In this volume, Mayor Mitchell Hundred - formerly known as the super hero The Great Machine --faces difficult decisions regarding New York City's drug laws. But will a string of brazen, violent robberies and a shocking suicide affect the the Mayor's policy? And in a second story, "Power Down," set during the New York blackout of 2003, the mayor must deal with a city gone dark.<br><br>Award-winning writer Brian K. Vaughan (<i>Saga</i>, Y: THE LAST MAN) deftly combines big city politics and superheroes in this critically acclaimed series.