Incognito (2008) 1

Incognito (2008) 1

Dec 2008

Part One

by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Val Staples

Zack Overkill, aka Zack Andersen, and Xander, his twin brother, used to be supervillains. Xander is dead now and Zack is in witness protection. He is forced to take drugs that suppress his superpowers. He languishes in a pointless office job. His new handler doesn’t go easy on him. Zack wants out and turns to illegal drugs.

The illegal drugs numb Zack but then he also discovers that they also counteract the drugs that the Feds have him taking which suppress his superpowers. He decides to dress up and experiment with his reawakened abilities, not realizing that doing so brings him to the attention of the doctor in whose lab he and his brother grew up.

Thoughts

I’ve only read the first installment but this feels a lot like Criminal but with superpowers.

This six-part story and the five-part story that follow were published about the same time as the stories in the second deluxe collection of Criminal. 

I love the look of Sean Phillips art in this installment. It isn’t pretty but it feels right for a story like this. 

This is a good start. I want more.