Ex Machina #3
"Smoke Smoke [Chapter One]" kicks off a gripping chapter in Brian K. Vaughan’s Ex Machina, where a controversial Klan request to assemble in Central Park while masked forces Mitchell to confront a haunting Halloween night from his past. With John Paul Leon’s evocative art and JD Mettler’s sharp coloring, the issue lingers on memory, fear, and the weight of choices made in the dark. Tony Harris’s striking cover captures the tension of that moment, perfectly framing the story’s simmering unease.
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A request by the Ku Klux Klan to assemble in Central Park while wearing masks leads Mitchell to contemplate a Halloween night years earlier.
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