Ex Machina #8
In "Masquerade," Brian K. Vaughan and John Paul Leon deliver a tense, character-driven story as Mitchell, the former president and now a man haunted by his past, faces a chilling request from the Ku Klux Klan to hold a masked gathering in Central Park. Flashing back to a haunting Halloween night years earlier, the issue explores the weight of identity, memory, and the masks we wear—both literal and figurative—against the quiet tension of a city on edge. The cover by Tony Harris captures the eerie stillness of the moment, perfectly framing the story’s unsettling atmosphere.
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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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