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Essential Judge Death: My Name Is Death is a great introduction to the Judge Dredd villain

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The Essential Judge Death: My Name Is Death is the perfect introduction to Judge Dredd’s greatest foe.

From the pen of acclaimed Judge Dredd creator John Wagner (A History of Violence) comes the origin story of 2000 AD’s most enduring villain. Includes Young Death, with art by Peter Doherty (Shaolin Cowboy), Tea With Mrs. Gunderson by artist Dean Ormston (Black Hammer) and the classic My Name Is Death and The Wilderness Days with art by Frazer Irving (Batman & Robin).

This collection is an ideal jumping on point for new readers.

Story: John Wagner
Art: Frazer Irving, Peter Doherty, Dean Ormston
Letterer: Tom Frame, Ellie De Ville, Gordon Robson, Steve Potter

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Explore the world of Black Hammer with The World of Black Hammer Omnibus 3

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Dark Horse Books presents the latest collection of the Black Hammer saga in the World of Black Hammer Omnibus Volume 3 in an affordable paperback omnibus format! The book collects Colonel Weird: Cosmagog #1—4and Barbalien: Red Planet #1—5. This collection features writing by Jeff Lemire and Tate Brombal with interior art by Tyler Crook and Gabriel Hernández Walta, colors by Tyler Crook and Jordie Bellaire, letters by Aditya Bidikar and Tyler Crook, and cover art by Dean Ormston.

In Colonel Weird: Cosmagog, sanity-challenged space adventurer Colonel Weird embarks on a strange journey through space and time for something that he’s long forgotten, with both his sanity and life at stake.

In Barbalien: Red Planet, the shape-shifting superhero Barbalien struggles to find his place in the world during the AIDS crisis—something made all the more difficult when a Martian enemy from the past follows him to Earth to take him back, dead or alive.

The World of Black Hammer Omnibus Volume 3 trade paperback will be available in bookstores May 7, 2024 and in comic shops May 8, 2024. The book contains 248-pages of Black Hammer content and measures at 6.625×10.1875”. It is available for pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, TFAW, and at your local comic shop and bookstore and will retail for $29.99.

World of Black Hammer Omnibus Volume 3 

Dark Horse presents Black Hammer Omnibus Volume 3

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Follow the legacy of the Black Hammer in the Black Hammer Omnibus Volume 3. Black Hammer: Reborn is written by Jeff Lemire, with interior art by Caitlin Yarsky, Malachi Ward, and Matthew Sheean, colors by Ward and Dave Stewart, and cover art by Black Hammer co-creator Dean Ormston. This volume compiles issues #1-12 of the original Black Hammer: Reborn storyline in one oversized paperback collection including sketchbook extras and more.

Years after Black Hammer and the rest of Spiral City’s greatest heroes seemingly died defeating the cosmic despot known as Anti-God, Lucy Weber, the daughter of Black Hammer, took up his mantle and carried on the legacy of her father.

Years after that, Lucy, and the world, have moved on. Living in the suburbs of Spiral City, Lucy is married and has children. But all is not blissful. Her marriage is falling apart, her job has reached a dead end, and for mysterious reasons, she hasn’t picked up the hammer in years.  But, as her domestic life begins to crumble, the secrets of the last twenty years, and the reasons Lucy really gave up being Black Hammer, begin to resurface, threatening her family, and the peace she has tried hard to find for herself.

Black Hammer Omnibus Volume 3, paperback, spans 312 pages and measures 6.625 x 9.25”. The collection will be available October 8, 2024 in bookstores and October 10, 2024 in comic shops. It is available for pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and at your local comic shop and bookstore and will retail for $29.99.

Black Hammer Omnibus Volume 3

Dark Horse presents The World of Black Hammer Omnibus Vol. 4

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Take a deep dive into the extended world of Black Hammer in The World of Black Hammer Omnibus Volume 4. This collection gathers the complete series of Skulldigger and Skeleton Boy #1-6 and The Unbelievable Unteens #1-4 new in a paperback omnibus format. The World of Black Hammer Omnibus Volume 4 is written by Jeff Lemire with art and colors by Tonci Zonjic and Tyler Crook, letters by Crook and Steve Wands, and cover art by Black Hammer co-creator Dean Ormston.

