Product Description

Spin City and The West Wing meet Batman in this gripping and satirical superhero graphic novel series by the acclaimed writer of Y: The Last Man, Brian K. Vaughan.

Mitchell Hundred, ex-civil engineer and erstwhile superhero The Machine, is now Mayor of New York! But faced with an epidemic of bizarre deaths, which may be linked to Hundred's own mysterious powers, not to mention the thorny issues of gay marriage and school vouchers... can the Mayor weather the most dangerous political storm of his career to date?

Featuring an introduction by the Wachowski Brothers (Matrix, V for Vendetta), Ex Machina is brimming with political intrigue, civic chaos and superheroic shenanigans!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #413443 in Books
• Published on: 2005-03-25
• Binding: Paperback
• 136 pages

The List 17-31 March 2005, review by David Pollock
"...this is about intelligent thrills first..."

brokenfrontiers.com February 15th 2005
"Vaughan has come up with another winner..."

Brentwood Gazette 18 Jan 2006:
" ...fast-paced, realistic drama that proves there's still life in the superhero genre."

Customer Reviews

superhero politics
Here's a novel scenario: the world's first superhero gives it up to become a politican.

Engineer mitchell hundred comes into contact with an alien device, and it gives him the ability to talk to machines and to make them do what he tells them. He becomes a superhero. After a while he decides he can do more good in politics, so he runs for election as mayor of new york.

Something happens to boost his popularity [a stunning development. I won't spoil it]. And he wins the election.

The story - and this is just the first volume in an ongoing series - flashes back and forth between his experiences as mayor, as he tries to run the city from the viewpoint of an engineer rather than a career politician, and his days as a superhero.

Mitchell is an appealing and likeable character who tries his best to do the right thing, and he is surrounded by a well drawn supporting cast.

This is a very original and different comic, and it has some excellent artwork. Highly recommended