Black Hammer Volume 1: Secret Origins
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Black Hammer Volume 1: Secret Origins by Jeff Lemire
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.Jeff Lemire, the creator of the critically acclaimed graphic books Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder, and Trillium, is a New York Times bestselling author. His upcoming projects include Simon & Schuster's original graphic book Roughneck, as well as Image Comics' Descender (co-written with Dustin Nguyen) and Dark Horse Comics' Black Hammer (co-written with Dean Ormston). Jeff has also contributed to DC Comics' Green Arrow, Justice League, and Animal Man, as well as Marvel Comics' Hawkeye. Jeff won the Schuster Award for Outstanding Canadian Cartoonist in 2008 and 2013. He's also won the Doug Wright Award for Outstanding Emerging Talent and the coveted Alex Award from the American Library Association, which honors adult works with a strong youthful appeal.
In addition, he has been nominated for eight Eisner Awards, seven Harvey Awards, and eight Shuster Awards. Essex County was selected one of the top five Canadian novels of the decade in 2010. With his wife and children, he currently resides and works in Toronto.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781616557867 |
| ISBN 10 | 1616557869 |
| Title | Black Hammer Volume 1: Secret Origins |
| Author | Jeff Lemire |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
| Year published | 2017-04-11 |
| Number of pages | 152 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |