Adolfo Flores
| Alias | Lobster Johnson |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Species | human |
| Occupation | Actor and luchador |
| Created by | Mike Mignola |
| First comic appearance | "The True History of Lobster Johnson" backup in Lobster Johnson: The Iron Prometheus |
Adolfo Flores was an actor that played Lobster Johnson in a series of low-budget lucha libre films in the 1950s. He and Hellboy met in 1956 during Hellboy's five-month "drunken weekend" in Mexico.
History
Working with director Eduardo Fernandez, Adolfo Flores made at least nine Lobster Johnson films in the 1950s (though some film historians put that number as high as twelve). During the 1960s, the films were heavily edited and badly dubbed for their English versions, and often don't make any sense. No good prints of any of the films exist today.
Filmography
- Lobster Johnson vs. Black Magic (1951)
The first Lobster Johnson film.
- Lobster Johnson and the Circus of Hell (1953)
Lobster Johnson fights Death himself.
- Lobster Johnson vs. the Inferno (1954)
Famously the film in which Lobster Johnson fights both Satan and aliens.
- Lobster Johnson and the Ring of Death (1957)
At one point acclaimed Mexican director Guillermo del Toro was rumored to be interested in remaking this film.