(W) Tate Brombal (A/CA) Gabriel Hernandez Walta. A groundbreaking new sci-fi action series in the world of the Eisner Award-winning Black Hammer universe* about prejudice* honor* and identity. Mark Markz has found his place on Earth as both a decorated police officer and as the beloved superhero* Barbalien. But in the midst of the AIDS crisis* hatred from all sides makes balancing these identities seem impossible-especially when a Martian enemy from the past hunts him down to take him back* dead or alive. * Origin Story for Barbalien. * Art by Gabriel Hern ndez Walta (New Mutants* X-Men)!