Black Science #1 is a non-stop, high impact, action ride from beginning to end. Writer Rick Remender puts readers directly into a bizarre world and inside one man’s mind who struggles with bad choices and guilt at the expense of his science team and his family. This is a high intensity new sci-fi action series that jolts you into a new realm of pure excitement.

Official Description from IMAGE:

Grant McKay, former member of The Anarchistic Order of Scientists, has finally done the impossible: he has deciphered Black Science and punched through the barriers of reality. But what lay beyond the veil was not epiphany but chaos. Now Grant and his team are lost, living ghosts shipwrecked on an infinite ocean of alien worlds, barreling through the long-forgotten, ancient, and unimaginable dark realms.

Black Science has been on my radar since it was first announced by Image and Rick Remender was reason number one to get me excited for it. He and his art team, Matteo Scalera and Dean White, do not disappoint and bring even more to the table than I had anticipated. The story kicks off right in the middle of an escape by Grant McKay, and a woman named Jean, fleeing from some fish-type creatures in a bizarre and strange landscape. It is a non-stop fight for survival and also a most important task of returning with fresh water for an unknown item, called a pillar, that if not cooled properly or on time will lead to the deaths of most likely everyone.

Most of the story is detailed through Grant’s internal monologue and his battle with the demon’s that brought him to this strange universe and threatens everyone he cares for and loves. His children are the catalyst of all this guilt but Grant’s history of bucking the system and running his life as a pure anarchistic has lead to the mess he, his crew and his family now face. Remender has created a unique environment to set this story off including warring factions of the fish creatures and now the frog creatures which, even though bizarre and scary in their own right, are still treated and defended with the same respect for life as any human.

The chaos that Remender hits readers with in issue one still maintains a fluid and easy story structure to follow. There are a lot of holes that will need to be filled in later but, for a story as wild and strange as this, it is a solid complete beginning to something dramatically bigger. Artist Matteo Scalera and colorist Dean White are a dream team on this book. The art is so fluid and the action hits with dramatic impact across the board. The color palette is beautiful and befitting of this alien universe with rich, warm tones and sharp contrasts of blues for drama. It’s simply a gorgeous beginning and makes this book feel as epic as it reads.

Black Science is a home run from page one and by the end you’ll be gasping for breath at the speed and flow of this outrageous ride Remender has built. The final page sets-up what is sure to be a wild ride through what is called the Eververse as Grant and his family try to make it home and based on issue one it will not be a easy or simple task. This hooked me from page one and if you value a great sci-fi tale where literally anything goes then you should grab Black Science immediately. A great beginning with no slow down in sight.

5/5