Black Hammer (comics)

Black Hammer is an American ongoing comic series created by writer Jeff Lemire and artist Dean Ormston, published by Dark Horse Comics.

Black Hammer
Cover of Black Hammer #1 (July, 2016). Art by Dean Ormston.
Publication information
Publisher	Dark Horse Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing
Genre	Superhero Metafiction
Publication date	July 2016 – present
Creative team
Created by	Jeff Lemire Dean Ormston
Written by	Jeff Lemire
Artist(s)	Dean Ormston
Letterer(s)	Todd Klein
Colorist(s)	Dave Stewart
Editor(s)	Brendan Wright (#1–7) Daniel Chabon (#1–present)
Collected editions
1. Secret Origins	ISBN 9781616557867
2. The Event	ISBN 9781506701981
3. Age of Doom – Part 1	ISBN 9781506703893
4. Age of Doom – Part 2	ISBN 9781506708164
Streets of Spiral	ISBN 9781506709413

Plot

Ten years ago, Black Hammer and six other superheroes had saved Spiral City from the Anti-God, but in process became trapped in Rockwood, a timeless Twilight Zone-ish town. Shortly after the heroes arrive, Black Hammer dies. In the present, the six heroes live on Black Hammer farm with very little hope of ever escaping Rockwood.

Publication history

Jeff Lemire originally conceived of Black Hammer in 2007, intending to draw the story himself after the end of Essex County.[1] In 2008 he pitched the series to Dark Horse editor Diana Schutz. The pitch was accepted, but Lemire was unable to begin work until he finished The Nobody and Sweet Tooth for Vertigo, then his exclusivity contract for DC Comics prevented him from working on the series from 2010 to 2014.[2] When Lemire returned to the series in 2014, he was working on so many projects that drawing it himself was no longer possible, so he teamed up with artist Dean Ormston for the title. According to Lemire, it was important for Black Hammer to not to look anything like mainstream superhero comics. He wanted the series to stand outside of superhero comics and comment on them, not become one of them. For this, Ormston's art style was deemed perfect.[3]

Black Hammer #1 was originally scheduled for release March 2015, however Ormston suffered a cerebral hemorrhage,[4] which left the right side of his body partially paralyzed. After months of rehabilitation, Ormston recovered.[3] The first issue of Black Hammer came out July the following year. Lemire continued working on the series while Ormston recovered. Dean Ormston's working pace was greatly reduced, however, so he sometimes works with layout assistance from Peter Gross.[5] Because of this, Lemire has scripts written well ahead of the release schedule.[6]

In September 2017, shortly after the cliffhanger ending of Black Hammer #13, Dark Horse Comics announced the series had ended and that it would relaunch as Black Hammer: Age of Doom in 2018.[7] Lemire explained the name change in a press release:

“One thing Black Hammer has always done is comment on the history of superhero comics and we live in a world where superhero universes seem to be rebooted, relaunched, and rebirthed every year. It felt like we needed to play around with that idea, but put a Black Hammer spin on it.”[8]

In July 2019, Lemire revealed that the story of the heroes on Black Hammer farm he had set out to tell when he had originally pitched Black Hammer would conclude with Black Hammer: Age of Doom #12. However, he called this the end of "Phase I" and went on to tease developments for Phase II with more spinoffs and a new core Black Hammer series focused on Lucy Weber and with Dean Ormston continuing on as artist.[9] The title for the upcoming series will be Black Hammer: Reborn.[10]

The World of Black Hammer

In 2017, Jeff Lemire started to expand the Black Hammer universe with spinoff titles, starting with Sherlock Frankenstein and the Legion of Evil. The spinoffs can be recognized by a black banner along the top of the cover which says "From the world of Black Hammer". There have been several spinoffs with more planned.[11][12] The universe of Black Hammer and its spinoffs is frequently referred to as "The Hammerverse" (not to be confused with David Drake's Hammerverse) by editor Daniel Chabon in the letter columns, though this name does not appear to be part of any official branding.

