Black Hammer Library Edition

Black Hammer Library Edition

Jeff Lemire2018
"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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Fraser Simons@frasersimons
4 stars
Jun 9, 2022

Great concept. Kind of an amalgamation of subverted tropes across all super hero lines. Interesting back stories, all of them trapped on a farm sounds kinda dumb on paper, but between flashbacks of their lives and the teasing out of the mystery of how they came to be there and how it is they are unable to now leave, it trucks along nicely. Only disappointment is the last issue which wasn’t very revelatory as one might expect. Would read the next one though. And on that note: reading oversized hardcovers with ribbons and thick paper stock ain’t the worst. Pretty wild I haven’t read anything in that format before, but I’m pretty damn sold on it as a luxury item. Very, very nice.

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Andrew Sztehlo@sztehlocomics
4 stars
Nov 1, 2021