Future issues of The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist will continue to feature stories. In this third issue, critically acclaimed writer Brian Vaughan ( YThe Last Man) pens the captivating story, To Reign in Hell, told in classic 1940s style, and former Swamp Thing artist Roger Petersen richly illustrates this spotlight on Big Al. I STILL REMEMBER THE FIRST ESCAPIST COMIC I EVER CAME ACROSS. The dictator will crush his citizens' aspirations for freedom-starting with the Escapist! Jason Hall, of Creeper and Pistolwhip fame, writes the polemic 'The Final Curtain'- featuring the return of artist Eric Wight, winner of the 2004 Russ Manning Award! Also in this issue, the Master of Elusion takes on the Physician of Illusion-Doc Hypnosis!-in a story written and drawn by Paul Grist ( Kane, Jack Staff), and veteran comics scribe Roy Thomas returns with more Escapist lore of the 1960s. Michael Chabon Presents: The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist 3. The game begins with you, Riley, inheriting your Aunt Kate’s house. Howard Chaykin ( American Flagg) and David Hahn ( Bite Club, Private Beach) team up for 'Siren Song,' wherein a mesmerizing saxophone player forces her listeners to commit dastardly deeds! Writer Kevin McCarthy and artist Shawn Martinbrough ( Detective) present 'The Death of the Escapist,' with our favorite hero caught by a totalitarian despot. The blue-suited Escapist is back in the limelight!

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