My 500th book!!!! I BEAT MY GOAL!!!!!!!

I actually wanted to pick a 500th book that I almost knew for sure I'd love! I go into my Nerd Cave this morning and look around at my 100+ graphic novel collection (I know. Good thing I married BEFORE I started really collecting) and finally decide on Ex Machina. It's one of the only Brian K. Vaughan titles I haven't finished and he is my favorite author of all time. SO here we go, volume 3!

Hundred is dealing with a few issues in this book. First up is legalization of weed. How the laws and how his old crime fighting days effected someone who was just selling some weed. It's really cool to see how they connect. Next up is a guy going around making people believe there is a fire in their building and attacks them. This causes the city to panic. If that's not bad enough the next part is all about a blackout of the entire city, and this time it's not Hundred doing it.

Good: I really loved all the past stuff in this volume. We get a nice look into Hundred when he first gets his powers and decides to do good. We see one of his chase missions. One of the best moments is watching him on 9/11 and how he saved the 2nd plane. I also enjoyed the villains in here, well the firefighter liar. The other one, not sure if you'd call him a villain, makes for a interesting set up for the future.

Bad: I thought Bradford's story here wasn't as strong as I had hope. His background is just okay.

Overall, Ex Machina remains strong. It's not a 5 star like volume 1 and 2, but still great, and a easy 4 star.