Title: First Law of Mad Science
Date: 2011
Publisher: Noreon
Writer: Mike Isenberg, Oliver Mertz
Artist: Daniel Lapham, Jeff McComsey
Letterer: Mike Isenberg
Cover: Jamie Nogochi
The family that discovers secrets best left unknown to mankind is the family that stays together.
This was a nice mashup of the classic family-of-genius-explorer/scientists genre (think Jonny Quest, Tom Swift, or even the Fantastic Four) with cyberpunk and Lovecraftian horror.
When famous inventor George Baker unveils his new "Cyber Eye" implants, they quickly become the hottest new technology available. But then the recipients of the implants begin to see things that shouldn't be there. And those recipients include Baker's teenaged son.
Meanwhile in Antarctica, Baker's archaeologist wife is about to embark on her own exploration of the unknown.
This had good pacing, plenty of twists and turns, and great flavor. Some of the interactions came off as a bit too familiar, but that is going to happen in a book like this that is paying homage to certain genres. While some of the cyberpunk elements and horror elements feel familiar here, the way they are mixed is new and refreshing.
Rating: 8/10
