
Award-winning writer Brian K Vaughan (Pride of Baghdad Y The Last Man) uniquely combines big city politics & superheroes in this criticially acclaimed series Set in our modern-day world Ex Machina tells the story of civil engineer Mitchell Hundred who becomes America's first living breathing super-hero after a strange accident gives him the power to communicate with machines Eventually Mitchell tires of risking his life merely to maintain the status quo retires from masked crime fighting & runs for mayor of New York City winning by a landslide after the events of 911 Illustrated by Tony Harris Ex Machina Book 1 is the first chapter of one of the finest series ever from Vertigo Collects Ex Machina 1-11