![]() ![]() Caught between opposing organizations: the dazzling explorers who support and need her, and the cutthroat conspirists who have targeted her, Blythe must find her own path in her most perilous journey yet: to pass her test, find her future, and make sense of a senseless universe-for Good. Perkerīlythe's metaphysical training is over, and one final test stands between her and her future as the greatest hyperprax pilot to ever live. Collects Black Hammer Reborn #1-12 in a deluxe, oversized hardcover format. But, as her domestic life begins to crumble, the secrets of the last twenty years, and the reasons Lucy really gave up being Black Hammer, begin to resurface, threatening her family, and the peace she has tried hard to find for herself. Her marriage is falling apart, her job has reached a dead end, and for mysterious reasons, she hasn't picked up the hammer in years. Living in the suburbs of Spiral City, Lucy is married and has children. Years after that, Lucy, and the world, have moved on. ![]() Years after Black Hammer and the rest of Spiral City's greatest heroes seemingly died defeating the cosmic despot known as Anti-God, Lucy Weber, the daughter of Black Hammer, took up his mantle and carried on the legacy of her father. (W) Jeff Lemire (A) Rich Tommaso, Caitlin Yarsky, Dave Stewart (CA) Dave Steward ![]()
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