peace, and he returns to find a semblance of home.
This volume concludes the Hellboy saga, revealing his origin story. Against all odds, Hellboy demonstrates that he is more human than many of us, as he makes fateful decision after decision, seeking not the easy path, but the righteous one.
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