The Escapists

Discovering his late father's decades-spanning vault of Escapist memorabilia at the age of six, Max became a fan of the Master of Elusion almost overnight. After exhausting the extensive stash of Golden and Silver Age comics, he needed more-and started writing his own Escapist stories. Now nineteen, he's determined to make the character a sensation once again, but where is he going to find an artist-in Cleveland? Meet Maxwell Roth and Case Weaver, latter-day versions of Joe Kavalier and Sam Clay, in part one of The Escapists!

This 32-page comic is only $1 and there are no ads (other than the one for issue two) so anyone who enjoyed Michael Chabon's Pulitzer-winning The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay has little excuse for not picking up a copy at their local comic book store. At the end of the comic is a column by Steve Duin, Metro columnist for The Oregonian, that's in the spirit.