DC Cybernetic Summer #1

Rub some sunscreen on your circuits, because DC’s favorite cyborgs are hitting the beach in DC Cybernetic Summer on July 28! In this sizzling summertime anthology special, Harley Quinn and Sy Borgman conquer a truly titanic water slide, Cyborg, Superman, and Cyborg Superman find it difficult to have a conversation, much less a fight, and Batman tries everything to escape a summer cookout—even taking on the omnipotent Brother Eye and his newly infectious O.M.A.C.s!
And it’s not just the cyborgs hitting the surf! Flashes from across the multiverse gather for a race to claim the fastest flash in the multiverse! Mercury Flash from Earth-44 is out to win it all this year, the only person standing in his way is…Barry Allen! And Red Tornado’s on a camping trip with his wife Kathy and his daughter Traya, but he’s distracted by Justice League matters! When a threat emerges, will Red Tornado be able to protect his family?
All these and more sunburnt stories that are worth getting sand in your motherboard for!

  • 6.0
    Nihilist Jul 28, 2020

    As with any thematic anthology, there's something for everyone here, but it's also doubtful each and every short story contained in it will appeal to every reader. I, personally, found Summer Lovin', Summer Bummer and Catfish Crisis (in this order) to be the most enjoyable for the most part, with Summer Camp and very possibly Fandom following soon after. That said, no comic here is perfect or even outstanding - they're just funny little shorts you read, laugh a minute and move on, forgetting everything you've just read. That's usually the nature of anthologies.

    Summer Lovin' is a decent silver age Superman story touching the subject of Turing's famous test, and is probably the only story here that made me feel something. Even if Legionnaires don't serve any real purpose in it, it was nice to see them in something written by someone else than Brian Michael Bendis.
    Summer Bummer is a lighthearted tale of friendship, containing the message of accepting each other's differences. It doesn't overpromise, it doesn't overstay its welcome - it is exactly what you think it may be, and it works. It just works.
    Catfish Crisis and Fandom are bizarre and clearly intended to make you laugh, if you have enough distance to comics to approach them with open mind.
    And finally, Summer Camp - probably the most conventional story in the book, pretty predictable and straight forward, but it does tell what it wants, which is the importance of putting your family before your job, as well as never judging a book by its cover.

    The rest was a mixed bag to ME, which doesn't mean YOU won't find value there. As I said earlier - anthologies tend to contain diverse material, and it really comes down to the reader to determine what appeals to them the most. To me, overall, Cybernetic Summer is... okay, I guess. Nothing special, nothing super inventive, nor especially memorable, but nonetheless it can be fun.

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