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Product Details

  • Series: Black Science (Book 3)
  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Image Comics (August 12, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1632153955
  • ISBN-13: 978-1632153951
  • Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.5 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Black Science takes a break from the breakneck pace of previous volumes
By project2501 on August 19, 2015
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Maybe its the fact that several pages are dedicated to flashbacks of the characters before the first jump, or maybe its the new colorist working in a style that's a bit less vibrant than before, but Black Science Volume 3 seems to be lacking the intense pulpy weirdness that hooked me on the first volume. The pacing itself is a bit slower as there are a lot of flashbacks to the lives of several characters before the first pillar jump. The multiple pages spent back on vanilla Earth left me wondering when we were going to get back to the crazy worlds and creatures that Remender and Scalera are so great at realizing. The slower pace is further reinforced by the lack of tension created by the pillar auto-jumping at random intervals leaving the team to stay put (dimensionally speaking) for most of the book. Volume 3 is also the first time the protagonists have an on-going external enemy throughout, but I'm not sure it works as expected. The 'bad guys' have a very good reason for wanting our 'heroes' dead, but they don't have a lot of depth which ends up hurting the resolution to their arc at the end (even though it ends up being one of the 'oh $*!^' moments I talk about below). Some other small rough spots were minor characters that suddenly get very strong opinions seemingly out of the blue and others who have minor arcs that I wish were allowed to play out a bit more before getting resolved.

Still, Black Science definitely had a few 'holy $*!^' moments, that make up the difference and earn Volume 3 4 stars. I've talked a lot about where I feel the volume falters but not much about why I still liked it anyway. The trouble is I cant really talk about those parts without giving away major plot points.Read more ›
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Keeps getting better (4.5 stars)
By Alt on October 21, 2015
Format: Paperback
Black Science volume 3 collects issues 12 to 16 of this intriguing series.

As Grant McKay & co. continue to bounce around various universes, McKay’s family drama, already intense, ramps up to a new level. Some of the family stuff is too soap opera but some of it is surprisingly touching. It’s all made more interesting by the fact that alternate versions of the same family are mixing together.

Grant and his fellow travelers also confront a moral dilemma in this volume -- should they keep bouncing around, messing up each new dimension they encounter as they try to make their way home, or should they forsake their own future in order to cause no further damage? Should they serve their own interests or the interests of humanity, even if it’s a different humanity inhabiting a different dimension? That philsophical element gives Grant a chance to ask himself whether he’s the hero he always wanted to be or a force of destruction. I’m a sucker for moral confrontations so that scored points with me.

There’s a lot of good versus evil going on here, but setting all of that aside, there’s a whomping good bit of action in the later issues in this volume. It becomes surprisingly exciting as the story rushes toward an unexpected climax. There’s also a good bit of double-crossing and back-stabbing and all the nasty stuff that happens when people make the mistake of interacting with each other. Some people, anyway.

I love it when a series gets better as it moves forward. This is one of those.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Very Good
By George Pidvysotski on August 21, 2015
Format: Paperback
Amazing!!! Just like the 2 previous ones. One pf the most fun and engaging graphic novels I have ever read. Its a bit confusing, however putting it all together is not a huge task.
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Still looking to define the larger story.
By Amazon Customer on December 3, 2015
Format: Paperback
This review originally published in www.lookingforagoodbook.com. Rated 3.0 of 5

The art in the Black Science graphic novels is some of the most original, stylized concept art I've seen in a comic or graphic novel and it works so well. Matteo Scalera's work really stands out in this series. If only the story could live up to the art.

I reviewed the first book in the series back in July of 2014. You can see that review <a href="http://lookingforagoodbook.com/2014/07/02/black-science-volume-1-how-to-fall-forever-graphic-novel/" target="_blank">here</a>.

The story: a team of inter-dimensional travelers are trying to return home, but their 'pillar' (the device that helps them hop from time to time) isn't working correctly. In the current dimension (as we begin this graphic novel) the travelers are just getting out of a mess that must have been featured in Volume 2 (which I have not read) in which the sentient life form was studying Grant (the leader of our band/family of dimension hoppers) as a potential host for a symbiotic life form. Then using the pillar, he jumps "for weeks" trying to get to his family and winds up in a dimension with an alternate version of his family. To complicate his life (as if it needs it), there is a devastating disease on the planet which may well have come from the hoppers and they struggle with a moral dilemma ... stay to find a cure (despite the fact that they are being hunted for bringing the disease) or abandon the planet and leave them to their fate?

The first volume was interesting and showed a lot of promise, though I hoped it wouldn't become just a "Lost in Space"-styled story for comics. I missed volume two, and this third volume really doesn't capture my interest.Read more ›
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

Five Stars

Thought-provoking, imaginative and edged.

Published 16 days ago by K. Sakai
The creators hit the gas again!

After the slower paced vol 2, it was good to get back into the blistering pace that initially hooked me into the series. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Sarah + Torey
Confused.

Great art, but the many twists confused me.

Published 1 month ago by Km! Ra
I want to like this book more than I actually did

I want to like this book more than I actually did. The first volume of Black Science was a roller coaster ride I didn't want to end but now that we are into volume 3 it's lost some... Read more

Published 1 month ago by Phillip-PDX
Improves on Previous Volume

The first volume of this series got me hooked, I loved it. However, I felt that the second volume took a step back. Then, this third volume knocked my socks off! Read more

Published 2 months ago by Bob
Continues to be an exciting, unique & well-written story ...

Continues to be an exciting, unique & well-written story! Any fans of Rick & Morty or The Venture Brothers should check this comic out.

Published 2 months ago by Alec Crisafulli
my new current favorite!!

holy cow!! I absolutely love this series. It gets better and better with each volume. you get into the world and characters more and more. The art, story, concept. all amazing. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Punn Wiantrakoon
Not as diverse as the first two volumes, but still an excellent...

Although I didn't enjoy this volume of Black Science quite as much as the previous two, it's still an excellent addition to the series that is worthy of five stars. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Gabe
An Other verse

Very interesting universe

Published 3 months ago by David B.
Four Stars

Great entry in the series.

Published 3 months ago by Mjollnir

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