Brian K Vaughan

"Critically acclaimed, award-winning writer Brian K. Vaughan's (SAGA, EX MACHINA, Y: THE LAST MAN) work on the Dark Knight is now collected here in its entirety in BATMAN BY BRIAN K. VAUGHAN. In the first of these tales of the DCU, Bruce Wayne adopts the guise of Matches Malone--the seedy identity he uses to infiltrate the Gotham underworld. But when Matches is shot, it's up to Batman to determine what really happened ... and how Scarface is involved!...

[The] writer ... uniquely combines big city politics and superheroes in this criticially acclaimed series. 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 the power to communicate with machines. Eventually Mitchell tires of risking his life merely to maintain the status quo, retires from masked crime fighting and...

"[The] writer ... uniquely combines big city politics and superheroes in this criticially acclaimed series. 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 the power to communicate with machines. Eventually Mitchell tires of risking his life merely to maintain the status quo, retires from masked crime fighting and...

"In this last EX MACHINA collection ... Mayor Hundred descends into the sewers of New York City to learn why he was given the strange powers that helped him become the 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 the mayor's new archenemy bring down his administration? Will the tragedies that Mayor Hundred warned about from the...

"Nico's magic has always been painful, an inheritance from her parents she had to hurt herself to use. Now, at last, she learns the shocking source of the Staff of One -- and things will never be the same! Meanwhile, Christmas comes to the Hostel -- but a familiar face could ruin everything. Alex Wilder is back! No one led the Runaways better than him -- and no one hurt them more. But with the destruction of Earth looming, will Alex help the team...

When Professor X returns after a mysterious absence with a whole new team of X-Men the real X-Men believe something is wrong and set out on a global hunt for Charles Xavier which leads them to a showdown with the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.