The blue-suited Escapist is back in the limelight! 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 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. Last but not least, a very special story written and drawn by alternative comics wunderkind, Jeffrey Brown (Clumsy, Unlikely)!

• Featuring painted cover art by Batman artist and Grendel creator Matt Wagner!