Local Man Deluxe Hardcover

by Tim Seeley, Tony Fleecs, Brad Simpson (Color Artist)

"A thought-provoking send-up to one of comics' weirdest eras, and if you're not reading it right now, you are absolutely missing out." —ComicBookDOTcom

STRAY DOGS creator TONY FLEECS teams with REVIVAL's TIM SEELEY for a wildly critically acclaimed story that combines rural crime noir and superhero action.

Once, JACK XAVER, star recruit of the media sensation super-team THIRD GEN, had it all. But when controversy sends CROSSJACK crawling back to his mom and dad's basement in the Midwest, Jack struggles to fit into a world he left far behind. And then the bodies start piling up. Now, the small town hero known as "Local Man" must investigate a sprawling conspiracy while navigating former teammates, local law enforcement, interdimensional crossovers, a geriatric dog and the girlfriend who stayed behind.

Collects issues 1-13, 25, and the GOLD and BAD GIRLS one shots.

600 pages, Hardcover

Published July 8, 2025

About the author

Tim Seeley is a comic book artist and writer known for his work on books such as G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, The Dark Elf Trilogy, Batman Eternal and Grayson. He is also the co-creator of the Image Comics titles Hack/Slash[1] and Revival, as well as the Dark Horse titles, ExSanguine and Sundowners. He lives in Chicago.

Reviews

[Josh Cleverplacehölder · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s hard to overstate how much I adore Local Man— the rural-noir superhero thing with some pretty great comedic beats and consistently stunning art made it immediately one of my favorite books. Seeley and Fleecs are at the top of their game here and my only disappointment with this collection is that it may in fact be the end of the series. It sounds like there is more coming, potentially, but who knows if that will ever happen? This book is also an obvious love letter to 90s-era Image comics Eddie Vern, for someone who didn’t have the greatest frame of reference for some of these nods, it’s easy to appreciate the homage still.

This deluxe hardcover is definitely the best way to read the series as it collects the volumes in the one shots together and includes something like 50+ pages of gorgeous cover variants and shout out to early Image artists that contributed to some of these covers. Do yourself a favor and borrow this from your library or pick up a copy—you’ll love it!

[Chad · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting series about a superhero who has been kicked out of his group and returns to his hometown in rural Wisconsin without a penny to his name. The team also game him a cease and desist order from helping anyone, even getting cats out of trees so he just walks around town wearing a ski mask as he investigates crimes. Each issue also contains a flashback to 90s Image stories that never happened that are over the top intense and aggro. The book has a wry humor to it and feels a lot like Seeley's other book that took place in Wisconsin, Revival. It's interesting to see Seeley and Fleecs draw this as they are mainly known as writers these days.

[Jerad · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collection was amazing! Local Man both spoofs and perfectly encapsulates comics tropes. The coloring and lines are top notch, the writing is comparable to Hickman or Ewing but with more self-aware humor. I don't think I've ever laughed out loud at a comic book before this one, where I did so multiple times. That is not to say it's a joke-a-minute - the stories are serious and mature - but when it stays into humor it lands magnificently.

[Xroldx · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good homage to the early days of Image as well as another deconstruction of the super hero genre. I liked this more than I expected.

[Michiel Reijnders · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great, weird, beautifull, exciting! Would recommend if you like an (anti) hero story with weird turns

[Highland G · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyable read, especially if you enjoy classic image comics. The ending could have been explored more but otherwise it flowed really well.