New secrets behind the character's origin will come to light in 'Rasputin: Voice of the Dragon.'

Russia's infamous Mad Monk was integral in bringing Hellboy to Earth, in the mythology behind Mike Mignola's beloved comic book character. Now, after decades, the story of just how the presumed-dead Rasputin got involved with the Nazis in the first place is about to be revealed — and Heat Vision has an exclusive look at the first issue of the upcoming Rasputin: Voice of the Dragon series.

"In the waning days of WWII, a group of Nazi occultists led by the infamous Rasputin performed an arcane ritual to call up a demon from hell, intending to use it to defeat the Allied forces," Chris Roberson, who co-writes the series with Mike Mignola, tells Heat Vision. "When the demon arrived, though, it was adopted by an English occult investigator, Professor Trevor Bruttenholm, who named him Hellboy. But how did Rasputin, a Russian mystic who the world believed to be dead for years, come to command such a position of authority in the Nazi leadership, and did Bruttenholm and the Allies ever suspect that he was the one pulling the strings behind the scenes?"

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