Incognito is about Zach Overkill, a super-human crime stopper who once crossed the line and now is in hiding. His organization calls him back again, a secret govt. agency similar to Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D., only it's called S.O.S. Zach has a physical connection -but only that- to his beautiful boss Zoe Zeppelin while she assigns him the task of bringing down a heavyweight terrorist named Simon Slaughter. Slaughter's terrorist org he calls Level Nine.
The pages that ensue follow a noir-infused look, with only hinted nods to Zach's superhuman makeup. Somebody shoots bullets at him, only to get him slightly riled as he yells 'hey quit it!'
An angle Zach's pursuing is getting another evil genius, holed up in a maximum security prison, Black Death, to think Zach Overkill has gone rogue. There's a couple of interesting characters thrown in for the bargain, and a cool looking fight sequence with Zach and a prostitute. I could tell Sean Phillips was proud of the splash page as he signed it large.
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