Collecting the sold-out X-Tra Sized Special one-shot - which was such a success that it lead to a three issue miniseries - this book is packed with extras. In print for the first time will be the popular web comic promotion that Keith Giffen plotted and penciled, and which DeMatteis scripted along with Giffen's original character designs and Joe Abraham's concept sketches. Also in print for the first time is a Keith Giffen plot, which can now be compared side-by-side with DeMatteis' final script!

A complete collection of the critically acclaimed satirical superhero series created by Justice League International's Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis The Hero Squared Omnibus collects every story from the series that launched BOOM! Studios, including the sold out X-Tra Sized Special one shot, three issue mini series, six issue limited series, the "Love and Death" mini series, and the five issue The Planetary Brigade spin off series. Also included is the popular web comic promotion that Keith Giffen plotted and penciled with DeMatteis' scripting, in print for the first time! Giffen's original character designs and Joe Abraham's concept sketches are also included, as well as a Keith Giffen plot, which can now be compared side-by-side with DeMatteis' final script! This omnibus truly has it all!

Note: Inside illustrations are in black-and-white for this paperback version. For full color illustrations, check out the other edition of the paperback. Disillusioned businessman, John Lawrence Locke, finds himself summoned as a hero to another world, filled with monsters and magic! With his body reverted to the age of fifteen, the thirty-three-year-old's mind is filled with the possibility of battles and adventures, like the ones in his favorite video games. Unfortunately for him, life isn't also so convenient. Betrayed by the very people who summoned him, he's condemned as the False Hero and forced to flee for his life. Alone in an unfamiliar world and hunted by all of humanity, he takes on the alias of Lutz and uses his gaming knowledge to quickly adapt to the world's strangely game-like mechanics.

Now get going. Do justice. Thanks to finally landing a job-and also infiltrating the villainous Special Ability Liberation Front-Chiaki feels he's seen enough excitement to last a lifetime. But when he finds a gorgeous woman he just met passed out in public, Chiaki decides the responsible thing to do is carry her back to his place! A thrilling night awaits him, but can he last until morning...or will the experience make Chiaki forget that he has a heroic new mission to complete?

What would you do if you could become any superhero for just an hour? The catch? Who you become is absolutely random. Teenage Miguel Montez discovers the long-lost H-Dial, an ancient and unbelievably powerful rotary phone that gives its users (seemingly) random superpowers for one hour. With evil factions desperate to get their hands on its power, Miguel steals the only mode of transport he can-his uncle's food truck! Join Miguel as he hightails it across the country to give the H-Dial to the one man who can keep it safe: Superman! Collects Dial H for Hero #1-6.