Rick Veitch's The One [Hardcover]

The classic revisionist superhero saga that predatesWatchmenandThe Dark Knight Returnsand presented a shocking worldview that almost predicted today's political climate!

Rick Veitch's ground-breaking series has been called the last word on superheroes. It is a world-spanning, continent-crushing, over-the-top adventure story that brings the United States and Russia to the brink of annihilation... from both nuclear warheads and crazed superheroes-run-amok! Completely remastered with new scans and updated color--all overseen by Veitch himself. The Oneis American iconography writ large. –Nell Gaiman

The superhero as a panacea for society's problems. –Print Magazine

“Post-Watchmen, it’s become fairly common for comics to take a ‘No Heroes’ line… But inTHE ONE, Veitch was ahead of the whole game. He’d already seen Moore’s points about the corruptive power of ideologies, the naivety of looking for saviors, and the impotence of costumed heroes.THE ONE makes all those points and then some. Then the story moves on to the larger question: who are the real heroes… who will save us from ourselves?  —popmatters.comRick Veitchis a prolific comic book writer and artist who rose to prominence with his work for DC in the 1980s, most notably onSwamp Thing. His extensive list of creator-owned projects includesBratpackandThe One, from his own King Hell Press and later from IDW Publishing, andCan't Get NoandArmy@Lovefrom Vertigo. He also collaborated with Alan Moore on several titles from Image and Wildstorm, including1963,Supreme, andAmerica's Best Comics.CN