ISBN: 1401209998
“Suggested for mature readers”
Weird. Very weird, plot-wise and characters.
Flex Mentallo (the skinny guy featured in 70s comic ads, who became brawny and beat up the beefcake who kicked sand — flex’s special power is to be able to flex his muscles and make things happen). A schizo lady who does not seem to have any special powers. A Dr. Xavier-like character, wheelchair-bound but with beard and hair. A sentient street named Danny.
Stories featured:
- Musclebound: the secret origin of flex mentallo (involving a conspiracy within the Pentagon, a secret chamber/ construct called the Anthill, and Flex trying to make the Pentagon to become physically a circle)
- Anyhow stories
- Voices
- The beard hunter (a psychopath fixated on killing people with beards)
- Aftermath
- The world, the flesh, and the devil
- Entertaining Mr. Evans
- Death in venice
- Tales of Hofmann
Those who like off-beat stuff may find the works in this series interesting.
