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The Hammer

The Hammer

When an alien being crawls upon the head of Professor Henry Wilcox, he transforms into The Hammer, the chosen warrior called to combat all the Lovecrafty baddies roaming throughout the world.

Name:
The Hammer
Publisher:
Real name:
Henry Wilcox
Aliases:
  • Professor Malleus
  • Alaric Malleus
  • Henry Wilcox
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Male
Powers:
  • Agility
  • Leadership
  • Magic
  • Stamina
  • Super Strength
  • Swordsmanship
  • Telepathy
  • Unarmed Combat
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Created by artist Kelley Jones the Hammer is a fun adventure romp that is unashamedly Lovecraftian. The main character is Professor Henry Wilcox who looks exactly like H. P. Lovecraft and is basically an amalgam of all of Lovecraft's professorial characters. Upon encountering an alien being that crawls upon his head and affixes itself there Professor Wilcox transforms into The Hammer the chosen warrior called to combat all the Lovecrafty baddies roaming throughout the world.

Issues

October 1997

November 1997

December 1997

January 1998

February 1998

August 1998

Volumes

1986

1997

1998

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