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Enigma

Series · 6 books

By Peter Milligan

*****"Suggested for Mature Readers"***** [The 6th in the series.] Enigma was an eponymous octology, in comic book form, published as a limited series by Vertigo, an imprint of DC Comics, in 1993. Peter Milligan's story, with the art work of Duncan Fegredo, features an omnipotent and amoral, comic book superhero, Enigma, having sprung to life, to the surprise of his author Titus Bird, and Michael Smith, an adult telephone repairman and ardent childhood fan. As Smith joins with Titus in a quest to discover the cause and meaning behind Enigma's inexplicable animation, Michael discovers truths about his hero and those hidden within himself. The series issues 1 of 8 - "The Lizard, The Head, The Enigma"; 2 of 8 - "The Truth"; 3 of 8 - "The Good Boy."; 4 of 8 - "... and then what?"; 5 of 8 - Lizards and Ghosts"; 6 of 8 - "the end of the world"; 7 of 8 - "Sex in Arizona"; and, 8 of 8 - "queer".

Author

Peter Milligan

Author · 119 books

Librarian note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name Peter Milligan is a British writer, best known for his work on X-Force / X-Statix, the X-Men, & the Vertigo series Human Target. He is also a scriptwriter. He has been writing comics for some time and he has somewhat of a reputation for writing material that is highly outlandish, bizarre and/or absurd. His highest profile projects to date include a run on X-Men, and his X-Force revamp that relaunched as X-Statix. Many of Milligan's best works have been from DC Vertigo. These include: The Extremist (4 issues with artist Ted McKeever) The Minx (8 issues with artist Sean Phillips) Face (Prestige one-shot with artist Duncan Fegredo) The Eaters (Prestige one-shot with artist Dean Ormston) Vertigo Pop London (4 issues with artist Philip Bond) Enigma (8 issues with artist Duncan Fegredo) and Girl (3 issues with artist Duncan Fegredo). Series: * Human Target * Greek Street * X-Force / X-Statix