Cody Pomeray had a gift for looking inside a person's soul with just aglance. This ability served him well, as the crook blew through the early 1980s,finding marks and picking them clean. But one fateful night, he targeted thewrong man... and was sentenced to the most savage prison in California. Pomeraywould have been beaten to death on his first day if not for the intervention ofBarnaby Creed, the most powerful crime lord in the Southland. Now five yearslater, Pomeray's out on parole, robbed of his special ability, and tasked withdoing Creed "a little favor." He has no idea he's just stepped into a long con,and this time... he's the mark.Collects the complete Ex-Con comic book storyline issues#1-5.