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Cyborg (2015) (Collected Editions)
Cyborg, Vol. 2: Enemy of the State
The long-awaited solo series of one of the DCU's most legendary characters continues here in CYBORG VOL. 2!
Following the attack of the Techno-sapiens, the government implements greater regulation on cybernetics. Their first step is determining ownership of the tech implanted in Vic Stone, setting up a major conflict when it is decided that Vic is actually property of the government. And when he refuses to comply, a warrant is issued for his arrest--one answers by... the Justice League?
After decades of demand, the long-awaited solo series from Cyborg is finally here, written by David F. Walker (Shaft) and illustrated by rising star artist Felipe Watanabe (Superior Iron Man)! Collects CYBORG #7-12.
Following the attack of the Techno-sapiens, the government implements greater regulation on cybernetics. Their first step is determining ownership of the tech implanted in Vic Stone, setting up a major conflict when it is decided that Vic is actually property of the government. And when he refuses to comply, a warrant is issued for his arrest--one answers by... the Justice League?
After decades of demand, the long-awaited solo series from Cyborg is finally here, written by David F. Walker (Shaft) and illustrated by rising star artist Felipe Watanabe (Superior Iron Man)! Collects CYBORG #7-12.
144 pages, Paperback
First published December 6, 2016
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293 books280 followersDavid F. Walker is a writer, filmmaker, and award-winning journalist. He teaches Writing For Comics at Portland State University.
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May 27, 2022
This was another great one!
So we have a story with Cyborg being taken in by some govt agency under some cyber-netic regulations act and we see out boy fighting against Shazam and not wanting to go and turns out its his plans and in flashback sequences we see what it really was and teaming with JL and fighting villains like Zoo-keeper and his beast force (so Dr doolittle basically?), that was fun and being taken by govt agency and his counter-plans and who they really were and yeah its a fun story but showing the intelligence of Victor!
I like the focus on him in this regard and then a couple of short stories like him preventing flight controls and stopping a plane from crashing and we get to see the digital side of Cyborg and another story related to children of some star labs employees and their struggles and how STAR labs maybe responsible and all that and yeah its kinda fun seeing Cyborg helps these maybe-villains and their tragic story and showing maybe the heroes can't always win.
But yeah a fun volume with some cool stories with decent art and sets the ground for the rebirth relaunch!!
So we have a story with Cyborg being taken in by some govt agency under some cyber-netic regulations act and we see out boy fighting against Shazam and not wanting to go and turns out its his plans and in flashback sequences we see what it really was and teaming with JL and fighting villains like Zoo-keeper and his beast force (so Dr doolittle basically?), that was fun and being taken by govt agency and his counter-plans and who they really were and yeah its a fun story but showing the intelligence of Victor!
I like the focus on him in this regard and then a couple of short stories like him preventing flight controls and stopping a plane from crashing and we get to see the digital side of Cyborg and another story related to children of some star labs employees and their struggles and how STAR labs maybe responsible and all that and yeah its kinda fun seeing Cyborg helps these maybe-villains and their tragic story and showing maybe the heroes can't always win.
But yeah a fun volume with some cool stories with decent art and sets the ground for the rebirth relaunch!!
October 22, 2017
Walker has lifted the Mutant Registration Act from the X-Men stories of the 80's and replaced it with cyborgs. It's kind of ridiculous that the government could own a person (at least in this century). The story is hokey and ends exactly like you thought it would. Then Cyborg's creator Marv Wolfman comes along and gives us a couple of solo issues. I thought they were actually pretty good.
My problem with these Cyborg series is why does he have to always fight other techno threats. Is there anything more boring visually than two techies fighting it out in cyberspace?
My problem with these Cyborg series is why does he have to always fight other techno threats. Is there anything more boring visually than two techies fighting it out in cyberspace?
May 18, 2017
Following on the heels of Cyborg:Unplugged comes Vol 2- Enemy of the State. I was rather disappointed by this tale, since I thought Vol 1 was actually pretty damn good.
