The Multiversity: Pax Americana

Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely reunite for this standalone DC one-shot, a dense, formally inventive exploration of the Charlton Comics characters reimagined as political archetypes within the sprawling Multiversity framework. Published in 2015, the issue is a single, meticulously crafted story that deconstructs the superhero genre through a nonlinear, nine-panel grid structure, echoing the visual language of Watchmen while forging its own distinct identity. It stands as a high-water mark of Morrison’s metatextual ambition, a self-contained masterpiece that matters for its audacious storytelling and Quitely’s precise, expressive art.