The Last Heroes — Steven Grant; Gil Kane

Originally published as Edge in the early 1990s, The Last Heroes collects and finishes Grant and Kane's testament to the world of superheroes. They were ordinary men and women, until Professor James Carnell recruited them to test a process that would jumpstart human evolution and unlock their unqiue potential. A new breed, engineered to the next evolutionary rung, dedicated to curing the ills of the world. But someone is now stalking these heroes, someone who doesn't believe they are the next step but are a dead end. In his eyes, they are corrupting and subverting the worls instead of saving it. And they must be stopped...