Ex Machina (comic)

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Ex Machina is a comic series from the imprint Wildstorm of the US comic publisher DC Comics . It was created in August 2004 by Brian K. Vaughan (story) and Tony Harris (drawings). The author holds the rights to the series. The series won the Eisner Award for Best New Series in 2005 and was nominated for the Harvey Award in the same year . On July 14, 2005, New Line Cinema announced that it had purchased the film rights to the series.

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The First Hundred Days (# 1 - # 5)

Mitchell Hundred, a civil engineer, comes into contact with an alien artifact in an accident at the Brooklyn Bridge in the Hudson River. This gives him the ability to "speak" to anything mechanical. He uses his newly acquired powers as a superhero called "Great Machine" for the benefit of the people of New York City. To do this, he uses a rocket-propelled jet pack that enables him to fly. On September 11, 2001 , he intercepts United Airlines Flight 175, the hijacked Boeing 767, which was responsible for the destruction of the South Tower of the World Trade Center . Since the son of a liberal, politically active mother is sometimes careless during his rescue missions, he decides to give up his vigilante existence and start a political career.

As the new mayor of the " Big Apple ", he has to solve the murder of various snow plow guides by a mysterious armed man in a harsh New York winter. Mitchell Hundred is also in the line of fire because he financed a publicly controversial painting by a young star artist using municipal funds.

Artist Tony Harris creates photo-realistic backgrounds with precisely rendered figures. A fine coating of exaggerated cartoon-like effects gives the characters a personal touch. JD Mettler colors the comic pale and pale, which creates a fluorescent light transmission.

Day (# 6 - # 10)

In the New York subways there is a new gang badge ("Tag"), which is strongly reminiscent of the energizing artifact that made Mitchell Hundred the "Great Machine". Viewers of this symbol become agitated and violent. In the shafts there is also a subway monster that is gutting a dog and murdering construction workers. After all, the mayor has to ask himself whether he would like to let homosexual couples marry in "Big Apple".

Fact V. Fiction (# 11 - # 16)

Mitchell Hundred, the New York City Mayor, accepts the "jury duty" hated by most Americans , although it would have been easy for him to escape this duty by means of legal chess moves. At the same time his two "sidekicks" Kremmlin and Bradbury - left alone by his absence - have to stop a new vigilante named "The Automation". In the last story of this volume we learn a lot about how Mitch Hundred "ticks": What is a better way to understand a person than to get to know the people who raised that person? So the mayor gets a call from a person who has been in hiding for a long time - his mother. He traces this call back in a cleverly staged way to find out where his mother is and what went wrong in her life. As is so often the case, the fate of those around you is intertwined with lies from your own life.

Publications

  • Reprints as trade paperback:
Ex Machina Vol. 1: The First Hundred Days (includes # 1–5, ISBN 1-4012-0612-3 )
Ex Machina Vol. 2: Day (includes # 6–10, ISBN 1-4012-0626-3 )
Ex Machina Vol. 3: Fact v. Fiction (includes # 11–16, ISBN 1-4012-0988-2 )
Ex Machina Vol. 4: March on War (includes # 17–20, Special # 1–2, ISBN 1-4012-0997-1 )
Ex Machina Vol. 5: Smoke Smoke (includes # 21-25, ISBN 1-4012-1322-7 )
Ex Machina Vol. 6: Power Down (includes # 26–29, ISBN 1-4012-1498-3 )
  • In Germany, the titles have been published by Panini Comics since 2007:
Ex Machina 1: The First Hundred Days ( ISBN 978-3-86607-361-6 )
Ex Machina 2: characters ( ISBN 978-3-86607-545-0 )
Ex Machina 3: fact vs. fiction

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