Wow, just fantastic. This series will go down as one of my favorite. This volume gives some scenes of actual 9/11 plus it also covers a new villian/hero, the big betrayal set up, and some funny situations with Hundred and his best buddy. I can't recommend this series enough.

I am so disappointed by how such a great premise turned out not to lead anywhere interesting. While I can forgive not being able to choose between writing a sci-fi epic, political intrigue or a love letter to a city, the complete lack of ideas in the last 2 volumes make picking the final book feel like a chore.

This book is very happy.

In which we enjoy continued distance from the central mystery! I initially thought this would detract a star for meandering, like last volume. But on second thought, these one-shots do serve to flesh out the main characters' backgrounds, adding dimension and pathos, and by proximity, depth to our hero mayor himself.There's an issue on each of Mitch Hundred's besties, the most affecting one centering on Commissioner Angotti. There's an issue about an obsessive fangirl (in which Hundred finally ge...

As usual this was a lot of fun and the dialogue was amazing. I think it was really smart of Vaughan to include all the flashbacks where the main character was actually a "super hero", even though he gets his butt kicked in most of them. Otherwise this would just a be normal fiction with a bit of sci-fi thrown in once in a while.

It doesn’t feel like there are only ten issues to go. This story could really keep going, tracing Mitchell’s political trajectory for years on end. But that first page of issue one promised a certain ending, and that ending is coming soon. Still, the ball has yet to truly drop for Mayor Hundred. There are hints, of course, and I think I can guess what will happen, but at the same time I’m hoping Vaughan will surprise me.Anyway, this volume contains two major arcs plus three single issue stories....

Enjoyed reading this volume as he contemplates running for President. In this vol., he meets up with the Pope who believes One Hundred is the anti-Christ, at the same time there’s a plot to use One Hundred to assassinate the Pope. The other main story is a groupie that is disappointed in One Hundred in giving up being a “vigilante” to run for mayor. She decides to try to embarrass him at the backdrop of the Republican convention. For example, she vandalizes the Empire State Building with “Bush=O...

This continues to be great. Honestly, I think this would make a better TV series than Y the Last Man but that's just me.In this volume Hundred meets the Pope where he's accused of being the antichrist and sort of undergoes an exorcism. He also encounters a crazy stalker, and meets...Brian K. Vaughn and Tony Harris?

One of the best graphic novels I've read. It's gonna be bittersweet when it ends.

Hundred is up to being The prez but he gets drafted to be the next UN gov secretary of defense. He’s thinkin about it. But there are also many things unkonwn yet like the black phamtom and the guy who travels space and time and he still doesnt know where his power comes. He actually doesnt care, he just uses it and he’s doing his job to save the esrth not caring about where his power comes from.Lesss see in book 5 wuts going on with this.

This one has prompted my first criticism of the series. The manifestation of Brian K. Vaughan's White Guilt as Dave Wylie resulted in some extremely condescending and cringe inducing dialog and story points. Otherwise this would have been another extraordinary issue in the series.

I love these deluxe editions. 10 issues collected together. Over the past several years I have read issues 1 to 40. Just one deluxe edition left. Hard to classify this series or why I really like it. Kind of oddball, full of interesting characters, and great art. Well, those are 3 good reasons why I like Ex Machina (HBO please).

Again, excellent art. The stories were very original to me, also the background stories were a nice touch, as well as the “Y: the last man” reference. I hope Hundred’s nemesis will play a more prominent role in Book 5, can’t wait to read the end of this story.

I've heard that the final volume is a bit of a letdown, which is too bad since the series has been highly enjoyable to this point. The overall arc has been a slow burn (Hundred (view spoiler)[making his way towards running for president (hide spoiler)] while Kremlin (view spoiler)[attempts to have him ousted from office so that he works as the Great Machine again (hide spoiler)], but the other stories are so well done that it's hard for me to complain unless they never do pay things off and expl...

Ex MachinaBook four of this series is about the same as three, but still an interesting read. The artwork is great, especially the covers we see at the end of the book. Too bad there's only one more book left in the series.

I found the political side to be a bit more boring in this volume than previous ones, but it's still not terrible and enough happens outside that to make it a good read. Still wondering about a few things... one more volume!

Another good volume in the continuing adventures of a superhero turned politician. In this one he continues to put more and more emphasis on the political side rather than the super hero, and am I reading in something that isn't there by observing that it seems our hero has a much easier time vanquishing villians than he has enacting positive policies?

This volume contains entertaining stories, but none of them really further the plot. Instead, this volume seems more like Vaughan getting in a little more time with Mayor Hundred before going into the home-stretch.

The stuff with the Pope was pretty cool, even if they feel like too big a change in scope of the story as we near the end (I think?) The stuff with the attention-getting vandal-villain felt a little blah. Her zest for life and emotional attachment to stunts did not seem like it was enough to give her the power to do all the things she was doing .Finally, the meta issue where Vaughan is a character starts off interesting, but ultimately becomes a little too maudlin, preach, and self-conscious.

Really heating up here. Looking forward to seeing how it all comes together.