Hero Squared

J. M. DeMatteis, Keith Giffen, and Kevin Church team up for this 2006–2007 Boom! Studios miniseries, a playful deconstruction of superhero tropes that follows an ordinary man who discovers his alternate-reality counterpart is a famous costumed hero. With art by Joe Abraham and Benjamin Birdie, the six-issue run balances sharp humor with genuine character drama as the two versions of the same person navigate identity, responsibility, and the chaos of their worlds colliding. It stands as a clever, character-driven riff on the multiverse concept.