Omega Reign by Bill Coffin

Hudson City: a bustling metropolis where the rich and famous flaunt their latest high-tech gadgets, and the city's powered protectors, the Capes, keep a vigilant eye out for any threats posed by the villainous Masks. In the midst of it all, stands SIMON RAND, the city's mightiest hero, better known as PRAETORIAN.

After 75 years of saving the world, Praetorian is haunted, angry, and resentful — especially towards the very people he protects. This simmering rage comes to a head when he faces off against a mad scientist wielding a quantum doomsday device. On this day like any other, Praetorian does the unthinkable: he dares the scientist to pull the trigger.

Drawing from his lifelong love of all things costumed heroics, as well as his own experiences with grief, Bill Coffin’s OMEGA REIGN is not another deconstruction of the superhero genre, but an earnest and clear-eyed vision of a colorful world where those who soar above are just as human as all of us.