ExMachina #21 - Wildstorm

I like the way Brian K Vaughn writes this book with the flashbacks to the past. Mitchell Hundred is no longer the Great Machine, he in now just Mayor Hundred. Mayor of NYC the greatest city in the world. So we get these flashbacks of when he was the Machine, usually when they are related to some current event he is handling as Mayor. This issue seems to be focused on drug use. Specifically recreational drugs such as Marijuana. There's a big discussion in his office with Candy and Wylie because when asked by the press he responded, "I tried it a few times while I went to school at Brooklyn Poly". So they are trying to figure out how they are going to correct his little faux paux. Meanwhile there is a robber going around the city dressed as a fireman breaking in to peoples houses with the reports of fake fires. Then on the last page a woman sitting on the steps of city hall smoking decides to douse herself in gasoline and put her self in flame. Gruesome! Now this is the first part of a continuing story, so the next part will no doubt be trying to explain how all of these circumstances are related. Good book. Brian K Vaughn is brilliant. And Tony Harris' art is perfect for this book. This being issue #21, all the books are intertwined, but usually the storylines are 4 to 5 issues in length. Like I said, this is the first installment of this storyline, so it'll be interesting to see where we go from here.