Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye Vol. 1: Going Underground

by Gerard Way, Jon Rivera, Michael Avon Oeming

Overview

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 shatteredsh 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401279097
Publisher:	DC
Publication date:	07/04/2017
Sold by:	DC Comics
Format:	eBook
File size:	100 MB
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Age Range:	12 Years

About the Author

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.

Editorial Reviews

09/11/2017
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)

Publishers Weekly

Not only possesses the best title of any comic in recent memory—the third launch of Gerard Way’s Young Animal imprint is one of the wildest and most inventive comics in years.” —PASTE MAGAZINE
 
“ Another strong debut for the Young Animal imprint.” —NEWSARAMA

"it’s a compelling character study of a man grieving the loss of his wife and trying to maintain his connection to his daughter while dealing with a dramatic increase in strange shit surrounding him. Gerard Way and Jon Rivera’s story is rooted in the pulp adventurer past of their title character, but it’s moving in a much more high-concept direction that blends a number of genres into something unique and engaging."—A.V. CLUB/THE ONION

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