false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173486955m/296901.jpg 296901 5 When a strange accident gives cvil engineer Mitchell Hundred amazing powers, he becomes America's first living, breathing, super-hero. Eventually tiring of risking his life merely to help maintain the status quo, Mitch retires from masked cime-fighting and runs for Mayor of New York City, winning by a landslide. And that's when his real adventure begins... Sci-fi action collides with fast-paced drama in this explosive now political thriller by acclaimed writer Brian K. Vaughn (Y: The Last Man), and Eisner Award-winning artist Tony Harris (Starman). Collecting the first five issues of the acclaimed series, Ex Machina: The First Hundred Days is an intelligent, exciting, and often challenging look at the nature of politics and heroism in a post-9/11 world. 288053 1 2 2005 Ex Machina Vol. 1: The First Hundred Days total:1206|5:344|4:541|3:269|2:50|1:2| 1206 4793 1416 107 4 4 false false Sun Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 12:56:43 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 13:03:15 -0700 2008 I couldn't put it down once I started reading it, and will read the other volumes, but it...more...]]> 3 3 false false Sun May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 07:42:06 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 07:42:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Nov 30 12:24:30 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 12:25:03 -0800 2007
Collecting the first five issues of Ex Machina, the basic plot here is that a superhero who got zapped by the Br...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 24 07:46:32 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 11:23:12 -0700 2008 Ex Machina is set in an alternate New York. In this New York, the mayor, Mitchcell Hundred, has the power to control machines -- guns, phones, radios, etc. -- a gift bestowed upon him by an accident with a mysterious green substance on the Brooklyn Bridge. Newly elected ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 23 12:05:18 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 12:24:34 -0700 2009 1
It's wonderfully realisti...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 23:16:53 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 21:39:12 -0700 2009
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Really good idea becomes a TV show drama about politics and lots of heavy handed social issues.
The cast fe...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 05 08:06:41 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 08:19:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 09:31:25 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 09:51:58 -0800 2009 Ex Machina is about a man who can talk/command machines, tried being a super hero for a bit and then decided to run and becomes mayor of New York City instead. (His super hero and campaign days are shown...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 07:06:50 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 07:51:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat May 30 10:34:30 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 11:06:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu May 07 07:43:19 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 18:13:40 -0700 2009
I can't BELIEVE I didn't pick this up before ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 15:15:41 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 12:43:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 17:27:09 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 13:54:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Dec 28 22:21:58 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 22:29:30 -0800 2008 what's cool is that vaughn manages to write in different voices and isn't just writing a l...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 17:11:03 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 17:13:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 22:55:29 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 23:00:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 29 06:57:31 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 07:05:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 18:25:18 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 18:30:58 -0700 2008 2
Cutting and pasting my review from when I first read it: I have a thing for heroes who are also polit...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 07 22:09:38 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 22:24:05 -0700 2008
Instead of "Oh good this author I like has succeeded in telling another ripping yarn!" It's more like "Fuck he's done it again!!!"

Because let's face it as much as I may love ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=296901