Black Hammer - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 29 Jan 2026 02:08:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Black Hammer - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 BatChat With Matt & Will: One Hell(boy) of an Episode (w/ Matt McThorn) https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/29/batchat-with-matt-will-one-hellboy-of-an-episode-w-matt-mcthorn/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55747 This week, BatChat is once more joined by Patreon backer and friend of the show Matt McThorn. This time, Matt wanted to talk about times Batman and his allies and enemies crossed over with properties from Dark Horse Comics. So we have Batman meeting Hellboy (and Starman, but that’s less of a jump), The Joker...

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]]> 55747 Ms. Marvel returns to lead this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/30/ms-marvel-returns-to-lead-this-weeks-staff-picks/ Wed, 30 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46415 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Armaan’s pick: Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #1: Fresh from being killed off in an issue of Amazing Spider-Man and having her identity rewritten to make her a mutant in line with what could have...

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]]> 46415 The Real Unbelievable Unteens Is the Friends We Made Along the Way https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/10/the-real-unbelievable-unteens-is-the-friends-we-made-along-the-way/ Wed, 10 Nov 2021 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35214 Unbelievable Unteens comic book artist Jane Ito finds her world turned upside down after discovering her comic book creations were real and she was one of them. As she and the Unteens reunite and put the pieces together, they take on the forces that disbanded them for one final fight. In reality, Unbelievable Unteens #4...

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]]> 35214 A Mother’s Rage Unleashed in Dark Horse’s Black Hammer: Reborn #5 https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/27/a-mothers-rage-unleashed-in-dark-horses-black-hammer-reborn-5/ Wed, 27 Oct 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34875 A multidimensional nightmare wreaks chaos on Spiral City as the powerful superhero known as the Black Hammer joins forces with the brutal vigilante known as the Skulldigger to put an end to this madness in Black Hammer: Reborn #5, written by Jeff Lemire, drawn by Malachi Ward, Matthew Sheean and Rich Tomasso, and lettered by...

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]]> 34875 Family Fridging and Troubled Teens in a Black Hammer Roundup https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/18/family-fridging-and-troubled-teens-in-a-black-hammer-roundup/ Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34704 In Black Hammer: Reborn #4, Colonel Weird brings Lucy on a trip through the Para-Zone, and the sins of her past; written by Jeff Lemire, drawn by Caitlin Yarsky, colored by Dave Stewart and lettered by Nate Piekos.  Meanwhile, in Unbelievable Unteens #3, the newly reunited no-longer-teens remember the White Wraith Saga that tore the...

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]]> 34704 Pastiche vs. Narrative in Dark Horse’s The Unbelievable Unteens #2 https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/09/pastiche-vs-narrative-in-dark-horses-the-unbelievable-unteens-2/ Thu, 09 Sep 2021 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33496 Unbelievable Unteens comic book artist Jane Ito finds her world flipped upside down after discovering that the heroes from her comics were not so fictional and she herself was one of them and had powers. As she and the team of underdog heroes once known as the Unteens begin to come back together, they slowly...

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]]> 33496 Divorce at the End of the World in Dark Horse’s Black Hammer: Reborn #3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/02/divorce-at-the-end-of-the-world-in-dark-horses-black-hammer-reborn-3/ Thu, 02 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33265 Twenty years ago, Lucy Weber fought madmen and monsters. Today, she finds her marriage falling apart and her children in danger. And now past threats, and rogue heroes, return to herald the end of the world in Black Hammer: Reborn #3, written by Jeff Lemire, drawn by Caitlin Yarsky, colored by Dave Stewart and lettered...

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]]> 33265 Art, Commerce and a Teen Titans Pastiche in The Unbelievable Unteens https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/11/art-commerce-and-a-teen-titans-pastiche-in-the-unbelievable-unteens/ Wed, 11 Aug 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32550 After signing at a comic book convention, 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...

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]]> 32550 A Trip into the Para-Zone and a Classic Superhero Misunderstanding in Black Hammer Reborn #2 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/21/a-trip-into-the-para-zone-and-a-classic-superhero-misunderstanding-in-black-hammer-reborn-2/ Wed, 21 Jul 2021 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31466 Lucy Weber, formerly the powerful hero Black Hammer, is struggling to keep her daughter from following the same path of heroism — a battle she seems destined to lose as the family is confronted with spatial warps, shark monsters and familiar faces from the past that threaten to bring more violence into their lives than...

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]]> 31466 Black Hammer Is Reborn, and in Need of a Hook https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/23/black-hammer-is-reborn-and-in-need-of-a-hook/ Wed, 23 Jun 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29731 Writer Jeff Lemire returns to the World of Black Hammer, this time with artist Caitlin Yarsky, colorist Dave Stewart and letterer Nate Piekos. It’s 20 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...

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]]> 29731 Future State Winds Down, Some X-Men Flee the Vault in Our Staff Picks for 2/24 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/22/future-state-winds-down-some-x-men-flee-the-vault-in-our-staff-picks-for-2-24/ Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21530 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cori’s Pick: Future State: Superman: House of El #1: Journey into the far future and meet the descendants of Kal-El, including twins Rowan and Ronan Kent, the new Superman of Earth and a Blue Lantern,...

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]]> 21530 Advance Review: Black Hammer Visions #1 Does a Mighty Fine Ghost World Impression https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/05/advance-review-black-hammer-visions-1-does-a-mighty-fine-ghost-world-impression/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=14394 “My secret plan was to one day not tell anybody and just get on some bus to some random city and just move there and become this totally different person.” Enid Coleslaw, Ghost World (Daniel Clowes) The summer after high school is an often painful transitional period. Maybe it’s your last chance to hang out...

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]]> 14394 Jump into the World of Black Hammer with this Handy Reading Guide https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/05/jump-into-the-world-of-black-hammer-with-this-handy-reading-guide/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=12783 It’s 2021, and the question on every comic reader’s mind is, “What is Black Hammer, and how do I get into it?”  Well, maybe not every comic reader, but with three miniseries currently being published, an anthology series coming next week and three new series announced recently, the world of Black Hammer might seem a...

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]]> 12783 Chrises On Infinite Earths: Wonder Woman Mom Jeans (Black Hammer / Justice League) https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/15/chrises-on-infinite-earths-wonder-woman-mom-jeans-black-hammer-justice-league/ Fri, 15 Jan 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=12955 In the Chrises first time covering a Dark Horse comic, we discuss that time that the Justice League swapped places with Black Hammer. If you could escape a pastoral prison, would you let the Justice League take your place? Music Credits:  “Evening Melodrama” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/...

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