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Mired in a tedious life of routine, michael smith inexplicably encounters his favorite childhood comic book hero, the formerly 2d, fourcolor enigma, now very much alive and in full color. And then michael actually meets a comicbook superhero come to life. When, however, ant was unable to meet the brutal deadline, glamorous editor art young was forced to plunge downmarket. This new edition of the vertigo classic is written by peter milligan justice league dark, red lanterns with kinetic art by duncan fegredo shade the. Contentsshow characters michael smith a compulsive, late20s, heterosexual telephone repairman living a highlystructured life in pacific city, california. Go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store. Enigma new edition by peter milligan penguin books. Enigma is a comic book by peter milligan, with artwork done by duncan fegredo, featuring a superhero called the enigma. Leaving his old life behind he sets out to find the enigma embarking on a journey of selfdiscovery which will shock, scare, sicken and eventually delight him. Heres another special, this time the focus is on british comic writer peter milligan, one of the original vertigo writers and one of the, imho, best and most overlooked comic authors of the past. It was published as an eightissue limited series by vertigo, an imprint of dc comics, in 1993. Irish writer peter milligan joined vertigo in 1989 with the miniseries skreemer and soon became an imprint mainstay, writing both shade the changing man, human target, enigma, greek street and hellblazer. John costanza enigma is a thoughtprovoking postmodern tale of selfdiscovery and sexual identity told against the backdrop of improbable superheroes and villains. Its writer, peter milligan, then bestknown for shade the changing man, was part of comics british invasion following the mid1980s breakthrough of alan moore.
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