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Encyclopedia > Ex Machina (comic)
Mitchell Hundred


Mitch Hundred & his former persona The Great Machine (& supporting characters), Ex Machina trade paperback #1, art by Tony Harris
Publisher Wildstorm Comics
First appearance Ex Machina #1, August 2004
Created by Brian K. Vaughan
Statistics
Real name Mitchell Hundred
Status retired
Affiliations Current mayor of New York City
Previous affiliations
Notable aliases The Great Machine
Notable relatives
Notable powers Can command machines, build fantastic devices based on dreams.

Ex Machina is a creator-owned comic book written by Brian K. Vaughan and published by Wildstorm Comics beginning in 2004. Wildstorm Wildstorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, is an American publisher of comic books. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to the date or issue of a characters first appearance. ... Brian K. Vaughan is an American comic book writer. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Brian K. Vaughan is an American comic book writer. ... Wildstorm Wildstorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, is an American publisher of comic books. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


It details the life of Mitchell Hundred, a former superhero known as the Great Machine, who - in the wake of his heroism in saving hundreds of lives in the World Trade Center collapse - is elected Mayor of New York City. Superman (left) and Batman, two of the most recognizable and influential superheroes. ... The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ... A mayor (from the Latin maīor, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ...


The storylines deal with the situations Hundred faces as Mayor, as well as exploring the odd phenomena linked to his power of control over any and all machinery. Charles Fort, 1920 Charles Hoy Fort (August 6, 1874 - May 3, 1932), writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena, was the son of an Albany grocer of Dutch ancestry. ...


On July 14, 2005, New Line Cinema announced that they have picked up the rights to make a movie version. The New Line Cinema Production logo. ...


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comicreaders.com - Ex Machina #1 (639 words)
More of a political thriller than an action comic, Ex Machina turns on the idea of what would happen if a superhero suddenly became mayor of America’s greatest city.
This is the kind of series that treads a fine line between any number of comic book clichés; most obviously that from The Authority playbook: the superhero in charge.
Ex Machina has an entirely fresh approach to the superhero yarn, taking the Spider-Man thing one step further: the hero who is just a man… but a pretty powerful man as far as these things go.
Deus ex machina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (444 words)
Deus ex machina is a Latin phrase that is used to describe an unexpected, artificial, or improbable character, device, or event introduced suddenly in a work of fiction or drama to resolve a situation or untangle a plot (e.g., having the protagonist wake up and realise it was all a dream).
The notion of deus ex machina can also be applied to a revelation within a story experienced by a character which involves the individual realizing that the complicated, sometimes perilous or mundane and perhaps seemingly unrelated sequence of events leading up to this point in the story are joined together by some profound concept.
The Latin phrase (deus ex māchinā, plural deī ex māchinīs) is a calque from the Greek ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεός ápo mēchanēs theós, (pronounced in Ancient Greek [a po' mɛ:kʰa'nɛ:s tʰe'os]).
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