The Invisibles: You Say You Want a Revolution by Grant Morrison
Dane McGowan is a young Liverpool thug, hardened by years of poverty and trouble. When he finds himself imprisoned in a correctional facility that is more than it seems, it looks like Dane's finally found some trouble that he can't handle. But he is rescued by a mysterious, outlandish killer, and left to the care of a tramp who may just be the planet's greatest magician, where he learns the truth: there's a war being fought, between those who want humanity to acheive ultimate freedom forever - and those who would crush us into mindless automata for all time. Welcome to the Invisibles...hang on to your head!