The Rocketfellers “Family Odysseys” launch caught my attention when it was teased in Ghost Machine #1 earlier this year. I'll admit, I had some pretty high hopes for this book and it more than exceeded expectations. It would have been easy for the creative team to just play with sci-fi tropes for this family of time-displaced castaways, but they found a way to ground the sci-fi component and lean into the human element for a truly unique story. I will give credit to the Ghost Machine creators, each of these books feels distinctly different. The Rocketfellersfits perfectly into an existing gap in the comic book industry, and I couldn't be more excited to see where the family's adventures go from here. I would be shocked if you didn't enjoy this book. Read Full Review

If this debut is any indication, The Rocketfellers has immense potential to become a standout series. Read Full Review

The Rocketfellers is a perfect blend of action, mystery, and family. Whether your kids are on a can phone, an iPhone, or a Holo-Phone, certain family dynamics seem to transcend time, and The Rocketfellers are no different. The present and the future are beautifully intertwined to tell this unique story in a fun, futuristic, yet relatable way. The cherry on top of an already amazing cliff hanger ending, was seeing that the next issue is about to get a little merry. Read Full Review

The Rocketfellers #1 delivers a charming and exciting start to a new sci-fi adventure that's perfect for the whole family. With its retro-futuristic flair and intriguing premise, this comic is another hit for Ghost Machine. Read Full Review

Manapul's art is absolutely stunning. From the character designs to the visually immersive environments, I loved every page and panel of this issue. Read Full Review

This was a very encouraging debut from the next slate of Ghost Machine titles. Read Full Review

The Rocketfellers #1 kicks off with a thrilling and visually stunning debut that establishes a compelling premise for a time-traveling family while offering a fresh twist on familiar sci-fi tropes. Francis Manapul's art dazzles with vibrant designs and dynamic action, creating a world that feels both futuristic and relatable. While the ensemble cast struggles to break free from archetypes in this introductory issue, the series' originality, adventurous tone, and intriguing setup hold great promise for deeper character development in future installments. Read Full Review

Plot
This comic shows the Rocketfeller family (Rocket-Feller, not related to the famous billionaire family) on a spaceship in the 25th century escaping from time "cops" who are after Roland, his only goal.

The family is made up of Roland-Father, Rachel-Mother, Richie-oldest son, Rae-youngest daughter, Rose-grandmother and Rodney-Grandfather.

The ship crashes in the snow and the family escapes but Rose is trapped in a thin layer of ice, which is about to crack, she sacrifices herself for the family and gives Roland a pendant with Cronex, a source of energy that allows them to use a time machine and escape.

The Rocketfellers arrive in the year 2024. They have been posing as people from this era for over a year, while waiting for instructions from Roland's brother, Reggie, who tries to solve this problem in the future and clear the family's name so they can return, but he has not been able to achieve anything yet. The whole family is still grieving Rose's death.

This chapter takes place on Thanksgiving, apparently the next one will be on Christmas, dates of family reunions.

The reason this family went into self-imposed exile is because of a kind of eye they have floating in a substance, humanity depends on it.

The family dynamic is great and relatable, because Richie doesn't like living in this era and is an inventor who manages to do dangerous and flashy pranks, while Rodney is the grumpy grandfather but with a vitality that has all the grandmothers in the neighborhood delirious, Rae is funny and anticipates family crises, Roland and Rachel try to keep things cool.

It's Lost in Space on steroids.

A new universe of characters arrives from the future for an adventure as dangerous as it is interesting, full of science fiction, comedy and family warmth.

Art
Full of details and many textures that provide an interesting and mesmerizing organic effect, all of this achieves a futuristic and somewhat terrifying tone.

Summary
The Rocketfellers come to our era to save humanity in the 25th century with a secret yet to be revealed.
Comedy, action and science fiction with family warmth. more

Ghost Machine is blowing me away, and Rocketfellers is no exception. Absolutely excited to see more from Peter Tomasi and Francis Manapul!

I’d go higher then a 10 if I could what a wonderful nook

This is what happens when you recruit top talent who care about the medium....you get Ghost Machine.

Very enjoyable first issue with a wholesome family. Excellent art. Several plot hooks left in their to get things moving so that was nice. Also man the quality of the paper in this book... so much better than the Marvel or DC stuff. +.5 for that

Solid debut!

Ghost machine is on fire right now and I'm all for it.

The concept of Rocketfellers (horrible name by the way) reminds me of Mark Millar‘s Chrononauts, but the writing and art are not on the same level. I like the family though, and with a more capable artist, it could draw me in.