A review by nharkins
Ex Machina: The Deluxe Edition, Vol. 5 by Jim Clark, J.D. Mettler, John Paul Leon, Tony Harris, Jared K. Fletcher, Brian K. Vaughan

4.0

I was going to give this 5 stars before I was done, then decided to wait, as i've been bitten before by a shitty ending. Sure enough, the story was all wrapped up with a perfect ending (imo), but then it kept going for a few more pages, where they proceeded to break the 4th wall, and put a poop on top of each of the character relationships they built. But everything up until that was absolutely excellent, so I'm still giving it 5 stars, and am remaining somewhat in denial about the epilogue. Someday, I'll run into BKV and ask him why. I get the whole "You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain" bit, but it was completely hamfisted.