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Black Hammer Volume 4: Age of Doom Part Two by Jeff Lemire

montecristo24601's review

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Intriguing idea; average at best execution. 

cleso's review

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2.5

ah, cara, so ficou fraco e chato dps

cwebb's review

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4.0

A good and surprisingly surprising finish to the mini-series. Really liked it. Could have done more with it, though, I guess.

The side series with bonecrusher was more fun, less twisty. Sooo, not sure how or if to proceed with the Black Hammer universe.

adam_double_u's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious

4.0

taitet327's review

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

dantastic's review

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3.0

When Spiral City pizza parlor waitress Lucy Weber gets an odd phone call, she finds herself face to face with a robot named Talky Walky and starts piecing together the mystery of the Black Hammer...

Here we are, the end of the Black Hammer. At the end of the previous volume, the gang learned the secret of The Farm and the Anti-God. Now, the Anti-God is on the horizon and Spiral City is a city without heroes. Can Lucy Weber put the gang back together in time to stop the Anti-God?

As usual, I dug the story and the art quite a bit and I've grown to love the Black Hammer cast, analogues though they may be. The ending was a little underwhelming, though. It made sense in the context of the series but felt a little rushed and anti-climactic. I think part of the appeal of Black Hammer is the same as Astro City: the universe feels like it's been around for decades and there are tons of old comics in a trunk someplace, waiting to be discovered. The ending makes me think the door is open for more Black Hammer in the future.

While the end of the journey may not have been what I was expecting, getting there was a lot of fun. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

dogfood's review

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3.0

Wait, what? Nach vierhundertundzwanzig Seiten Anlauf drückt der Autor Jeff Lemire auf den Resetknopf und lässt Hauptprotagonistin Lucy Weber wieder in Spiral City aufwachen und als Serviererin in einer Pizzeria arbeiten?

Nur langsam zeigen sich Risse in dieser Fassade und schimmert immer stärker die Verknüpfung zum Hauptplot der ersten drei Bände durch.

Die Auflösung ist unbefriedigend. Am Ende frage ich mich, ob Lemire sich im Laufe der insgesamt 24 Hefte nicht selber in die Sackgasse geschrieben hatte und als Ausweg zu Konstrukten greifen musste, die an die TV-Serie „Dallas“ erinnern, als zu Beginn der Staffel Pam aus ihrem Schlaf aufwachte und den Zuschauer serviert wurde, dass die komplette Staffel des Vorjahres nur von Pam geträumt und damit nichtig war…

Die zwölf Hefte des „Age of Doom“-Storybogens hätte man locker auf vier bis sechs Hefte schrumpfen können, wenn man auf all die Umwege, die Lucy Weber ohne jedweden Mehrwert nehmen musste, verzichtet hätte.

Es bleibt eine große Schwäche von Comic-Autoren, dass enorm viel Seiten für eine Exposition der Luxusklasse aufgewandt werden, nur um am Ende eine Auflösung zu bieten, die vom Grabbeltisch des Autorendiscounters stammt.

Im Falle von Black Hammer ist es umso bitterer, da die Zutaten für ein feines Werk alle da waren: die Zeichnungen von Dean Ormston, die Farben von Dave Stewart, und, ja, auch Jeff Lemire selber, hat da wunderbare kleine Plots rund um seine alternden Spiral City-Superhelden geschrieben. Ach, wenn ihm das doch bloß gereicht hätte…

zorpblorp's review

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

shane_tiernan's review

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3.0

I liked this but I think it got kind of dragged out. It wasn't as fun as the fist part. Also hated the art for the first 2 issues, even though I realize why they did it that way. Still loved the characters, they just didn't do a lot.

forsidious's review

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Hmmm interesting that we ended right back where we started. I didn't dislike it, it just felt sort of ... purposeless... I guess it did lead to a new black hammer and allowed them to restore balance properly and make sure they were happy....what happened to talky-walky and Strange though? It seemed they didn't make it? 

Loved the super meta volumes with Strange

C - 8, A - 9, W - 8, P -7, I -8, L -7, E -8