Hard Time Vol. 1 #1 – 12 (2004-2005)

The inaugural book in the new DC FOCUS line by Steve Gerber (Howard the Duck) and Brian Hurtt (GOTHAM CENTRAL, Queen & Country) examines life behind bars! One stupid prank costs four high-school students their lives, and 15-year-old Ethan Chiles his future.

But something powerful has been growing within Ethan, and on the day of his sentencing, it escapes once and for all. Will it be a source of massive power, a chance at redemption, or the cruelest of curses?

Ethan Harrow, a teen who develops an extraordinary power… just as he’s condemned to 50 years in a maximum security prison. Separated from the outside world, Ethan’s gift will either make life on the inside bearable, or become the worst punishment of all.