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Part of The New Age of Heroes, a bold new line of comics starring a thrilling array of heroes! In The Terrifics Vol. 1, when Mr. Terrific, Metamorpho, Plastic Man and Phantom Girl find themselves bound together by a tragic accident, our team of unlikely allies must rely on one another to make their way back home.But a startling revelation on their return trip brings them face to face with a new mystery: Where in the universe is Tom Strong?From New York Times best-selling author Jeff Lemire (Teen Titans: Earth One, Sweet Tooth) , featuring the incomparable artwork of Ivan Reis (Justice League, Green Lantern) , The Terrifics Vol. 1 expands the DC Universe and introduces characters that fans will love for decades to come. Collects issues #1-6.The DC Universe just got bigger! In the New Age of Heroes, DC introduces a bold new line of comics starring a thrilling array of heroes--some you know, some you may have glimpsed in the pages of Dark Nights: Metal.
About the Author
New York Times Bestselling author Jeff Lemire has built a unique career as both the writer and artist of acclaimed literary graphic novels like Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Sweet Tooth and Trillium and also as one of the most popular writers of mainstream superhero comics with acclaimed runs on such titles as Green Arrow, Animal Man, Justice League and Hawkeye for Marvel and DC Comics.
Current projects include the original graphic novel ROUGHNECK to be published by Simon and Schuster in 2016, as well as the science fiction series DESCENDER with Dustin Nguyen and A.D. with Scott Snyder.
In 2008 and in 2013 Jeff won the Schuster Award for Best Canadian Cartoonist. He has also received The Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent and the American Library Association's prestigious Alex Award, recognizing books for adults with specific teen appeal. He has also been nominated for 8 Eisner awards, 7 Harvey Awards and 8 Shuster Awards.
In 2010 Essex County became the first graphic novel to be included in the prestigious Canada Reads contest making it to the final five and winning the people's choice vote as best Canadian novel of the decade.
He lives in Toronto with his wife and son.
