The Platypus vs. the Conqueror Worm

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So, for anyone who's read "Hellboy: Conqueror Worm" out there: do you think there are any references/similarities to Lewis' "That Hideous Strength?" I know the main inspiration is Edgar Allen Poe's poem of the same name, but just think: macro-beings who want to destroy mankind, neo-fascists, floating head-in-a-jar, attempts to breed a new race of men, evil scientists trying to contact said macro-beings in space via a collection of severed heads in a cabinet hooked up to machines, the veneration of a space-worm with weird chanting ... At least we get spared "Fairy Hardcastle," and we do get a homunculus!

(P.S. -hope the links are helpful and not a superfluous annoyance!)

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