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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN num: 9781401209889
ISBN number: 1401209882
Label: Wildstorm
Manufacturer: Wildstorm
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 144
Printing Date: April 05, 2006
Publishing house: Wildstorm
Release Date: April 05, 2006
Sale Popularity Level: 43788
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EX MACHINA tells the story of civil engineer Mitchell Hundred, who becomes America's very 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 and runs for mayor of New York City, winning by a landslide.This new collection features three unique storylines of the Eisner Award-winning series which Playboy calls 'a two-fisted blend of super-hero action and political debate!'
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For those who've grown beyond "Hulk smash" and "With great power comes great responsibility" comes ex-machina; an alternate history story about a NYC mayor who happens to to be able to talk to and command any machine to do anything. Meanwhile, he also has a city to run, which makes for amusing and thought-provoking fun. The characters are well-drawn, the dialogue is crisp and the art is direct and good. The series shows every sign of being consistently good (I've read the very first four graphic novels so far) and unique.
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Brian K. Vaughan, Ex Machina: Fact v. Fiction (Wildstorm, 2006)
Mitchell Hundred keeps trying to run New York City his way, and people keep wanting him to stop. As usual, there's a mini-mystery running through the volume (and, as usual, it's the weakest part of the book); it's predictable, and you can ignore it, but the rest of the book is just as interesting as the series has been so far. Vaughan continues to impress me with his ability to take the much-overdone "post-9/11" genre and make something worthwhile of it. ***
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The third volume of Ex Machini is consistent with the very first three. The hostage situation was extremely intriguing, but the whole thing about Hundred and his mother was a little boring to me. I am, however, a big fan of Ex Machina, and Brian K. Vaughn, and will definately continue reading each volume.
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Despite its slight super-hero flavor, Ex Machina sustains a fairly believable story line - NYC's new mayor, an ex-engineer, in way over his head and trying to apply rational logic to political machinery. His super-thing isn't what keeps the reader interested, it's his very human doggedness and determination to do what he thinks is right in problems with no right answers.
This time, that includes the everyday drama of jury duty (with a wild turn of plot), family revelations, and flashbacks to the kind of scene that no one could ever forget. The artwork excels, not in an out-there and edgy way, but as a vehicle for carrying the story across a jagged and varied terrain. Colour sets moods well, but the dynamic and varied figures and faces really make it work.
Ex Machina doesn't blaze new trails in visual storytelling or exotic conjecture. Instead, it delivers credible characters and recognizable-enough situations - an enjoyable moment away from my otherwise busy world.
-- wiredweird
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Mayor Hundred is getting pretty stressed about doing this whole running a huge city thing. First, the weather has turned very bad, which an extremely bad storm leaving the city snowbound. To cap that off another killer is running around bumping off snowplough drivers, of all people.
It is tempting to break out the superpowers when something like this happens.
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