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Black Hammer's 10th Anniversary San Diego Comic-Con [SDCC] 2026 exclusive print (2026)

In the realm of DC Universe, you can’t use profanity. (unless you can swear under the Vertigo imprint [rest in peace, Vertigo :( ])

Black Hammer/Justice League: Hammer of Justice! #2 (August 14, 2019)

Indie Comics Review: Black Hammer Reborn #10

Indie Comics Review: BLACK HAMMER REBORN #10 [Editor’s Note: This review may contain spoilers] Writer: Jeff Lemire Artist: Caitlyn Yarsky Colours: Dave Stewart Letters: Nate Piekos of Blambot Publisher: Dark Horse Comics   Reviewed By: Derek McNeil   Summary Black Hammer Reborn #10: Lucy Weber has been searching for her father for years, and when he finally appears at her door, he turns out to…

Black Hammer: Visions #4 (May 12, 2021)

Justice League Meets Black Hammer in Hammer of Justice

DC's Justice League is crossing over with Dark Horse's Black Hammer universe in a new limited series scheduled to debut this July titled Black Hammer/Justice League: Hammer of Justice. Black Hammer co-creator/writer Jeff Lemire will be writing this series, with art by Michael Walsh and colorist Dave Stewart.

"The joy of Black Hammer, for me, and I presume many of its fans, is to read superhero comics that are character driven without endless tie-ins and events. So, I don’t want Black Hammer to become that," Lemire told IGN. "But this was an excellent opportunity to tell a really fun story and, hopefully, to bring Black Hammer to a bunch of new readers. I have too many stories of my own that I still want to tell."

According to IGN, Hammer of Justice begins when a "strange man" simultaneously arrives in DC's Metropolis and the Black Hammer farm. This somehow leads to both universes being "warped," and Starro attacks for good measure. The five-issue event will include DC heavy hitters Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman, as well as Black Hammer's Golden Gail and Colonel Weird

"Obviously, I want [Black Hammer] to continue to grow and evolve autonomously. But that doesn’t mean that this is just a throwaway ‘imaginary story’ either," the writer said. "It will have an emotional impact on both sets of characters, and there is one other aspect that will have a more lasting effect, but I can’t spoil that here."

In some ways, Black Hammer is a meta-style take on superhero archetypes - including those innovated by DC superheroes such as Superman, Shazam!, Batman, and Wonder Woman. But for Lemire, this crossover is working to accentuate the similiar character's differences.

"Of course, there are some surface similarities, like both Martian Manhunter and Barbalien being Martian heroes, but when you put them together, it allows the uniqueness of both worlds to really come through," said Lemire.

Walsh will draw the interiors as well as covers, with additional cover artists to include Andrea Sorrentino, Yanick Paquette, Yuko Shimizu. Black Hammer co-creator Dean Ormston is not listed as being involved with the project.

Black Hammer Meets the Justice League

Black Hammer/Justice League: Hammer of Justice, a five-part mini-series written by Jeff Lemire with art from Michael Walsh.

Details on the plot are being kept sparse for now, but we do know the crossover kicks off when a strange man arrives simultaneously on the Black Hammer Farm and in Superman’s home of Metropolis, both worlds are warped, and DC villain Starro launches an attack. The cast includes heavy-hitters from both worlds, like Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, Golden Gail and Colonel Weird. The idea of Superman having to interact with Golden Gail (a grown woman stuck in the body of a child who’s prone to smoking and swearing) is more than enough to get us fired up. 

“Of course, there are some surface similarities, like both Martian Manhunter and Barbalien being Martian heroes, but when you put them together, it allows the uniqueness of both worlds to really come through

The joy of Black Hammer, for me, and I presume many of its fans, is to read superhero comics that are character driven without endless tie-ins and events. So, I don’t want Black Hammer to become that. But this was an excellent opportunity to tell a really fun story and, hopefully, to bring Black Hammer to a bunch of new readers. I have too many stories of my own that I still want to tell.

Obviously, I want Black Hammer to continue to grow and evolve autonomously. But that doesn’t mean that this is just a throwaway ‘imaginary story’ either. It will have an emotional impact on both sets of characters, and there is one other aspect that will have a more lasting effect, but I can’t spoil that here.

Black Hammer started as a simple story of five superheroes stranded on a farm. And it’s important to me that I always keep that in mind. When I grow the Black Hammer Universe, it all has to come from that core, and from that same place of emotional and character-driven storytelling. “