Black Hammer: Streets of Spiral by Jeff LemireMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Black Hammer: Streets of Spiral collects Black Hammer Giant-Sized Annual, Cthu-Louise, World of Black Hammer Encyclopedia, and the Horrors to Come Free Comic Book Day special.
Streets of Spiral collects a few miscellaneous Black Hammer tie-ins. The Giant Sized Annual features a Colonel Weird adventure, drawn by many guest artists. Cthu-Lousie tells of the titular character and her troubled relationships with her family and classmates. World of Black Hammer Encyclopedia is a Who's Who type of feature and Horrors to Come is a preview type feature from Free Comic Book Day.
None of this stuff is essential but it's all entertaining if you're a Black Hammer fan. It doesn't advance the main plot of the book at all but fleshes out the background quite a bit. So Doctor Star is apparently called Doctor Andromeda now and the Doctor Star trade has been reprinted as Doctor Andromeda. I'm wondering if someone at DC took offense.
Black Hammer continues to be Jeff Lemire's love letter to the DC universe. While not essential, it expands the Black Hammer universe. 3 out of 5 stars.
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