Black Hammer Library Edition Volume 1

by Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston (Illustrator)

Overview

The first chapter of the highly acclaimed, Eisner Award-winning superhero saga in deluxe, oversized hardcover format.

Collects the first and second volumes of Black Hammer, and Black Hammer: Giant Sized Annual in a digital format with a new cover, sketchbook extras, and more!

Mysteriously banished from existence by a multiversal event, the old superheroes of Spiral City now lead simple lives on a bizarre farm 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!

"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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781506710723
Publisher:	Dark Horse Comics
Publication date:	12/11/2018
Series:	Black Hammer Series
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	407
File size:	194 MB
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About the Author

Jeff Lemire is an award-winning Canadian comic book writer and the creator of the acclaimed monthly comic book series Sweet Tooth, the award-winning graphic novel, Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Trillium, Plutona, Descender, Royal City, Black Hammer and Gideon Falls. Now one of DC Comics' cornerstone writers, Jeff was prominent in the publisher's recent New 52 line-wide relaunch as the writer of Animal Man, Justice League Dark and Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. He has also written the monthly adventures of Superboy, The Atom and Constantine. In 2008 Jeff won the Schuster Award for Best Canadian Cartoonist and the Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent. He also won the American Library Association's prestigious Alex Award. He currently lives and works in Toronto with his wife and son.

Editorial Reviews

I didn’t think something could be thrilling and sad at the same time but now there’s Black Hammer proving me wrong. Amazing, just flat-out amazing.”—Patton Oswalt

“Fantastic.”—Scott Snyder

“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 by Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, and Dave Stewart.”—Mike Mignola

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