Sherlock Frankenstein

In July 2017, Dark Horse Comics announced Sherlock Frankenstein and the Legion of Evil, a Black Hammer spinoff miniseries written by Jeff Lemire with art by David Rubín. The series focused on Lucy Weber, a nineteen-year-old investigative reporter searching for the truth about what happened ten years ago when her father, the Black Hammer, disappeared.[13]

Doctor Andromeda

In December 2017, Den of Geek announced a second Black Hammer spinoff miniseries, Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows, written by Jeff Lemire with art by Max Fiumara. The series focuses on Doctor Star (later renamed Doctor Andromeda), a Golden Age superhero and contemporary of Abraham Slam.[14]

The series was retitled "Doctor Andromeda and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows" following a legal issue with another publisher. As Lemire himself explained in a 2020 interview:

“I have been cagey about this because the honest truth is that there was a legal issue with the name and its similarity to another publisher’s character and there is very little I can actually discuss. But we worked it out very amicably with that other publisher and we agreed to change his name and costume a bit. Not any drama or anything, it was all very civil. The good thing is the name changed, but the story is exactly the same. And that original printing of Doctor Star trades and floppies will probably be collector’s items to a degree now, I guess. This being Black Hammer, I do have a fun meta way of explaining the name change within the universe itself that will unfold next year in some new Black Hammer projects.”[15]

Doctor Andromeda originally appeared in a cameo role in the original Black Hammer series as an homage to Starman, specifically the incarnation written by James Robinson, to the point that the character's alter ego was named "Jimmy Robinson".

The Quantum Age

On March 27, 2018, Dark Horse Comics announced The Quantum Age, a spinoff set in 2141 (originally 3041, but this date was revised in the trade paperback) about a group of superheroes, inspired by the heroes of Black Hammer Farm.[16]

Black Hammer ’45

On December 7, 2018, SyFy Wire announced Black Hammer ’45, a four-issue miniseries about the Black Hammer Squadron in World War II. This miniseries marks the first time a Black Hammer title isn't solely written by Jeff Lemire, with Ray Fawkes joining as co-writer.[17]

Skulldigger + Skeleton Boy

Just prior to SDCC 2019, Newsarama announced Skulldigger + Skeleton Boy, a six-issue miniseries about the vigilante Skulldigger, written by Jeff Lemire with art by Tonci Zonjic. The series had previously been mentioned in the Stranger Things / Black Hammer Free Comic Book Day 2019 issue[18] and in The World of Black Hammer one-shot.[19] Jeff Lemire said that this book would be the first title in "Phase II" of the Black Hammer universe.[20]

Colonel Weird

On January 9, 2020, the Hollywood Reporter announced Colonel Weird: Cosmagog, a four-issue miniseries written by Jeff Lemire with art by Tyler Crook.[21] It will look at Colonel Randall Weird's past and his future beyond the ending of Black Hammer: Age of Doom. Lemire described the series as a bridge from the Phase I Black Hammer series to the stories he has planned for the future.[22]

Barbalien

On March 12, 2020, the Hollywood Reporter announced Barbalien: Red Planet, a five-issue miniseries written by Jeff Lemire and Tate Brombal with art by Gabriel Hernández Walta.[23] The miniseries will explore Mark Markz's time as a police officer during the 1980s AIDS crisis. It was originally scheduled to launch in LGBTQ Pride Month, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Crossovers

In March 2019, Dark Horse Comics and DC Comics announced a five-issue Black Hammer and Justice League crossover miniseries called "Hammer of Justice!" written by Jeff Lemire and drawn by Michael Walsh. In the initial announcement, Lemire assured readers he was going to keep Black Hammer character driven without endless tie-ins and events. "Hammer of Justice!" is not "a throwaway ‘imaginary story’" either, and will have lasting repercussions in future Black Hammer stories.[24]

When discussing whether there could be further crossovers in future, Lemire said, "If there is a very good story to be told, I am open to it, but I doubt we will see many, or any, other crossovers in the future. This particular opportunity really worked and was a great once in a lifetime chance to tell a really fun story."[25]

