Black Hammer

Black Hammer Secret Origins

Jeff Lemire2017
"Wiped out of their superhero universe by a multiversal crisis, the forgotten heroes of Spiral City now live as a dysfunctional family on a mysterious farm in a small town from which they have no escape"--Back cover of Volume 1.
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Sarah Sammis@pussreboots
4 stars
Apr 4, 2024

Black Hammer: Age of Doom by Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston is the third volume of the Black Hammer series or the fifth volume if the two side stories are included. Lucy Weber has arrived on the farm and she's taken on the mantle of Black Hammer. She knows the truth behind their banishment but before she can reveal it, she disappears. http://pussreboots.com/blog/2019/comm... Family Utopia Cornfield 33FFFF - albeit highly metaphorical for all three

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Sarah Sammis@pussreboots
5 stars
Apr 4, 2024

Despite being a different genre and using a different illustrator — it still encompasses the urban vs rural and crossing the cornfield tropes that I love about Lemire's work. http://pussreboots.com/blog/2017/comm...

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Sarah Sammis@pussreboots
5 stars
Apr 4, 2024

Black Hammer Volume 2: The Event by Jeff Lemire picks up where Secret Origins ends. The woman — a reporter by trade — has tracked down the location of her missing father and his companions, only to find herself trapped too. With her arrival we're given the origin story of Black Hammer as well as the gruesome details of his death. http://pussreboots.com/blog/2018/comm...

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Maggie Gordon@maggieg
4 stars
Aug 13, 2022

I am not usually a huge Jeff Lemire fan, but Black Hammer hits all the spots for an intriguing, more adult-look at superheros. The plot is twisty, but not in a way that I feel will never be resolved (which is usually my beef with Lemire). It hits its paces well, plays on tropes in an interesting manner, and the characters are really drawing me in. Can't wait to see where the next volume takes us!

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Maggie Gordon@maggieg
3 stars
Aug 13, 2022

Black Hammer is definitely superheros as done by Jeff Lemire. There's a lot of man pain (and some lady pain!). But a lot of man pain. Also a lot of unexplained scifi shenanigans that may or may not ever be explained. I want to learn more about Lady Dragonfly though so I will be picking up the next volume.

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Melissa Railey@melrailey
4 stars
Jan 18, 2024
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Klaus Eck@klauseck
5 stars
Oct 3, 2023
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Dennis Jacob Rosenfeld@rosenfeld
5 stars
Aug 18, 2023
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Erik Wallace@erikwallace
4 stars
Jul 26, 2023
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Nora @ngoldie
4 stars
Jun 1, 2023
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Alex@sharkerator
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May 28, 2023
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Alex@sharkerator
4 stars
May 28, 2023
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Hana @hana9
3 stars
Sep 26, 2022
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Ewan@euzie
5 stars
Sep 18, 2022
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Curtis Stewart@chosenfallen
5 stars
Sep 16, 2022
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Robert S.@rjschwabe
5 stars
Sep 9, 2022
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Robert S.@rjschwabe
5 stars
Sep 9, 2022
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Robert S.@rjschwabe
4 stars
Sep 9, 2022
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Sierra Bradley@strawb3rr1
4 stars
Mar 13, 2022
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Sierra Bradley@strawb3rr1
4 stars
Mar 13, 2022
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Kali Olson@kaliobooks
3 stars
Mar 9, 2022
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André Nóbrega@anobrega85
4 stars
Nov 13, 2021
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André Nóbrega@anobrega85
4 stars
Nov 13, 2021
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Anli Tamaribuchi @persizmon
5 stars
Nov 9, 2021

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