David Walker borrows some ideas from Marvel's Civil War and shows us a world, where following the Technosapien invasion the concepts of augmented beings is very unpopular. The government wants them regulated. It seems Vic is now to become government property since he is alien tech. So even though Cyborg saved the world, he is in trouble with the government.
There are some interesting parts about Vic and his mom, not to mention the events of the overall story are ok. I didn't care for the preachy morality of this tale. I suppose that could be because Cyborg is not my favorite character. It could be because Mr. Walker threw in a cute virtue signal by telling a tale about a muslim female passenger that turns out not to be a terrorist. Nice. We get it. Not all Muslims are terrorists. We know. Now there are serious intelligence and national security issues this completely overlooks, but this is a comic book. I get that. I just don't have to sit there and wipe a tear from my eye because David Walker has virtue signaled his liberalism.
But that reason alone is not enough for me to give this book a 2 star rating. It gets a 2 star rating because this is merely an "ok" story. Didn't really care about it much once the government story was over. The thing about the mom program was interesting and the tale of the two sibling was ok as well. Nothing horrible. Nothing great. A true 2 star volume. Only for big Cyborg fans.
David Walker borrows some ideas from Marvel's Civil War and shows us a world, where following the Technosapien invasion the concepts of augmented beings is very unpopular. The government wants them regulated. It seems Vic is now to become government property since he is alien tech. So even though Cyborg saved the world, he is in trouble with the government.
There are some interesting parts about Vic and his mom, not to mention the events of the overall story are ok. I didn't care for the preachy morality of this tale. I suppose that could be because Cyborg is not my favorite character. It could be because Mr. Walker threw in a cute virtue signal by telling a tale about a muslim female passenger that turns out not to be a terrorist. Nice. We get it. Not all Muslims are terrorists. We know. Now there are serious intelligence and national security issues this completely overlooks, but this is a comic book. I get that. I just don't have to sit there and wipe a tear from my eye because David Walker has virtue signaled his liberalism.
But that reason alone is not enough for me to give this book a 2 star rating. It gets a 2 star rating because this is merely an "ok" story. Didn't really care about it much once the government story was over. The thing about the mom program was interesting and the tale of the two sibling was ok as well. Nothing horrible. Nothing great. A true 2 star volume. Only for big Cyborg fans.
May 17, 2017
Another victim of DC politicization. lets make a storyline and blame terrorists, and then moan and rend our garments about how we prejudged the obvious terrorist candidate and vow to never do that again...but in the very next line lets assumptively stereotype the 'real' villains of the story - who we never bothered to catch - as teenagers in their parents basements .
September 6, 2021
Pierwszy Cyborg mnie zaskoczył na plus, ponieważ nie spodziewałem się niczego dobrego, a tam kilka momentów było. Drugi tom już takiej szansy nie mógł mieć i choć jest tu kilka fajnych konceptów, to nie robi już takiego wrażenia.
Cyborg jest postacią nieco pokrzywdzoną, nie posiadającą dobrych tytułów, które budowały by prestiż postaci. Jasne, występuje w wielu grupach, gdzie spełnia swoją rolę, ale jest to raczej drugoplanowa postać i Walker tego nie zmieni. Ba, drugi tom wydaje mi się nieco gorszy.
Po wydarzeniach z poprzedniego tytułu, a które miały swoją skalę, za sferę robotyki czy cybernetyki zabrały się same Stany Zjednoczone. Posunięto się nawet tutaj dalej. Chcą wprowadzić registrację osób posiadających unowocześnione protezy, a co za tym idzie wykorzystać Cyborga dla własnych celów. Wiąże się to z ustawieniem postaci w bardzo złej pozycji. Jednocześnie sam bohater też ponownie stawia w znak zapytania swoje człowieczeństwo.
Trochę cierpi na tym jego charakter, bo tu nie ma żadnego rozwoju. Wręcz przeciwnie. Jak osoba, która zarzuca sobie takie pytania, może być jednocześnie tak impulsywna czy emocjonalna, co widać gdy pojawia się fantom jego matki, albo następuje starcie z Shazamem. Są to błędy Cyborga, popełnione przez jego odczucia. Po co więc wałkować w koło Macieju motyw: "czy ja jestem człowiekiem". Jestem, kropka. Podobał mi się zeszyt z samolotem i załatwianiem sprawy na jakąś tam odległość poprzez urządzenia elektroniczne. Taki mały powiew świeżości.
