Edison Rex

Paperback, 120 pages

Published by IDW Publishing.

ISBN:
978-1-61377-654-4
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Edison Rex is a book for long time fans of superhero comics. It's not that it would be unreadable to others, but they would be missing out on some of the best parts.

Rex is a souped up Lex Luthor analog and when he defeats his Superman analog in a wonderfully goofy and silver age style trap, he concludes that he must now become the protector of earth. He does this not out of any selfless reasons, but out of pure ego.

And as a "hero" he acts pretty much like you'd expect a classic super villain to act. He's arrogant, thoughtless and only really looks at the end results.

Where many modern takes on superheroes have focused on making the characters more real and more human, Chris Roberson goes entirely the other way and completely embraces the Silver Age insanity. The characters have that pulp sensibility to them and …