DC Comics' latest dawn continues as ‘Cyborg' sees one of the most stalwart Titans take the spotlight once more in a deeply emotional and heavily-character-focused way. A series that balances that perfectly with some old-school superhero vibes mixed with heavily technological elements for a stellar debut issue. Read Full Review

Cyborg titles dont usually have a lengthy shelf life, but Hampton, Raney and the rest of the creative team appear to have enough fresh ideas to make this run worth checking out. Read Full Review

Final ThoughtsCyborg #1 gives us some great moments of Cyborg in action, as well as some great dramatic moments too. The book lets Cyborg shine, and even though I feel the art hinders the story rather than reinforces it, the book proves why Victor Stone is one of the more interesting and unique characters in the DC Universe. Read Full Review

Themes involving father-son conflict and gentrification make their mark early on, and I look forward to how Cyborg deals with both his neighborhood and familial battles. Overall, I though this chapter was a solid start and I'm very interested to find out what happens next. Read Full Review

Aside from the beginning and end, there is relatively little action in this issue. I don't know if that's a great decision sales-wise, but it definitely works out creatively. Read Full Review

Overall, the first issue of the series has promise even though there are few action sequences and a lot of exposition and setup for the first story arc. Having a Cyborg solo title in the past has been a tough sell as the character tends to work best as a team member, be it the Justice League or The Titans. If the new series is going to be successful this time around then the creative team will need to tighten things up and provide readers with more buy-in than just Victor's relationship with his father, which seems to be the default direction this current series is taking even with the slight twist that is part of the issue's cliffhanger.. Read Full Review

As for the actual story, it does a good job of summarizing everything fans love about Cyborg. Read Full Review

Cyborg #1 is powered by an incredible story. The plot is driven by one massive inciting incident, something that shatters the story of Cyborg and will change this series massively. Hamptons put Victor Stone in a position where hes never been, and that unchartered territory is exciting. But it should be said that there are multiple mistakes on both the writing and art side that stop this book from being impeccable. Read Full Review

Cyborg #1 is a thoughtful, emotionally weighty jumping-on point for new readers to get acquainted with Victor Stone. The issue gives you everything you need to know about Cyborg's troubled past and sets up an interesting mystery for the arc to come. That said, readers looking for Cyborg superhero action will find very little action of any kind, the story is almost all setup we've already seen before (and done better), and the art is serviceable but not appealing. Read Full Review

Cyborg #1 offers a great introduction to Victor Stone, his adventures with the Justice League and Teen Titans, as well as his complicated family history. Fans of the Teen Titans cartoon will be rewarded in the opening pages as Vic has to deal with a rather random attack from Gizmo and Mammoth in his hometown. Read Full Review

A possibly atypical approach to a superhero's new ongoing nonetheless remains intriguing. Read Full Review

I am going to be honest. cyborg really isnt an interesting character by himself, I read his New 52 and DC Rebirth series.

But this first issue finally won me over. I really enjoyed cyborg, I hope this is the definitive Cyborg series.

Dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad

This fell kind of flat. Cyborg himself is good, but the supporting cast and just the feel... is lacking. I didnt get a spark from this issue. Going to give it one more issue. Has potential but only an 'ok' start.

Nope. This feels like a lot of character regression. Vic is a member of the Justice League for God's sake and I really thought he had put his teen angst about his dad's decision to save his life in the rear view, but no. Also, he just shoots the robot after it starts to talk? WTF? He's not a rookie! The writing feels pedestrian and the art is unrefined. I knew when I saw the building in the beginning being put back upright it was going to be a bumpy ride. From the way it was drawn it should have just crumbled and it made me feel this was going to be a BASIC TYPICAL comic book. What I mean by that is it feels written by someone who never read a lot of comics and thinks this is what they are supposed to read like based on an opinion of it being just for little kids. I'm very disappointed. more

A solid first issue drawing on the best Cyborg stories from the comics and from TV but working to stand on its own. The art leaves a bit to be desired, but this feels like the sort of story Cy should have been part of a long time ago.