Issues

Series	Issue	Release Date	Story	Art	Colors	Letters	Cover
Pʜᴀsᴇ I
Black Hammer	#1	July 20, 2016	Jeff Lemire	Dean Ormston	Dave Stewart	Todd Klein	Dean Ormston Jeff Lemire (variant) Dustin Nguyen (SDCC 2016 variant) Fábio Moon (ECCC 2018 variant)[26]
	#2	August 17, 2016					Dean Ormston Jeff Lemire (variants)
	#3	September 21, 2016
	#4	October 19, 2016
	#5	November 16, 2016
	#6	December 21, 2016
	Giant-Sized Annual (2017)	January 18, 2017		Michael Allred Ray Fawkes Matt Kindt Emi Lenox Dustin Nguyen Nate Powell	Ray Fawkes Sharlene Kindt Dave Stewart	Todd Klein	Jeff Lemire
	#7	March 22, 2017		Dean Ormston	Dave Stewart	Todd Klein	Dean Ormston Jeff Lemire (variants)
	#8	April 19, 2017
	#9	May 24, 2017		David Rubín			David Rubín Jeff Lemire (variant)
	#10	June 21, 2017		Dean Ormston	Dave Stewart	Todd Klein	Dean Ormston Jeff Lemire (variants)
	#11	July 26, 2017
	#12	August 23, 2017		David Rubín			David Rubín Jeff Lemire (variant)
	#13	September 20, 2017		Dean Ormston	Dave Stewart	Todd Klein	Dean Ormston Jeff Lemire (variant)
Sherlock Frankenstein and the Legion of Evil	#1	October 18, 2017	Jeff Lemire	David Rubín			David Rubín Mike Mignola (variant) Darren Warren Johnson (ECCC 2018 variant)[26]
	#2	November 22, 2017					David Rubín Dean Ormston (variant)
	#3	December 20, 2017					David Rubín Duncan Fegredo (variant)
	#4	January 24, 2018					David Rubín Jeff Lemire (variant)
Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows	#1	March 7, 2018	Jeff Lemire	Max Fiumara	Dave Stewart	Nate Piekos	Max Fiumara Declan Shalvey & Jordie Bellaire (variant) Jeff Lemire (ComicsPRO variant)
	#2	April 4, 2018					Max Fiumara J.G. Jones (variant)
	#3	May 2, 2018					Max Fiumara Dustin Nguyen (variant)
	#4	June 6, 2018					Max Fiumara Annie Wu (variant)
Black Hammer: Age of Doom	#1	April 18, 2018	Jeff Lemire	Dean Ormston	Dave Stewart	Todd Klein	Dean Ormston Skottie Young (variant) Rafael Albuquerque (2018 Diamond Retailer Summit variant) James Stokoe (C2E2 2018 variant)
	#2	May 23, 2018					Dean Ormston Jeff Lemire (variant)
	#3	June 20, 2018					Dean Ormston Michael Cho (variant)
	#4	August 22, 2018					Dean Ormston James Harren (variant)
	#5	September 19, 2018					Dean Ormston Fábio Moon (variant)
	#6	October 17, 2018		Rich Tommaso			Rich Tommaso Farel Dalrymple (variant)
	#7	November 21, 2018					Rich Tommaso Christian Ward (variant)
Black Hammer	FCBD 2018: Overwatch / Black Hammer "The Quantum Age"	May 5, 2018	Jeff Lemire	Dean Ormston Wilfredo Torres	Dave Stewart	Todd Klein	N/A
The Quantum Age	#1	July 4, 2018	Jeff Lemire	Wilfredo Torres	Dave Stewart	Nate Piekos	Wilfredo Torres Christian Ward (variant) Marcos Martín (SDCC 2018 variant)
	#2	August 1, 2018					Wilfredo Torres Andrew MacLean (variant)
	#3	October 10, 2018					Wilfredo Torres Marco Rudy (variant)
	#4	November 14, 2018					Wilfredo Torres Brendan McCarthy (variant)
	#5	December 12, 2018					Wilfredo Torres Tula Lotay (variant)
	#6	January 30, 2019					Wilfredo Torres Jeff Lemire (variant)
Black Hammer	Cthu-Louise	December 12, 2018	Jeff Lemire	Emi Lenox	Dave Stewart	Todd Klein	Emi Lenox Jill Thompson (variant)
Black Hammer: Age of Doom	#8	February 27, 2019	Jeff Lemire	Dean Ormston	Dave Stewart	Todd Klein	Dean Ormston Bill Sienkiewicz (variant)
	#9	March 27, 2019					Dean Ormston Sanford Greene (variant)
	#10	May 8, 2019					Dean Ormston Michel Fiffe (variant)
	#11	July 3, 2019					Dean Ormston Paolo and Joe Rivera (variant)
	#12	September 18, 2019					Dean Ormston Paul Pope (variant)