Całość wygląda w większości poprawnie, Watanabe nabiera ładnego sznytu, czyniąc go rzemieślnikiem w swoim fachu. Nowy Cyborg kończy się już po drugim tomie i nieco zasłużenie. Cyborg jest postacią specyficzną i dawanie mu własnej serii jest bardzo ryzykowne. Ale może w DC Rebirth się opłaci...
Cyborg jest postacią nieco pokrzywdzoną, nie posiadającą dobrych tytułów, które budowały by prestiż postaci. Jasne, występuje w wielu grupach, gdzie spełnia swoją rolę, ale jest to raczej drugoplanowa postać i Walker tego nie zmieni. Ba, drugi tom wydaje mi się nieco gorszy.
Po wydarzeniach z poprzedniego tytułu, a które miały swoją skalę, za sferę robotyki czy cybernetyki zabrały się same Stany Zjednoczone. Posunięto się nawet tutaj dalej. Chcą wprowadzić registrację osób posiadających unowocześnione protezy, a co za tym idzie wykorzystać Cyborga dla własnych celów. Wiąże się to z ustawieniem postaci w bardzo złej pozycji. Jednocześnie sam bohater też ponownie stawia w znak zapytania swoje człowieczeństwo.
Trochę cierpi na tym jego charakter, bo tu nie ma żadnego rozwoju. Wręcz przeciwnie. Jak osoba, która zarzuca sobie takie pytania, może być jednocześnie tak impulsywna czy emocjonalna, co widać gdy pojawia się fantom jego matki, albo następuje starcie z Shazamem. Są to błędy Cyborga, popełnione przez jego odczucia. Po co więc wałkować w koło Macieju motyw: "czy ja jestem człowiekiem". Jestem, kropka. Podobał mi się zeszyt z samolotem i załatwianiem sprawy na jakąś tam odległość poprzez urządzenia elektroniczne. Taki mały powiew świeżości.
Całość wygląda w większości poprawnie, Watanabe nabiera ładnego sznytu, czyniąc go rzemieślnikiem w swoim fachu. Nowy Cyborg kończy się już po drugim tomie i nieco zasłużenie. Cyborg jest postacią specyficzną i dawanie mu własnej serii jest bardzo ryzykowne. Ale może w DC Rebirth się opłaci...
May 31, 2017
It ends and it was great while it lasted, but there are a few bumps. Got to say I love that Cyborg has gotten his own comicbook. Though it appears that his story is being shut down in the face of the brand new DC Rebirth.
Some of the stories seem a little cool like the robotics registration which feels like a rip off of X-Men/ Marvel Civil War. That execution with Cyborg stopping a terrorist plot was neat but do they REALLY have to do a dumb liberal morality story to it? But what I cannot abide is that whole Cyborg meets Alan Moore's Swamp Thing. The idea that well... Victor Stone did die and that Cyborg is not really Victor Stone but a facsimile created.
Some good mixed with some bad. I do like that bit with him teaming with the Justice League.
Still a nice story. C
Some of the stories seem a little cool like the robotics registration which feels like a rip off of X-Men/ Marvel Civil War. That execution with Cyborg stopping a terrorist plot was neat but do they REALLY have to do a dumb liberal morality story to it? But what I cannot abide is that whole Cyborg meets Alan Moore's Swamp Thing. The idea that well... Victor Stone did die and that Cyborg is not really Victor Stone but a facsimile created.
Some good mixed with some bad. I do like that bit with him teaming with the Justice League.
Still a nice story. C
July 6, 2019
This series kind of goes off the rails here. It has its moments as Vic is facing down a mysterious tech agency that is using politics to claim all nanotech, including Stone himself. There's some subterfuge and some treading on Stone's memories, but the resolution is both predictable and kind of trite. And then there are the two standalone issues, where Vic blocks a terrorist group by spouting every tech jargon phrase the writers could slip in, and one where STAR labs' past leads to an invasion of two morphing characters in something that is supposed to be poignant but ends up really banal.
