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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Chapter breaks by Dean Ormston, Skottie Young, Jeff Lemire, Michael Cho, James Harren, Fâabio Moon, and Dave Stewart."<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The Eisner Award-winning superhero saga returns with this two-part mystery with lots of revelations!</b> <p/>Picking up immediately where we left off--Lucy Weber has become the new Black Hammer and right as she's about to reveal to our heroes how they got stuck on the farm and can escape she vanishes. Now our new Black Hammer finds herself trapped in a gritty world filled with punk rock detectives, emo gods, anthropomorphic humans, absurdist heroes, and many more weirdos, in mad world in which there is no escape! <p/>Collects <i>Black Hammer: Age of Doom #1-5.</i> <p/>I didn't think something could be thrilling and sad at the same time but now there's <i>Black Hammer</i> proving me wrong. Amazing, just flat-out amazing.--Patton Oswalt <p/>I don't read many comics these days, and I can't remember the last time I read a superhero comic, but I'm loving <i>Black Hammer</i>. - Mike Mignola <p/><i>Black Hammer</i> is easily one of Lemire's best creations. - Scott Snyder<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>New York Times Bestselling author, Jeff Lemire, is the creator of the acclaimed graphic novels Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder and Trillium. His upcoming projects include the original graphic novel Roughneck from Simon and Schuster, as well as the sci-fi series Descender for Image Comics (with Dustin Nguyen) and Black Hammer for Dark Horse Comics (with Dean Ormston). Jeff has also written Green Arrow, Justice League and Animal Man for DC Comics and Hawkeye for Marvel Comics. In 2008 and in 2013 Jeff won the Schuster Award for Best Canadian Cartoonist. He has also received The Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent and the American Library Association's prestigious Alex Award, recognizing books for adults with specific teen appeal. He has also been nominated for 8 Eisner awards, 7 Harvey Awards and 8 Shuster Awards. In 2010 Essex County was named as one of the five Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade. He currently lives and works in Toronto with his wife and son. The author lives in Toronto, ON., Canada.

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