Black Hammer ’45	#1	March 6, 2019	STORY Jeff Lemire STORY & SCRIPT Ray Fawkes	Matt Kindt	Sharlene Kindt	Marie Enger	Matt & Sharlene Kindt Veronica Fish (variant)
	#2	April 3, 2019					Matt & Sharlene Kindt Glenn Fabry (variant)
	#3	May 1, 2019					Matt & Sharlene Kindt Denys Cowan, Don Hudson, & Noelle Giddings (variant)
	#4	June 5, 2019					Matt & Sharlene Kindt Sanford Greene (variant)
Black Hammer	FCBD 2019: Stranger Things / Black Hammer "Horrors to Come"	May 4, 2019	Jeff Lemire Ray Fawkes	David Rubín			N/A
	The World of Black Hammer Encyclopedia	July 3, 2019	Jeff Lemire Tate Brombal	Various	Dave Stewart	N/A	Andrea Sorrentino
Black Hammer / Justice League: Hammer of Justice!	#1	July 10, 2019	Jeff Lemire	Michael Walsh		Nate Piekos	Michael Walsh Jeff Lemire (variant) Yanick Paquette (variant) Yuko Shimizu (variant) Andrea Sorrentino (2 variants) Christian Ward (SDCC 2019 variant)[27]
	#2	August 14, 2019					Michael Walsh Ian Bertram (variant) Matteo Scalera (variant) Jill Thompson (variant) Julián Totino Tedesco (variant)
	#3	September 11, 2019					Michael Walsh Ray Fawkes (variant) Tradd Moore (variant) Nate Powell (variant) Evan Shaner (variant)
	#4	October 9, 2019					Michael Walsh Tyler Crook (variant) Francesco Francavilla (variant) Andrew Robinson (variant) Gabriel Walta (variant)
	#5	November 13, 2019					Michael Walsh Shawn Crystal (variant) Terry Dodson (variant) Sandy Jarrell (variant) Matt Kindt (variant)
Black Hammer[28]	3 for $1	November 6, 2019	ʀᴇᴘʀɪɴᴛs: Black Hammer #1 Sherlock Frankenstein and the Legion of Evil #1 The Quantum Age#1				David Rubín
Pʜᴀsᴇ II
Skulldigger + Skeleton Boy [20][28]	#1	December 18, 2019	Jeff Lemire	Tonci Zonjic		Steve Wands	Tonci Zonjic Mike Deodato Jr. (variant) Jeff Lemire (variant)
	#2	January 15, 2020					Tonci Zonjic James Harren (variant)
	#3	February 19, 2020					Tonci Zonjic Patric Reynolds (variant)
	#4	September 23, 2020					Tonci Zonjic Daniel Warren Johnson with Mike Spicer (variant)
	#5	October 21, 2020					Tonci Zonjic Sam Kieth (variant)
	#6	February 24, 2021					Tonci Zonjic Cliff Chiang (variant)
Colonel Weird: Cosmagog	#1	October 28, 2020	Jeff Lemire	Tyler Crook			Tyler Crook Jeff Lemire with Dave Stewart (variant)
	#2	November 25, 2020					Tyler Crook Evan Dorkin with Sarah Dyer (variant)
	#3	December 30, 2020					Tyler Crook John McCrea with Mike Spicer (variant)
	#4	January 27, 2021					Tyler Crook Malachi Ward (variant)
Barbalien: Red Planet	#1	November 18, 2020	Tate Brombal	Gabriel Hernández Walta	Jordie Bellaire	Aditya Bidikar	Gabriel Hernández Walta Phil Jimenez with Dave Stewart (variant)
	#2	December 16, 2020					Gabriel Hernández Walta Kevin Wada (variant)
	#3	January 20, 2021					Gabriel Hernández Walta Aud Koch (variant)
	#4	February 17, 2021					Gabriel Hernández Walta Naomi Franquiz (variant)
	#5	March 17, 2021					Gabriel Hernández Walta Nick Robles (variant)
Black Hammer: Visions	#1: Transfer Student	February 10, 2021	Patton Oswalt	Dean Kotz	Jason Wordie	Nate Piekos	Dean Kotz Evan Dorkin with Sarah Dyer (variant) Gilbert Hernández with Dave Stewart (variant)
	#2	March 10, 2021	Geoff Johns	Scott Kolins	Bill Crabtree		Scott Kolins Kelley Jones with Bill Crabtree (variant) Tom & Sian Mandrake (variant)
	#3	April 14, 2021	Chip Zdarsky	Johnnie Christmas	Dave Stewart		Chip Zdarsky with Dave Stewart Jason Loo (variant) Gerardo Zaffino (variant)
	#4	2021	Mariko Tamaki	Diego Olortegui
	#5	2021
	#6	2021
	#7	2021
	#8	2021

