Black Hammer Reborn #1

The Black Hammer saga continues with this 2021 Dark Horse launch, and Caitlin Yarsky's cover sets the tone immediately — a battered, bloodied young woman in a Black Hammer costume stands defiantly in what appears to be an industrial or mechanical space, her expression tense and resolute beneath the crackling headpiece and mask. The weight of the hammer she grips and the damage written across her suit suggest someone who has already been through something serious before the story even begins. With Jeff Lemire at the helm and Dave Stewart's moody coloring giving the scene a bruised, atmospheric depth, this first issue promises the kind of grounded, emotionally resonant superhero storytelling the Black Hammer universe does so well.