It’s already known that I love superheroes or anything that deals with superpowered humans and morality. This one has a fun antihero who can’t shed his past. I LOVE the costume design and hard-as-nails Reyes. The ending can be a bit of a bummer due to its open-ended nature, but I enjoyed reading this overall.

4.5 ( )

Nice and bloody. Probably should get more Black Hammer stuff... ( )

Oh. Another Jeff Lemire comic creation with daddy issues.

This grim-and-gritty '90s sequel to Black Hammer riffs on Frank Miller and Batman as a violent vigilante takes an recent orphan for his protege. Lemire's take on Renee Montoya is the police detective trying to stop Skulldigger and get Skeleton Boy out of his clutches before he's collateral damage in a battle with figures from Skulldigger's past.

It looks nice (especially compared to the sample pages in the back where Lemire toyed with drawing it himself), but the story is too predictable and flat for me to work up any enthusiasm. ( )