Black Hammer Secret origins. Volume 1, issue 1-6 Volume 1, issue 1-6.

Jeff Lemire

eBook - 2017

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

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Published
[United States] : Dark Horse Comics 2017.
Language
English
Corporate Author
hoopla digital
Main Author
Jeff Lemire (author)
Corporate Author
hoopla digital (-)
Other Authors
Dean Ormston (illustrator), Dave Stewart (-), Todd Klein
Online Access
Instantly available on hoopla.
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Physical Description
1 online resource
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Audience
Rated PA
ISBN
9781630083281
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

Ever wonder what happens to those superheroes written out of continuity by the cosmic crises that routinely rewrite the fabric of fiction universes? For at least some of the heroes of Spiral City, the answer is that they find themselves trapped on a mysterious small farm in a quaint little town in a world much like our own, where they must pose as a decidedly dysfunctional family. For some, this new life is a blessing and a chance for a normal existence; for others, it's a curse they'll never stop trying to overcome. Writer Lemire (Roughneck) combines his talent for both high-concept sf and gothic tales of country living to craft a strange and melancholy tale of larger-than-life characters who are forced to reckon with what's left when their adventures come to an end. Ormston's (2000 AD) illustrations deftly capture both the uncanny and small moments of human drama that make this volume such a compelling and complex read. Verdict Lemire is the rare talent who is embraced by both mainstream and independent comics fans, and this title should have massive appeal for both.-Tom Batten, Grafton, VA © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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