Gloomy Horse Comics has announced that author Jeff Lemire and artist Dean Ormston’s creator owned Gloomy Hammersuperhero saga will return in 2018 with a current ongoing series titled Gloomy Hammer: Age of Doom. The present ongoing series will proceed to story the adventures of the forgotten champions of Spiral City, following the events of the cliffhanger ending of project thirteen of Gloomy Hammer.
“One thing Gloomy Hammer has at all times finished is instruct on the historic past of superhero comics and we reside in a worldwide the set superhero universes seem like rebooted, relaunched, and rebirthed yearly,” acknowledged Lemire. “It felt love we desired to play round with that belief, nonetheless put a Gloomy Hammer trek on it. So, starting up in April, Dean, Dave Stewart, Todd Klein, and I will proceed the parable and the mystery of Gloomy Hammer farm in Gloomy Hammer: Age of Doom! It’s a current series, nonetheless all the pieces you adore will finish intact and we’ll bring the next chapter within the parable of Golden Gail, Abraham Slam, Barbalien and the relaxation of the crowd.”
“Gloomy Hammer ends with a predominant, recreation changing revelation,” acknowledged Ormston. “Readers are trim fervent to be taught the design in which our heroes are caught on the farm and more solutions, twists and turns are coming in Gloomy Hammer: Age of Doom.”
Within the intervening time fans received’t must wait long for brand current Gloomy Hammer universe tales. On October 18, Gloomy Horse Comics will put up the predominant project of Sherlock Frankenstein & The Legion of Bad, written by Lemire and illustrated by artist David Rubín (Ether). The extremely anticipated four project series follows Lucy Weber—the daughter of the Gloomy Hammer and an investigative reporter for the World Planet—as she uncovers the murky secret origins of just a few of her father’s most intelligent foes. Sherlock Frankenstein & The Legion of Bad is the predominant of several excessive profile Gloomy Hammer mini-series, all of which could characteristic different artists.
When Gloomy Hammer: Age of Doom debuts in April 2018, every project of the continuing series will that comprises a variant quilt by an acclaimed artist, including a utter 1 quilt by Skottie Younger (I Despise Fairyland) and a utter 2 variant quilt by Fábio Moon (Two Brothers) that’s an homage to Frank Miller’s icon Batman: The Gloomy Knight Returns quilt.
“Gloomy Hammer has grown beyond what Dean Ormston and I’m able to also ever procure hoped for,” acknowledged Lemire. “We’ve fallen in adore with the realm of Gloomy Hammer and the characters that reside there and we now procure hundreds of myth left to picture. This ending is upright the foundation.”
Praise for Gloomy Hammer:
“Every so most frequently, you read a droll book that grabs defend of you and received’t let trail. Its world is inviting, its characters are inviting and its art is spell binding.” — IGN
“I didn’t mediate one thing might per chance very correctly be thrilling and unhappy at the identical time nonetheless now there’s Gloomy Hammer proving me spoiled. Unbelievable, upright flat-out astonishing.”—Patton Oswalt
“A cosmic, reality-bending fight.”— THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
“I don’t read many comics as of late and I’m able to’t bear in mind the final time I read a superhero droll, nonetheless I’m loving Gloomy Hammer by Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, and Dave Stewart.”—Mike Mignola (Hellboy)
“Sad, murky, and very best… Ormston is a storytelling godsend, a master of pacing and supply.”—THE NERDIST
“At as soon as an story, attractive superhero mystery, and a heartfelt meditation on why superheroes topic, Gloomy Hammer is with out trouble one of Lemire’s handiest creations. Peopled with astonishing characters love the haunting Colonel Queer and the mysterious Madame Dragonfly—every made wondrously shiny by Ormston’s pen—Gloomy Hammeris region you too will salvage near to unattainable to recede.” —Scott Snyder (Wytches)
“Masterfully performs with the total a huge collection of tropes and genres of superhero fiction over the past few a protracted time.” — ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“Jeff Lemire’s Gloomy Hammer feels uncover it irresistible’s strolling two roads—one honoring the past of superhero comics, and one forging a direction into the design in which ahead for the fashion.”—Cullen Bunn (Harrow County)
“Evocative.” —  LA REVIEW OF BOOKS
“On my pull record by the time I received to web page 5.” — Sign Waid (Kingdom Near)
“Attention-grabbing.” —  AM NEW YORK
“Gloomy Hammer is the maddest, most very best droll I’ve read in years.”—Sign Millar (Kick Ass)
“As great a look of loneliness and isolation because it is miles a superhero deconstruction. If Gloomy Hammer lives up to its early promise, it will deserve a region on the shelf magnificent subsequent to the Watchmen series.” —  PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (Starred Overview)