Hero Squared

J. M. DeMatteis and Keith Giffen, veterans of quirky superhero deconstruction, bring their offbeat sensibility to Boom! Studios' Hero Squared (2005–present). This three-issue series follows an ordinary man who discovers his alternate-dimension counterpart is a famous superhero—and that the hero’s arch-nemesis has followed him to our world. With art by Joe Abraham, Mark Badger, and Shannon Denton, the book plays with identity, responsibility, and the comedy of a doppelgänger who’s both a dream and a nightmare. It’s a compact, witty take on the parallel-universe trope from a creative team known for reinventing the genre.