theslime
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Two favourites (which have nothing in common):
Ex Machina by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris. It feels like a mix of Batman, Kick-Ass and The West Wing, and I mean that in the best possible sense. After a strange artefact found underneath Brooklyn Bridge explodes in a civil engineer's face, he wakes up with the ability to speak to and interact with machinery. Then he becomes a crimefighter, only to later drop his career and run for mayor of NYC. And that's all before the first issue begins (there are lots of flashbacks), I love this series. Great dialogue, and with a genuinely intriguing sci-fi premise, and a credible and interesting main character.
The Fourth World by Jack Kirby. In 1970, Jack Kirby was given free reign to create a massive mythology-rich story for DC, and he did that by taking over the montly series "Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen" as well as creating "Mister Miracle", "The New Gods" and "Forever People". Together they tell the story of a deeply weird cosmic war with Earth caught in the crossfire between Apokolips (with its ruler Darkseid) and New Genesis (with Lightray, Orion and Highfather). Insane stuff. It's as if Superman dropped acid.
Ex Machina by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris. It feels like a mix of Batman, Kick-Ass and The West Wing, and I mean that in the best possible sense. After a strange artefact found underneath Brooklyn Bridge explodes in a civil engineer's face, he wakes up with the ability to speak to and interact with machinery. Then he becomes a crimefighter, only to later drop his career and run for mayor of NYC. And that's all before the first issue begins (there are lots of flashbacks), I love this series. Great dialogue, and with a genuinely intriguing sci-fi premise, and a credible and interesting main character.
The Fourth World by Jack Kirby. In 1970, Jack Kirby was given free reign to create a massive mythology-rich story for DC, and he did that by taking over the montly series "Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen" as well as creating "Mister Miracle", "The New Gods" and "Forever People". Together they tell the story of a deeply weird cosmic war with Earth caught in the crossfire between Apokolips (with its ruler Darkseid) and New Genesis (with Lightray, Orion and Highfather). Insane stuff. It's as if Superman dropped acid.