Wednesday is new comic book day. In honor of this, the holiest day of the week, I shall henceforth be reviewing my favorite comic of the week. This week's pick is Ex Machina Special #2, the second half of the two-part Life and Death story. This series mixes superhero action and intelligent politics. It's realistic and pretty funny.
In case you've never read this amazing comic, I'll give you a quick recap of the premise.
Mitchell Hundred is the victim of an accident that gives him command over machines. He uses his new power to become The Great Machine, the first real life superhero. After 9-11, he retires his jet pack and costume to become mayor of New York City.
In Ex Machine Special we are introduced to Jack Phereson, who was mentioned way back in the beginning of the series. Phereson is the arch enemy of The Great Machine; he has voice command over animals. This makes for an interesting challenge. The Great Machine not only uses his powers to overcome Phereson's attacks but his brain as well, which is a refreshing change from some books. The conclusion itself makes you say, "Ooooh shit".
This is an excellent jumping on story for new readers. Or, if you're not sure about adding another title to your pull box, it's cool because it can be read as a self-contained story.
Also, the covers to the two issues combine to make one large picture. Rad. Sweet.
we're being told and that history might not be all that accurate? If not, shoot yourself in the face, hard. Planetary's mission is to uncover the secret history of the world, discover forbidden knowledge, and destroy the official version of the twentieth century.
Spartan (leader of the WildC.A.T.S). I jumped into #6 without reading the following issues so I may be a little off on some subjects. With Spartan's body taken over, Majestic gets a face full o' fist which launches him a couple hundred miles. Then gets dog piled by a dozen Spartan clones, but cuts the pack down with one blow. The true Spartan teleports Majestic to Denver to witness the Daemonites destruction to the city. Majestic finds out these are Daemontites from another dimension and can possess anybody. There using Kheran's planet-shaper engines to remake the world, which was left before man walked the world. And after all that crap is explaned more fighting ensures laser beam eyes, crashing through a couple of walls, with sound effects matching the impact's very well. With the last couple of pages coming up Majestic punches off Spartan's lower jaw, and puts a fist size hole through his torso. Spartan catches his second wind and knocks Majestic cold and tosses him into some molten iron. With a badass showdown from two of Wildstorms heavy hitters, sharp clean artwork and inks to match, this issue is a nice jump into the series.
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