In Skulldigger and Skeleton Boy, Spiral City is trapped in a vicious cycle of crime, corruption, and violence. With the heart of the city at stake, a vigilante rises as Skulldigger. However, when the nefarious Grimjim escapes from prison, Skulldigger and his ward, Skeleton Boy, find themselves pitted against a truly deadly and unstoppable force. 

In The Unbelievable Unteens, artist Jane Ito finds herself visited by one of the characters from her own creation—but was it her own creation? Were the Unteens an actual school of teenaged misfit superheroes who battled supervillains under the lead of the mysterious Dr. Miles Moniker? And if so, who wiped their memories and why?  As Jane’s world is turned upside down and she learns the true nature of her identity, she discovers a sinister plot leading her to assemble a team she had suspected was purely fictional.

The World of Black Hammer Omnibus Volume 4 TPB contains 288 pages and measures at 6.625 x 10.875. The collection will be available September 9, 2024 in bookstores and September 10, 2024 in comic shops. It is available for pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and at your local comic shop and bookstore. The graphic novel omnibus collection will retail for $29.99.

The World of Black Hammer Omnibus Volume 4 TPB

Dark Horse presents the World of Black Hammer Omnibus Volume 2

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Dark Horse Books presents a new collection of the Black Hammer saga in the World of Black Hammer Omnibus Volume 2! The latest Black Hammer omnibus collects The Quantum Age and Black Hammer ’45 together in one affordable omnibus volume. These stories are written by Jeff Lemire and Ray Fawkes, with interior art by Wilfredo Torres and Matt Kindt, colors by Dave Stewart and Sharlene Kindt, and cover art by Dean Ormston. 

In The Quantum Age: Far in the future of Black Hammer, a collection of superheroes inspired by the legendary heroes of Black Hammer Farm must band together to save the planet from an authoritarian regime.

And in Black Hammer ‘45: During the Golden Age of superheroes, an elite Air Force crew called the Black Hammer Squadron bands together to combat the Nazis, a host of occult threats, and their ultimate aerial warrior the Ghost Hunter.

The World of Black Hammer Omnibus Volume 2 trade paperback will be available in bookstores November 7, 2023 and in comic shops November 8, 2023. It is available for pre-order and will retail for $24.99.

World of Black Hammer Omnibus Volume 2

Black Hammer is Reborn in the Black Hammer Library Edition Volume 3

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Dark Horse Books presents the Black Hammer Library Edition Volume 3. This oversized hardcover collects issues of #1-12 of the Black Hammer Reborn comic series, featuring a story that picks up years after the previous Black Hammer series with a group of new artists. The book is written by New York Times bestselling author Jeff Lemire, illustrated by Caitlin Yarsky, Malachi Ward, and Matthew Sheean, colored by Dave Stewart and Malachi Ward, and lettered by Nate Piekos, with cover art by Dean Ormston.

Years after Black Hammer and the rest of Spiral City’s greatest heroes seemingly died defeating the cosmic despot known as Anti-God, Lucy Weber, the daughter of Black Hammer, took up his mantle and carried on the legacy of her father.

Years after that, Lucy, and the world, have moved on. Living in the suburbs of Spiral City, Lucy is married and has children. But all is not blissful. Her marriage is falling apart, her job has reached a dead end, and for mysterious reasons, she hasn’t picked up the hammer in years. But as her domestic life begins to crumble, the secrets of the last 20 years, and the reasons Lucy really gave up being Black Hammer, begin to resurface, threatening her family and the peace she has tried hard to find for herself.

This deluxe, oversized hardcover features a new cover, sketchbook extras, and more! 

The Black Hammer Library Edition Volume 3 will be in bookstores October 10, 2023 and comic shops October 11, 2023. It is available for pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and at your local comic shop and bookstore and will retail for $49.99. 

Black Hammer Library Edition Volume 3

Mazebook gets a Dark Horse Direct Exclusive Hardcover Edition

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Dark Horse Direct and Jeff Lemire have partnered up and are delighted to present Mazebook HC (Dark Horse Direct Exclusive)!

