Even when there are only villains, being a hero makes you a...
When super-powered bad guys inexplicably appeared in the world, the world was unprepared. In the face of heroes and humans alike dying at the hands of the rising tide of supervillains, beat cop Leo Winters did what he had to to fight back: he got super powers.Now barely able to grasp the unexpected turn his life has taken Leo launches his own, off-the-books investigation into the super-villains that decimated his unit and put his partner in the hospital. With little to go on but the image of Memento Mori turning people into dust with all but a touch, Leo must delve into a her past to discover the key to his future... The ongoing series by award-winning author Mike Carey (X-MEN, THE UNWRITTEN) and fan-favorite artist Elena Casagrande (HULK, HACK/SLASH) continues here!
Mike Carey is a British writer whose work spans comics, novels, film scripts, and TV shows. After writing shorts for British sci-fi comic 2000 AD and a few one-shots for Caliber Comics during the 1990s, he was offered DC/Vertigos LUCIFER henceforth the longest running and most successful Sandman-related spinoff to date. While continuing to work with DC on Vertigo series like CROSSING MIDNIGHT and graphic novels like GOD SAVE THE QUEEN, he took over as lead writer for Marvels X-MEN (now X-MEN: LEGACY) in 2006. His work includes DC/Vertigos HELLBLAZER, Marvels ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR, the FELIX CASTOR novels, THE STEEL SERAGLIO (with Linda and Louise Carey), and DC/Vertigos THE UNWRITTEN (with Peter Gross).
