Local Man #5 gives readers a very satisfying conclusion to the initial mystery of the book while planting seeds to for what is next. Jack Xavers life is anything but normal with the complex losses he keeps taking. Fleecs and Seeley have raised the stakes with excellent writing and art painting the picture of a broken hero. You need to add this series into your comic collection. Read Full Review

Fleecs and Seeley have wonderfully complementary art styles and both parts of the story look fantastic with both the gritty reality of the present story and the 90s style of the past story working perfectly together visually. Read Full Review

An excellent climax to what turns out to only be the first arc, making me realize that I want more 'Local Man' immediately. Read Full Review

Local Man consistently manages to be nothing short of incredible, crafting a reverential but biting take on the ins and outs of 90s superhero storytelling. Read Full Review

Local Man #5 delivers an incredible ending to one of the must-have comic books of 2023. The payoff for all the building blocks placed by the first four issues cement the world Local Man exist in something you want to read more about. If you haven't read Local Man yet do yourself a favor and pick up this comic book to experience it for yourself. Read Full Review

Let's hear it for the man-child for a job done well (enough). Read Full Review

Local Man #5 is a solid finale and with that ending, we'll hopefully get more. It has been a fantastic example of adding to what has come before but also doing your own thing. The series has opened up a whole world building on classic Image superheroes while at the same time carving its own path. Read Full Review

And maybe thats the whole point. When seen from the right perspective, the gorgeous battles between toned figures in brightly-colored costumes that hit the page with such grace and form...really arent all that different than a couple of middle-aged guys beating the hell out of each other at the Community Center. Aggression is aggression, and conflict is conflict. Writers and artists can be as realistic as they want, but on some level, all action is aggression and violence, and...its all ugly. All of it. That doesnt mean that its particularly interesting on the comics page, though.  Read Full Review