Ex Machina – Volume 1: The First Hundred Days
Created by Brian K. Vaughan and 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 crime fighting and runs for mayor of New York City, winning by a landslide. But Mayor Hundred has to worry about more than just budget problems and an antagonistic governor, especially when a mysterious hooded figure begins assassinating plow drivers during the worst snowstorm in the city’s history!
A stellar on-going political thriller the series explores both the political situations Hundred finds himself in and the mysteries surrounding his superpowers.