Cave Carson has a cybernetic eye. Volume 1, Going underground

Title:

Author:

Rivera, Jon, author.

ISBN:

9781401270827

Personal Author:

Rivera, Jon, author.

Publication Information:

Burbank, CA : DC Comics, [2017]

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.

Series:

Cave Carson has a cybernetic eye ; Volume 1

General Note:

"Young Animal"--Spine.

"Originally published in single magazine form in Cave Carson has a cybernetic eye #1-6"--Title page verso.

Abstract:

"Cave Carson has a cybernetic eye. But you knew that already. The question is, why was this spelunking adventurer fitted with a bionic implant and what do the visions it's giving him mean? Before his cybernetic eye started showing Cave Carson a world outside his own, he had retired from his life of exploring the center of the Earth with his wife, Eileen, and they had settled into a comfortable, if not mundane, existence above the surface. That is, until Eileen got sick. Now, newly widowed, a knock on the door of Cave's underground lab has brought him back into the world he thought he left behind, beneath the surface of the Earth."-- Provided by publisher.

Audience:

"Suggested for mature readers" -- Cover, page [4].

Subject Term:

Tunnels -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Underground construction -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Fathers and daughters -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Widowers -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Cyborgs -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Genre:

Comics (Graphic works)

Graphic novels.

Superhero comics.

Science fiction comics.

Added Author:

Way, Gerard,

Oeming, Michael Avon,

Filardi, Nick,

Robins, Clem, 1955-

Document ID:

SD_ILS:2266133

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Summary

DC's classic Silver Age hero is revived in CAVE CARSON HAS A CYBERNETIC EYE VOL. 1: GOING UNDERGROUND, the first chapter of a trailblazing new saga from artist Michael Avon Oeming ( Powers ) and writers Jonathan Rivera and My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way, the visionary founder of DC's Young Animal imprint!

Cave Carson was once the world's greatest underground adventurer--but that was a long time ago. When he settled down with his wife, Eileen, to raise their daughter, Chloe, he traded the controls of his vehicle, the Mighty Mole Mark 1, for a desk and keyboard. Since then, Cave has led a quiet life--even with the constant distraction of his otherworldly cybernetic eye.

But when a sudden illness claims Eileen's life, Cave's tranquil existence is shattered--and he and Chloe soon find themselves hurtling down a terrifying tunnel of danger, discovery, mayhem and madness.

At the bottom of that tunnel lie secrets buried for decades--secrets that hold the key to thwarting a conspiracy that threatens to consume the surface and subterranean worlds alike. But will Cave and his intrepid team of super-spelunkers be able to overcome this new generation of evil--or is there less to this hero than meets the eye? Collects issues #1-6.

Author Notes

Gerard Way is the Eisner Award-winning writer of The Umbrella Academy and the comics miniseries The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys . He is the creative mind behind the new grassroots imprint, DC's Young Animal, whose retro-inspired lineup bridges the gap between the DC Universe and Vertigo. Way is also widely known for his former role as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the alternative rock band My Chemical Romance.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

One would expect rollicking, madcap adventure from a comic series with a name like this, and the creative team-writers Rivera and Way and artist Oeming-partially delivers, but zaniness comes at the expense of intelligibility. The story opens with underground explorer Cave Carson, more than a decade in retirement, mourning the death of his wife, Eileen. Meanwhile, his cybernetic eye, which provides information about his surroundings, is fritzing out and causing hallucinations. An alarming message from Eileen's underground ancestral home yanks Carson out of retirement and sends him tunneling back into the earth alongside his daughter, Chloe, and sidekick, Mad Dog. The tone, which mixes pulpy adventure with serious family melodrama, resembles Way's Eisner-winning comic The Umbrella Academy, but that series had a narrative clarity that this lacks. The comic is bogged down by backstory and Oeming's cluttered art; it's not always clear what's going on, why things are happening, or what motivation drives each character. (July) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.