Earth teeters on the brink of destruction in _Hellboy: Seed of Destruction_ #3, with only Hellboy, the World's Greatest Paranormal Investigator, there to right the balance. Things get even uglier as Hellboy explores the decaying temple beneath the Cavendish mansion and discovers an ancient evil that threatens to unleash dark, unholy forces from the dawn of time, using Hellboy's companion Liz as its unwitting tool.