In the fast-approaching future, when the drug-addled heir of a genetic-engineering company begins to investigate his company's murky past, he discovers he is the catalyst in a terrifying global event that will transform him and forever alter the course of human evolution.
BOY-1 has an interesting premise, but issue #2 fails to live up to the excitement of the first. This is a common thread in comics, but in a miniseries slated to only be four issues long, I was hoping for a lot more story and action than what we ended up with here. Still though, the overarching story is oslid and we're thrown a new development to chew on, so I'm still eagerly awaiting issue #3. Read Full Review
And that, my friends, is the very definition of a downgrade. I just hope the team behind BOY-1 can pull it together over the course of the remaining two issues and deliver that great modern sci-fi story the first issue promised. Read Full Review
While theres quite possibly the beating heart of a solid idea trapped in here somewhere, the lacklustre execution unfortunately leaves BOY-1 as an instantly forgettable slice of ultimately pedestrian sci-fi. Nowadays in particular, with so many brilliantly inventive, beautifully characterised science fiction titles hitting the shelves on a weekly basis, thats just not going to cut it. Read Full Review
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