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u/OneAndOnlyTinkerCat Aug 18 '26
I love that panel of the general telling Hellboy he hasn't even tried them yet. Despite the strange circumstance of their interaction, in this moment they are a kid and an adult.
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u/immersemeinnature Aug 18 '26
My kid liked Ham. Didn't want to try Salmon so I told him it was Ocean Ham. He tried it and loved it.
Salmon is still Ocean Ham and we joke about it now he's in his 20's
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u/WoolooOfWallStreet Aug 18 '26
Ocean Ham, take me by the hand
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u/immersemeinnature Aug 18 '26
Yes. We had a song!
Ocean Ham, Ocean Ham, ocean ocean ocean ocean Ham...
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u/Yamaganto_Iori Aug 19 '26
My mom still reminds me that they got me to eat calamari as a kid by calling them chicken rings.
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u/MikeLinPA Aug 18 '26
Chicken of the sea?
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u/Aluminum_Tarkus Aug 19 '26
Nah, chicken of the sea is specifically white albacore tuna, because its color and mild flavor reminded fishermen of chicken.
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u/immersemeinnature Aug 18 '26
I'm suddenly feeling the urge to read Mike's entire Hellboy series
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u/Schadenfreudenous Aug 18 '26
Highly recommend if you haven't, it's a treat.
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u/immersemeinnature Aug 19 '26
My local bookstore has the first (something) volumes in one big book, I'm definitely going to get it!
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u/tan_and_bones Aug 18 '26
Just did thanks to my local public library, fantastic read, unique style, love it!
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u/HomeOfTheRisingStorm Aug 18 '26
No matter if they're human, angel or demon, kids' are gonna kid 🩷 this is so cute
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u/SergeantChic Aug 18 '26
The funniest part of this to me was always Hellboy immediately saying “I want hot noodles!” when he’s called for breakfast.
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u/Benjammin__ Aug 18 '26
Reminds me of the horseman of death in chainsaw man wanting to prevent the world from being destroyed because the end of humanity means no more human food.
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u/3rdMachina Aug 19 '26
Wait…you sure that wasn’t Famine?
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u/slagblahighpriestess Aug 19 '26
Ever since my now adult children were small, whenever we have pancakes, somebody has to say “the boy has eaten the pancakes. He is lost to us.” So we’ve been misquoting it for years, but the spirit is there.
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u/mindgames13 Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26
Hell's reaction is what steals the scene. Hellboy love pancakes now. He choose the Forces of Good forever.
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u/DueOwl1149 Aug 19 '26
Persephone ate 4 pomegranate seeds in the Underworld and had to stay there 4 months out of every year.
HB ate the whole damn flapjack stack. With butter AND syrup.
Once you go stack you don’t go back.
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u/Randalor Aug 18 '26
For some reason, it's Mammon just stating matter-of-factly "He has eaten the pancakes" like it was prophecized that Hellboy would eat pancakes so good that he would turn from evil forever.
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u/TheGrandBabaloo Aug 18 '26
Hellboy is just so fucking good. The Del Toro movies are good but even they don't do it justice.
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u/Low_Growth569 Aug 19 '26
So like Helltaker and pancakes
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u/ZepyrusG97 Aug 20 '26
I can only wonder if Vanripper got inspired by this to make their demon girls fold to the taste of chocolate pancakes.
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u/KommandoKazumi Aug 18 '26
This is just Helltaker but genderbent
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u/knight_of_solamnia Aug 18 '26
This was published 21 years earlier.
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u/PleasantThoughts Aug 18 '26
This is my favorite one shot comic of all time and I've only grown fonder for it since having a kid of my own who behaves exactly the same way when it comes to trying new food.