While the comic began his love affair with comics, he’s now working to bring more diverse characters to both crime fiction and comics. For instance, he’s just announced the release of Araña and Spider-Man 2099: Dark Tomorrow in May 2023. He’s also a great supporter of fellow writers. I highly recommend following him on Twitter, because he’s constantly promoting the works of writers that he has just finished and loved. Some of my favorite books I’ve read this year (aside from Secret Identity, of course) were partly because of his recommendation. It’s great seeing writers supporting other writers. Incidentally, other writers I follow are the reason I picked up Secret Identity in the first place. Intrigued? Here are three books to get you started on the wonderful worlds of Alex Segura. As I noted, these are just a few of the works that Segura has written over the past few years. If you want more books about the comic book industry, here’s my list of fiction works. And for folks who want more mysteries in Florida, check out this Rioter list. But then a writer on the staff, someone Valdez thinks of as a friend, comes to her with a proposition: they’ll work together on a new character. It’s a chance to get everything she wanted, so she throws herself into the creation of a new female superhero The Lethal Lynx. Her colleague tells her to keep their collaboration a secret, though, and the pages get turned in without any acknowledgement of Valdez’s work. When she goes to talk to her colleague, she finds him dead in his apartment, with a bullet in his head. Now she’s got two big problems: she’s the brains behind the Lynx, but no one knows — and she might be a suspect in a murder. It’s a great look at the gritty 1970s New York. As Segura said in an interview, he wanted to place it in a time where the longevity of comic books was not obvious as it is today with Marvel and DC movies coming out several times a year. It’s one of the best reads of this year.
