The Event (story arc)

***The Event*** is a six-issue arc of *Black Hammer* written by Jeff Lemire and illustrated by Dean Ormston and David Rubín. *Black Hammer* #12 is not a part of this story arc.

## Cast

### Main

* Lucy Weber
* Gail Gibbons
* TLK-E WLK-E
* Mark Markz
* Abraham Slamkowski
* Madame Dragonfly
* Colonel Weird

### Supporting

* Father Quinn
* Caleb
* Tammy Trueheart
* Earl Trueheart

### Flashbacks

* Pete
* Joe Weber
* The Black Hammer
* The Lightriders:
	+ Starlok
	+ The Escaper
	+ Whiptara
	+ Time-Boy
	+ Warpie, the Chrono-Pup
* Anti-God
* Lorraine Weber
* The Jackhammer
* The Golden Family:
	+ Golden Gwen
	+ Captain Golden
	+ Golden Gary
	+ Golden Goose
* Sherlock Frankenstein
* Metalsmith
* Mud Master
* Y-Force:
	+ Animosity

## Synopsis

### *Black Hammer* #7

**"Black Hammer Falls!"**

Joe Weber: the Black Hammer. A hero from the Spiral Slums. A husband. A father. Gone without a trace.

A visitor from the outside world arrives on the farm, looking for the Black Hammer and bringing news of Spiral City to its Golden Age heroes. Her arrival stirs up old memories and awakens new hope in the marooned heroes.

### *Black Hammer* #8

There’s something unusual about the sleepy farming community of Rockwood: it’s now the home of Spiral City’s mysteriously vanished superheroes. But not by choice: they were banished to the town after a battle with the Anti-God, and now they’re stuck within its boundaries. Lately, a new arrival in town has started asking questions, and she’s discovering that its superpowered residents aren’t the only strange thing about Rockwood...

### *Black Hammer* #9

**"The Ballad of Talky-Walky"**

In the golden age of space exploration, Colonel Randall Weird was on the frontlines. In his interstellar travels he encountered many strange worlds and alien civilizations, but none more curious than the technological marvel that became his best friend: Talky-Walky!

### *Black Hammer* #10

The heroes of Spiral City have hung up their costumes and adapted to life in the sleepy town that they now call home, though some call it a prison. Instead of facing unearthly monsters and galactic threats, they deal with vengeful exes, misunderstandings, and hungry farm animals. As Abraham Slam wonders if he's hit his expiration date, a new threat emerges in Rockwood that will keep him on his toes.

### *Black Hammer* #11

He was born into the Red Tribes of Mars. He walked the streets of Spiral City as a police officer by day, vigilante hero by night. And now he's trapped in the sleepy-but-sinister Rockwood. In each of these places, Barbalien has been an outsider. He's never felt at home. Maybe, in the end, home is not a location... it's something to find in other people.

### *Black Hammer* #13

It was the greatest superhero event of all time, a multiversal crisis. Black Hammer, Abraham Slam, Golden Gail, Barbalien, Colonel Weird, and even Madame Dragonflythey united to take down Anti-God, the ultimate evil, on the streets of Spiral City.

For ten years, the former heroes have been living in exile. But a new arrival from the main timeline brought new hope. And maybe, finally, its time for them to relaunch...

## Cover gallery

*Black Hammer* #7
by Dean Ormston*Black Hammer* #7
variant by Jeff Lemire*Black Hammer* #8
by Dean Ormston*Black Hammer* #8
variant by Jeff Lemire*Black Hammer* #9
by David Rubín*Black Hammer* #9
variant by Jeff Lemire*Black Hammer* #10
by Dean Ormston*Black Hammer* #10
variant by Jeff Lemire*Black Hammer* #11
by Dean Ormston*Black Hammer* #11
variant by Jeff Lemire*Black Hammer* #13
by Dean Ormston*Black Hammer* #13
variant by Jeff Lemire