While at the comic book store…

On the advice of a friend I checked out a new comic called Incognito recently and figured I’d pass that recommendation along to both of you who read this.

For those of you that need a name to be behind it, the comic is written by Ed Brubaker. He’s penned a slew of books, including Daredevil, X-Men, and Captain America. And yes - he’s the guy that killed Captain America. Brubaker also wrote Batman, but wasn’t behind that whole RIP thing at all.

Incognito - a five-issue creator-owned miniseries published by Marvel - is a bit of a departure for Brubaker, following the exploits of a former supervillain who was put into the witness protection program after testifying. It’s a little more complicated than that, but I don’t want to spoil anything.

Fortunately for the world at large, the villain in question (who goes by the name Zach…) doesn’t have his powers anymore thanks to a schedule of performance-decreasing drugs he’s forced to take.

Forced to take, that is, until he gets hooked up with some of those ’smoke all the pot you want and still pass drug tests’ herbs…and that’s where the story really gets interesting.

Incognito is a new look at the hero/villain dynamic and worth checking out. Issue 2 should be on stands now, and if you look you’ll find the first issue at the same time.

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