I found a ripped up copy of a graphic novel in the public library a long time ago but have since forgotten the name. it was similar to Watchmen & was about an aging super-villain, The Stainless Steel Plated Man after his release from prison is caught up in a mystery concerning the disappearance/deaths of criminals from the slums he lives in...or something like that anyway. anyone know what I am talking about? several chapters were torn out of the back so I nvr got to finish it

About what year did you check it out?

2004-05 ish. I didn't check it out tho. was too torn up. I'm surprised it was on the shelf at all. I've gone bak but its not there anymore. I know if was released after Watchmen cause the first time I'd heard Of Watchmen was in the preface of this one. it was pretty good, I'd recommend it if I only know the title, lol

Can you see your reading history at the library? Via website, or asking a librarian?

I think it might be Kurt Busiek's Astro City.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_City#Civilians

Steeljack (Carl "Carlie" Donewicz) (viewpoint) - A former supervillain with steel skin and superstrength, originally dubbed the Steeljacketed Man, and resident in Kiefer Square who attempts to reform after serving his time. He was active as a villain from about 1970 to 1978, with interruptions due to incarceration. Was a member ofthe villain group the Terrifying Three. He was in jail when his mother died in 1973. Served 20 years in Biro Island from 1978-1998. Later tapped by former associates as a private investigator to solvethe mystery of the Black Mask Killer's string of murders in the supervillain community. Consciously modeled after Robert Mitchum.

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I think it might be Kurt Busiek's Astro City.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_City#Civilians

Steeljack (Carl "Carlie" Donewicz) (viewpoint) - A former supervillain with steel skin and superstrength, originally dubbed the Steeljacketed Man, and resident in Kiefer Square who attempts to reform after serving his time. He was active as a villain from about 1970 to 1978, with interruptions due to incarceration. Was a member ofthe villain group the Terrifying Three. He was in jail when his mother died in 1973. Served 20 years in Biro Island from 1978-1998. Later tapped by former associates as a private investigator to solvethe mystery of the Black Mask Killer's string of murders in the supervillain community. Consciously modeled after Robert Mitchum.

Woohoo! that's it. ty so much Sempai

~EDIT: apparently the book I found in the library was Astro City: The Tarnished Angel

[Edited by - bakagami on December 29, 2009 10:23:16 PM]