This deluxe, limited, and oversized hardcover edition collects issues #1-5 of the bestselling Mazebook series, an ambitious and haunting graphic novel about family, mourning, and reality from New York Times bestselling and Eisner award-winning Black Hammer creator Jeff Lemire. Limited to just 1000 copies, this exclusive edition includes a printed art tip-in signed by Jeff Lemire, a cloth cover with red stitch embroidery, foil stamping, a color ribbon and gilding. This incredible collector’s edition features a sketchbook section with pinups by Andrea Sorrentino, Dustin Nguyen, Dean Ormston, Matt Kindt, and Gabriel Hernández Walta! Elegantly designed by award-winning designer and creative director Tom Muller, the exclusive Mazebook HC retails for $125.00 USD with payment plan options available and is scheduled to begin shipping to pre-order customers between June and July 2022. 

Mazebook is the story of a lonely building inspector, still grieving the loss of his puzzle-loving daughter, receives a mysterious phone call. Convinced that this child is contacting him from beyond this world, he sets out on an intense and melancholy adventure to bring his daughter back home.

The Mazebook HC (Dark Horse Direct Exclusive) is now available for pre-order.

Mazebook HC (Dark Horse Direct Exclusive)

Black Hammer is Reborn

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Black Hammer returns in a new ongoing series picking up twenty years after the events of Age of Doom in Black Hammer: Reborn! The Eisner Award-winning superhero saga created by Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston welcomes Caitlin Yarsky as the new main series artist for Black Hammer, with colors by Dave Stewart. Issues #5-#8 will feature guest artists Malachi Ward and Matt Sheean!     

In 1986, Black Hammer and the rest of Spiral City’s greatest superheroes seemingly died defeating the cosmic despot known as Anti-God and saving the world. But one woman refused to believe they were truly gone: Lucy Weber, the daughter of Black Hammer.  Learning that her dad had sacrificed himself to save the other heroes, Lucy soon took up the mantle of Black Hammer and carried on the legacy of her father as the world’s greatest superhero.

Now, it’s twenty years later, and Lucy, and the world, have moved on. Living in the suburbs of Spiral City, Lucy is married and has children. But all is not blissful. Her marriage is falling apart, her job has reached a dead end, and for mysterious reasons, she hasn’t picked up the hammer in years.  But, as her domestic life begins to crumble, the secrets of the last twenty years, and the reasons Lucy really gave up being Black Hammer, begin to resurface, threatening her family, and the peace she has tried hard to find for herself.

Black Hammer: Reborn is the next era of the Black Hammer Universe; a series that juxtaposes an achingly human story of domestic life, marriage, parenthood, and destiny with a pulse-pounding superhero thriller that peels back new layers of mystery, and pulls the Black Hammer history into the present. 

Black Hammer: Reborn #1 will hit comic shops on June 23, 2021, featuring an issue #1 variant by Jeff Lemire and Dave Stewart.

SDCC 2019: Peek Into the Black Hammer-Verse

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Dip your toe into the Black Hammer-verse with the Black Hammer 3 for $1and Skulldigger + Skeleton Boy from Dark Horse Comics! Explore the weird, wonderful, ever-expanding world created by acclaimed writer Jeff Lemire and veteran artist Dean Ormston.

Black Hammer 3 for $1 is a perfect intro to three great storylines in the Black Hammer–verse for just one dollar! This three-in-one anthology features the first issues of the original Black Hammer run, Sherlock Frankenstein, and Quantum Age, collected together in a 72-page discount package! Featuring art by artists Dean Ormston, David Rubín, and Wilfredo Torres, Black Hammer 3 for $1 is your one-way ticket to Spiral City and beyond! 

And if you’re already well versed in the Black Hammer-verse, then you won’t want to miss the debut of the newest hero to stalk the streets of Spiral City in Skulldigger + Skeleton Boy! Written by Black Hammer co-creator Jeff Lemire, with art by Tonci Zonjic and letters by Steve Wands, Skulldigger + Skeleton Boy is the latest installment in the ever-expanding Black Hammer-verse.

Teased in The World of Black Hammer Encyclopedia, this tale of dark tragedy finds Spiral City trapped in a vicious cycle of crime, corruption, and violence. With the heart of the city at stake, a vigilante rises in Skulldigger. However, when the nefarious Grimjim escapes from prison, will Skulldigger and his ward, Skeleton Boy, be enough to save Spiral City? Be sure to find out in Skulldigger + Skeleton Boy #1.

Black Hammer 3 for $1 goes on sale November 06, 2019, and Skulldigger + Skeleton Boy #1 (of twelve) goes on sale December 11, 2019.

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