Dark Horse Comics has been amassing the whole lot of author Jeff Lemire‘s Black Hammer universe of comics into helpful, softcover omnibus editions. Later this 12 months will see the discharge of The World of Black Hammer Omnibus Volume 4, which collects the six-issue Skulldigger & Skeleton Boy miniseries by Lemire and artist Tonči Zonjić, in addition to the four-issue The Unbelievable Unteens mini by Lemire and artist Tyler Crook. The assortment, that includes letters by Crook and Steve Wands, sports activities cowl artwork by co-creator and authentic Black Hammer artist Dean Ormston.
Here’s how Dark Horse describes the 2 tales included in The World of Black Hammer Omnibus Volume 4:
In Skulldigger and Skeleton Boy, Spiral City is trapped in a vicious cycle of crime, corruption, and violence. With the guts of town at stake, a vigilante rises as Skulldigger. However, when the nefarious Grimjim escapes from jail, Skulldigger and his ward, Skeleton Boy, discover themselves pitted in opposition to a really lethal and unstoppable drive.
In The Unbelievable Unteens, artist Jane Ito finds herself visited by one of many characters from her personal creation—however was it her personal creation? Were the Unteens an precise college of teenaged misfit superheroes who battled supervillains underneath the lead of the mysterious Dr. Miles Moniker? And in that case, who wiped their reminiscences and why? As Jane’s world is turned the other way up and she or he learns the true nature of her id, she discovers a sinister plot main her to assemble a workforce she had suspected was purely fictional.
Both Skulldigger & Skeleton Boy and The Unbelievable Unteens can be found at the moment in particular person softcover collections. The two have additionally beforehand been collected collectively in the outsized The World of Black Hammer Library Edition Volume 4 hardcover, which can also be the place Ormston’s cowl for this new softcover omnibus originates.
Black Hammer has expanded properly past the perimeters of its authentic farm story, with Lemire, Ormston, and a cadre of different all-star artists filling in the corners of Spiral City with loving homages to previous superheroes and tales. Zonjić’s artwork on Skulldigger & Skeleton Boy evokes the gritty realism of Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli‘s Batman: Year One, whereas The Unbelievable Unteens captures the most effective, wildest parts of traditional X-Men and Doom Patrol tales with the gorgeous painted work that Crook is understood for.
Check out an prolonged preview of the brand new assortment – the primary 20 pages of Skulldigger & Skeleton Boy – beneath. With a canopy value of $29.99, the 288-page The World of Black Hammer Omnibus Volume 4 softcover is due out in bookstores on September ninth, and in comedian outlets on September tenth.
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