Iron Shoes
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Species | Goblin |
| Created by | Mike Mignola |
| First comic appearance | The Iron Shoes |
Iron Shoes was a goblin who lived around Ireland.
Overivew
Iron Shoes was one of the most bloodthirsty of all goblins, who resides in ruined towers which often had evil history, from which it snatched unsuspecting travellers as prey.
In 1961, Hellboy enters a ruined the goblin's current tower and and Iron Shoes attacks the cambion, before leaping out of a window. Hellboy managed to catch his neck with a lasso, and is pulled out of the tower.
The goblin is then dragged to a to a nearby church, where the bells toll, which cause the creature to turn into dust.
Notes
In a bonus feature for the DVD of Hellboy Animated: Blood & Iron, Mike Mignola explains that he based Iron Shoes on the English goblin, Redcap. The folkloric character is essentially identical, but wears a bright red stocking cap that he regularly re-dyes with the blood of his victims.