Black Hammer: Streets Of Spiral
Jeff Lemire, writer/creator; Dean Ormston, creator; Emi Lenox, art; and many others
Dark Horse Comics, 2019
It's kind of amazing that Black Hammer has been around long enough to generate a miscellaneous collection like this. It collects: Black Hammer: Giant Sized Annual, Cthu-Louise, World of Black Hammer Encyclopedia, and material from Free Comic Book Day 2019. The Annual is the most substantial story by far. It shows Colonel Weird visiting several events important to the heroes (courtesy of the Para-Zone), illustrated by a wide range of guest artists. Cthu-Louise tells the story of how she finally finds a home (she has to kill a bunch of her classmates first, so there's that). The Free Comic Book Day story is a brief look into the world of Madame Butterfly. The Encyclopedia is exactly what it sounds like. I've never been a fan of these--from either DC or Marvel--so I'll confess to skimming through a lot of it. But it's impressive that this world is deep enough to warrant the treatment.
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