Trade paperbacks

Bʟᴀᴄᴋ Hᴀᴍᴍᴇʀ
Title	#	Release Date	Material collected	Bonus Material	ISBN
Black Hammer: Secret Origins[29]	1	March 29, 2017	Black Hammer #1–6	Afterword by Jeff Lemire 2008 pitch character profiles Sketchbook	9781616557867
Black Hammer: The Event[30]	2	December 27, 2017	Black Hammer #7–11, #13	Sketchbook	9781506701981
Black Hammer: Age of Doom – Part 1[31]	3	January 2, 2019	Black Hammer: Age of Doom #1–5	Sketchbook	9781506703893
Black Hammer: Streets of Spiral	—	September 11, 2019	Black Hammer: Giant-Sized Annual Black Hammer: Cthu-Louise "Horrors to Come" The World of Black Hammer Encyclopedia	Sketchbook	9781506709413
Black Hammer: Age of Doom – Part 2	4	December 18, 2019	Black Hammer: Age of Doom #6–12	Sketchbook Pinup gallery	9781506708164
Tʜᴇ Wᴏʀʟᴅ ᴏғ Bʟᴀᴄᴋ Hᴀᴍᴍᴇʀ
Title		Release Date	Material collected	Bonus Material	ISBN
Sherlock Frankenstein and the Legion of Evil[32]		May 9, 2018	Black Hammer #12 Sherlock Frankenstein and the Legion of Evil #1–4	Sketchbook	9781506705262
Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows[33]		November 14, 2018	Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows #1–4	Sketchbook	9781506706597
Doctor Andromeda and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows (revised edition)		April 28, 2021			9781506723297
The Quantum Age		April 10, 2019	"The Quantum Age" The Quantum Age #1–6	Sketchbook	9781506708416
Black Hammer ’45		October 16, 2019	Black Hammer ’45 #1–4	Sketchbook	9781506708508
Colonel Weird: Cosmagog		January 27, 2021	Colonel Weird: Cosmagog #1–4		9781506715162
Barbalien: Red Planet		April 28, 2021	Barbalien: Red Planet #1–5		9781506715803
Skulldigger + Skeleton Boy		June 2, 2021	Skulldigger + Skeleton Boy #1–6		9781506710334

