Leaving Megalopolis

This is the scariest book I've read this year.

I think we've all read/seen episodes where the good guys “go bad.” It's a pretty standard trope. Super Sentai has an evil Blue arc just about every single season.

You have never seen the concept done in as brutally terrifying a manner as this. It's visceral and disturbing and sometimes hurts to turn the page. This book is about the things you love turning against you in ways you are incapable of actually imagining but Gail Simone is. It's honestly too much for me at points (there are multiple dog deaths. I am never able to handle dog death), but the writing is solid, the art is uncomfortably good, and the characters are shockingly thorough given how short a time is given to meeting them.

Basically, this book makes The Dark Knight look like Stellaluna. If that sounds like something you're interested in, definitely read it. If not, walk away slowly and don't make eye contact. This story is built to disturb.