Dean Ormston - Working Class Superhero
Nov 12, 2023 | IMDB 0
60 min Watch NowDocumentary
From early life in Yorkshire mining town, the documentary plots the rise of Comic Book artist Dean Ormston, co-creator of the Black Hammer universe, and his struggle to recovery from an event that almost cost him his career and his life.
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