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by Brian K. Vaughan (Author), Tony Harris (Illustrator)
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In the fifth Ex Machina arc, New York mayor Mitchell Hundred, who turned to politics after a brief stint as a superhero who could control machines, contends with a string of home invasions by a robber masquerading as a firefighter and ponders whether to spend political capital to overturn the city's draconian drug laws. It's a testament to Vaughan's way of humanizing the superhero genre that the political wonkery is more diverting than the times that Hundred uses his superpowers. Tony Harris' stylish comics realism conjures an ideal context for Vaughan's character-based stories. Gordon Flagg
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  • Paperback: 120 pages
  • Publisher: Wildstorm (March 7, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1401213227
  • ISBN-13: 978-1401213220
  • Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.6 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #163,341 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Latest in a BRILLIANT series..., September 6, 2007
As any lover of Brian K Vaughan could tell you, this guy is a genius. Whether it's a group of misfit, teen-age, evil-villian-parent-murdering crimestoppers; a family of bomb-dodging lions that escape a half-demolished zoo in Baghdad; a man named Yoric who survives a "plague" that wipes out every male on earth (except him and his pet capuchin Ampersand); or, in the case of Ex Machina, a hero-turned-polictician who just happens to be able to communicate with machinery, Vaughan delivers, every time. NOBODY who calls themselves comic book geek can live without reading this series. END OF REVIEW :):)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Vaughan continues to impress., December 7, 2008
Brian K. Vaughan, Ex Machina: Smoke, Smoke (DC Comics, 2007)

Vaughan continues to impress with everything he puts out. The most recent Ex Machina collection takes on the thorny (well, where legislators are concerned) topic of drug legalization. A new character pops up: January Moore, the departed Journal's sister, who Hundred appoints to step into Journal's shoes. As usual, there's a relatively dismissable mystery arc, but they're starting to tie in much better with the overarching themes found in each book. I wasn't entirely sure about this series to start, but it's getting better with each release. ****

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3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting..., January 27, 2008
I thought volume 5 of Ex Machina was actually a step back in the series. Volume 4 was by far the best, and I had high hopes for this one, but it was a little disappointing. It wasn't bad by all means, but after volume 4, Vaughn had set the bar pretty high for the series, and this one kind of failed to reach that bar. Also, it wasn't as exciting as all the other volumes of the series have been.
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