Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye #1

Writers: Jon Rivera & Gerard Way

Art: Michael Avon Oeming

Colors: Nick Filardi

Letters: Clem Robins

Rating: 8.5

The first issue of Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I had been looking forward to it for a while and I wasn't let down at all. Cave Carson recently lost his wife, has a daughter, a weird cybernetic eye that is like the Doctor Manhattan of eyeballs, and is a little glum in the first issue.

The story goes that he and his wife after ten years being underground getting into all kinds of situations decided to live a quasi-legit life above ground since they were about to have a daughter. Now that is wife is dead for reasons unknown, he is getting the itch to go back underground and this first issue is setting things up very nicely with that. There is a lot of little bits and pieces about Cave's life with his wife, his job that he seems to still be working at, some situation in which he got involved with some situation with Superman, how his family were kind of celebrities to some degree, kind of like Jacques Cousteau but instead of being underwater they were underground. And his cybernetic eye is hilarious. I love the way it's mentioned in his bio, “It is important to note that Cave has a cybernetic eye. Its origin, abilities, and circumstances surrounding its implantation are a complete mystery and should not be addressed in polite conversation.”

This comic has an old school Johnny Quest feel to it. More the adults of that cartoon with how the characters are and how this is an adventure, sci-fi kind of thing with it although it has been a long time since I've seen that cartoon but it's the first thing that came to mind. I also like the mix of humor in this, definitely adds another side to things and more realistic with the people involved with their situations.

With the art, I like it although the characters are drawn in a way that is a bit too cartoonish and not much detail but it's not bad. I do love the detail with the environments and things happening in it. There is also a really cool frame that has people really blurry looking like you are in a fun house of mirrors because of Cave's eye that is really interesting. There is also a pulp noir feel to the artwork that I like.

I am excited for the next issue and excited about Cave going underground and seeing what kinds of adventures he gets involved with and hopefully there is more with the back stories of the characters.