Black Hammer Volume 1
Secret Origins
by Jeff Lemire
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Comics and Fiction.
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 CityAbraham Slam, Golden Gail, Colonel Weird, Madame Dragonfly, and Barbaliennow lead simple lives in an idyllic, timeless farming village from which there is no escape! But as they employ all of their...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Comics and Fiction.
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James Gunn
“This book is a freaking masterpiece. @JeffLemire @dean_ormston @DarkHorseComics”
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