The first volume of the Eisner Award-winning series featuring Eisner Award-winners author Brian K Vaughan & artist Tony Harris 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 amazing powers Eventually Mitchell tires of risking his life merely to maintain the status quo retires from masked crimefighting & runs for mayor of New York City winning by a landslide But Mayor Hundred has to worry about more than just budget problems & an antagonistic governor especially when a mysterious hooded figure begins assassinating plow drivers during the worst snowstorm in the city&s history!