Ex Machina Book Five

Brian K. Vaughan

May 2015 · Vertigo

About this eBook

In this last EX MACHINA volume, Mayor Mitchell Hundred descends into the NYC sewers to learn why he was given the strange powers that helped him become the heroic Great Machine while a powerful new foe reveals a terrifying plan that's been in the works since the series began Then, in the very last EX MACHINA adventure, will Mitchell Hundred's new archenemy, a dogged reporter with powers far beyond those of the Great Machine, finally bring down his administration? Will the tragedies that Mayor Hundred warned about from the beginning finally come to pass? Collects EX MACHINA #41-50 and EX MACHINA SPECIAL #4.

Ratings and reviews

I'm all for antiheroes staying antiheroes, but the series became incoherent with too many bad guys and not enough narrative arc. There were too many explosive ends to some storylines and incoherent resolutions of others. Disappointing end to what started as a great series.

I guess there is no such thing as a perfect ending, especially when nobody can transcend human nature.

About the author

Brian K. Vaughan is the Eisner Award-winning co-creator of the critically acclaimed comics series Y: THE LAST MAN and EX MACHINA. He also co-created the Vertigo graphic novel PRIDE OF BAGHDAD and served as a writer and producer for the hit television series Lost. He is currently writing the bestselling Image Comics series Saga and the online comics series The Private Eye, and is the showrunner and executive producer of the hit CBS television series "Under the Dome," based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King.