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Black Hammer. Volume 1, Secret origins

Format: Print Book 2017
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Summary
Once they were heroes, but the age of heroes has long since passed. Banished from existence by a multiversal crisis, the old champions of Spiral City--Abraham Slam, Golden Gail, Colonel Weird, Madame Dragonfly, and Barbalien--now lead simple lives in an idyllic, timeless farming village from which there is no escape! But as they employ all of their super abilities to free themselves from this strange purgatory, a mysterious stranger works to bring them back into action for one last adventure! Collects Black Hammer #1-#6.

The first chapter in Jeff Lemire ( The Underwater Welder, The Complete Essex County, Animal Man ) and Dean Ormston's ( Lucifer ) acclaimed series!

"I don't read many comics these days, and I can't remember the last time I read a superhero comic, but I'm loving Black Hammer ." - Mike Mignola

" Black Hammer is easily one of Lemire's best creations." - Scott Snyder

"Amazing. Just flat-out amazing." - Patton Oswalt
Published Reviews
Publisher's Weekly Review: "Lemire's best stories (the Essex County trilogy) are permeated with loss-his characters are always pining for something that once was and can never be again. While reveling in the pulp fantasies of silver age superhero comics and EC's lurid sci-fi/horror stories, this collection is as much a study of loneliness and isolation as it is a superhero deconstruction. It opens with six former superheroes who've been mysteriously trapped on a small farm for a decade. Each chapter, beautifully illustrated by Ormston (Lucifer) with eerie, stripped-down realism, explores each hero's identity, origins, and path to ending up on the farm. As the narrative unfolds, the haunting backstories add greater context and intrigue to the mysteries of the present. There's an astonishing clarity to the characters and their motivations amid what could easily become a convoluted backstory filled with interstellar exploration, multiverse travelling, alien diplomacy, and quiet farm life. If Black Hammer lives up to its early promise, it will deserve a place on the shelf right next to the Watchmen series. (Apr.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved."
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Additional Information
Subjects Superhero comics.
Graphic novels.
Comics (Graphic works)
Publisher Milwaukie, OR :Dark Horse Books,2017
Edition First edition.
Other Titles Secret origins
Black Hammer :
Contributors Lemire, Jeff, author.
Ormston, Dean, artist.
Stewart, Dave, illustrator.
Klein, Todd, illustrator.
Dark Horse Comics, publisher.
Language English
Notes "This volume collects issues #1-#6 of the Dark Horse Comics series Black Hammer"--Title page verso.
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
ISBN 9781616557867
1616557869
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