Meltdown is a two-part comic book mini-series

Limited series

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 published in December 2006

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-January:*January 1, 2006: Newsweek offer a look back at 2005 through editorial cartoons. *January 2, 2006: The Cincinnati Enquirer cartoonist Jim Borgman starts a blog to detail his creative process...

 (issue 1) and January 2007

2007 in comics

-January:*January 10: Superman & Batman vs. Aliens & Predator released.*January 24: The Boys is canceled with issue #6.-February:*February 2: Newsarama reports that The Boys has been picked up by Dynamite Entertainment....

 (issue 2) by Image Comics

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. Written by David Schwartz

David Schwartz (comics)

David B. Schwartz is a comic book writer.His first published work was in New Mutants Annual #6 . Most notable work is MELTDOWN , which received significant accolades and was named to several annual Top 10 lists for 2006 and 2007.Since Meltdown, he's worked primarily for Aspen Comics, first on their...

 and illustrated by Sean Wang.

Plot

Meltdown tells the story of Caliente, aka The Flare, a superhero with flame based powers that are killing him. He's only got 7 days left to put his life in order, and to make amends for all of his regrets. The story largely consists of flashbacks that show Caliente's trials and tribulations leading to his final days.

The series was collected into a trade paperback entitled "MELTDOWN: The Definitive Collection", which also featured 52 pages of new material.

External links

• Review of issue #1 and #2, Comics Bulletin
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