Hardcovers

Bʟᴀᴄᴋ Hᴀᴍᴍᴇʀ
Title	Release Date	Material collected	Bonus Material	ISBN
Black Hammer / Justice League: Hammer of Justice!	March 25, 2020	Black Hammer / Justice League: Hammer of Justice! #1–5	Cover gallery Sketchbook	9781506710990
Black Hammer: Visions – Volume 1	September 15, 2021	Black Hammer: Visions #1–4		9781506723266

Library editions

Bʟᴀᴄᴋ Hᴀᴍᴍᴇʀ
Release Date	Material collected	Bonus Material	ISBN
Volume 1[34]
November 28, 2018	Black Hammer #1–13 Black Hammer: Giant-Sized Annual (2017)	Bonus material from Black Hammer: Secret Origins Variant cover gallery from Black Hammer: The Event New sketchbook material	9781506710730
Volume 2[35]
September 23, 2020	Black Hammer: Age of Doom #1–12 Black Hammer: Cthu-Louise The World of Black Hammer Encyclopedia	Bonus material from Black Hammer: Age of Doom Expanded cover gallery Pinup gallery	9781506711850
Tʜᴇ Wᴏʀʟᴅ ᴏғ Bʟᴀᴄᴋ Hᴀᴍᴍᴇʀ
Release Date	Material collected	Bonus Material	ISBN
Volume 1: Sherlock Frankenstein and the Legion of Evil and Doctor Andromeda and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows[36]
October 7, 2020	Black Hammer #12 Sherlock Frankenstein and the Legion of Evil #1–4 Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows #1–4		9781506719955
Volume 2: The Quantum Age and Black Hammer ’45[37]
February 10, 2021	"The Quantum Age" The Quantum Age #1–6 Black Hammer ’45 #1–4		9781506719962
Volume 3: Colonel Weird: Cosmagog and Barbalien: Red Planet[38]
June 16, 2021	Colonel Weird: Cosmagog #1–4 Barbalien: Red Planet #1–5		9781506719979

Awards

Award	Year	Category	Nominee	Result
Eisner Awards	2017[39]	Best New Series	Black Hammer Jeff Lemire & Dean Ormston	Won
		Best Lettering	Todd Klein	Won
		Best Writer	Jeff Lemire	Nominated
	2018[40]	Best Continuing Series	Black Hammer Jeff Lemire & Dean Ormston	Nominated
		Best Writer	Jeff Lemire	Nominated
		Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team	David Rubín	Nominated
		Best Coloring	David Rubín	Nominated
		Best Coloring	Dave Stewart	Nominated
	2019[41]	Best Single Issue/One-Shot	Black Hammer: Cthu-Louise Jeff Lemire & Emi Lenox	Nominated
		Best Continuing Series	Black Hammer: Age of Doom Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, & Rich Tommaso	Nominated
		Best Writer	Jeff Lemire	Nominated
		Best Lettering	Todd Klein	Won
	2020[42]	Best Coloring	Dave Stewart	Won
Harvey Awards	2018[43]	Book of the Year	Black Hammer: Secret Origins	Nominated
Ringo Awards	2019[44]	Best Series	Black Hammer: Age of Doom	Won
	2020	Best Series	Black Hammer: Age of Doom	Nominated

In other media

On November 13, 2018, The New York Times announced a film and television development deal with Legendary Entertainment. This deal includes not just Black Hammer, but all its associated titles, effectively opening the door to create a cross-platform film and television shared universe.[45] Both Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston are executive producers, and Lemire will be actively involved in the adaptations. Lemire described his involvement as follows:

“I decided with Black Hammer, because it’s so personal and near and dear to my heart, if I was ever going to option and develop it, I had to be intimately involved. As far as that adaptation, I do have to be the one that is creatively steering that ship, like the comic.”[46]

Lemire has confirmed he is currently working on a pilot script for the initial project with Legendary.[46]

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