The Cape Omnibus

Read all three graphic novels based on New York Times best-selling author Joe Hill’s short story “The Cape,” collecting The Cape, The Cape- 1969, and The Cape- Fallen.

Read all three graphic novels based on New York Times best-selling author Joe Hill’s short story “The Cape,” collecting The Cape, The Cape- 1969, and The Cape- Fallen.

Every little boy dreams about putting on a cape and soaring up, up, and away…but what if one day that dream were to come true? Eric was like every other eight-year-old boy, until a tragic accident changed his life forever. The Cape explores the dark side of power, as the adult Eric-a confused and broken man-takes to the skies…and sets out to exact a terrible vengeance on everyone who ever disappointed him.

The Cape- 1969 goes back in time to the Vietnam War when Eric’s father, Captain Chase, a medevac helicopter pilot for the U.S. Army, is shot down over enemy territory. He and his crew are in a fight for their lives as they play a deadly game of cat and mouse with the Vietcong…but they soon learn that machine guns and grenades aren’t the only terrors hiding in the jungle.

In The Cape- Fallen, uncover new folds in Hill’s cautionary anti-superhero tale with a story that takes place between the scenes of the original series.

This critically acclaimed, Eisner Award-nominated story-written by Jason Ciaramella based on the short story by New York Times best-selling author Joe Hill, with art by Zach Howard and Nelson Daniel-smashes the classic superhero myth and wraps the bloody wreckage in a bright blue shroud- The Cape.

Author Biography

Joe Hill is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Full Throttle, The Fireman, Heart-Shaped Box, and NOS4A2, recently made into a TV series from AMC. His horror novella In the Tall Grass, co-written with Stephen King, was made into a feature film from Netflix. His book of short stories, 20th Century Ghosts, won the Bram Stoker Award and British Fantasy Award for Best Collection. He earned the Eisner Award for Best Writer for his long-running comic book series, Locke & Key, featuring the eye-popping art of Gabriel Rodriguez.

Jason Ciaramella is an Eisner Award-nominated writer whose credits include Joe Hill’s The Cape, Godzilla- Kingdom of Monsters, Magic- The Gathering, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, all from IDW. He’s also the writer of C is for Cthulhu- The Lovecraft Alphabet Board Book and other titles.

Zach Howard is an Eisner-nominated professional comic book artist who’s worked for Marvel, Disney, DC, Image, IDW, and Steve Jackson Games, among others, on titles like Wild Blue Yonder, Shaun of the Dead, Spider-Man, X-Men, G.I. Joe, The Cape, and Batman.