The art's okay, but overall the stories just didn't appeal to me. Cyborg has the potential for good stories, but it's not lived up to here.
The art's okay, but overall the stories just didn't appeal to me. Cyborg has the potential for good stories, but it's not lived up to here.
November 23, 2021
Not very good overall. I enjoyed the Shazam fight a lot but it only lasted a few pages and then the story dropped off hard. If it wasn’t for his inclusion I’d give this book a 1 star for sure. Also what was with that weird islamaphobia commentary? I get what they were trying to do but it felt so out of place and unnecessary for the story they were trying to tell that it just comes across as insensitive. I don’t really know what to take from this. Too much going on, too many subplots. The first volume wasn’t great either but this one manages to be worse.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 6, 2019
Art was good. Story was pretty middle of the road. Sometimes it felt disjointed and the ending was a huge cliffhanger which makes sense as it was cancelled. I was kind of ready to be done reading this which says something considering there's only 2 volumes to the entire series. It felt like they never really went beyond the struggle with, "Am I more machine or man?"
April 16, 2021
So, this was pretty terrible. The good that was in the last volume almost completely vanishes. There is so much techno-babble that it slows the book waaaaaaaay down. The government being involved in the regulation of cybernetics was a good plot point that gets butchered in a handful of issues. Its unimpressive. The art was decent. Overall, a skippable book to say the least.
April 29, 2019
I know this is about Cyborg, but still, Wonder Woman manages to perfectly sum up Superman's character in two sentences: "Clark, Sometimes your naivete is charming. Other times it grates on the nerves."
June 22, 2020
This new 52 run is probably the best batch of Cyborg solo stories out there, but I still feel like it's bogged down with daddy issues. I particularly enjoyed the Shazam team-up issues.
We discuss this run on an episode of Comic Book Coffee Break. Tune in! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWxE3...
We discuss this run on an episode of Comic Book Coffee Break. Tune in! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWxE3...
November 1, 2021
3.5 Stars
First one is better, this one is just filler waiting for the Rebirth saga? I kind of wished they flushed out more of the first volumes story about the techy aliens and Cyborgs alien tech instead of doing the people are the real monsters thing
First one is better, this one is just filler waiting for the Rebirth saga? I kind of wished they flushed out more of the first volumes story about the techy aliens and Cyborgs alien tech instead of doing the people are the real monsters thing
January 30, 2022
I'd say that I enjoyed this over Unplugged and I wouldn't actually mind a third volume from this creative team. The artwork is very rich, with great colouring and I think that the characterwork done with Victor is interesting enough that I might pick up his Rebirth series too.
February 23, 2024
Starts as a continuation of the previous trade, then Marv Wolfman takes over writing and flushes everything that was developing down the drain in one issue. He follows that up with some old school single issues and then it all ends unceremoniously.
January 12, 2017
Wolfman back writing Cyborg!
Interesting stories, very ripped from today's headlines.
Interesting stories, very ripped from today's headlines.
March 1, 2021
This is my 2nd time writing a review so bare with me if I sound off or I miss anything.
Character(s)
Cyborg
Let’s start off with the main character. He is a marry sure let’s be honest since comic 1 he had gone threw almost no struggle at all. Yes he was challenge by the aliens that wanted to take him. But of course he quickly defeats them after this all his other battles become easy in the book. He basically sees a bad guy either hacks or beats the shit out of them and wins. This patterns happens out threw out the 2 comics and it becomes boring and repetitive. Plus the only question he desires to be answer “am I more man or machine?” Only comes so when it feels like there is nothing else for him to do. Or when there is no other plot. It truly seems like he doesn’t care and it fine with being who is. It just seems like a random question that pops up here and there.
He is the same person since the start of the story.
Sarah
She’s basically cyborgs fan girl and is there when it’s convenient. She was there when he was sad, she was there on the blonde when the plan was being hack, she was there to defend her employees in S.T.A.R labs. She’s suppose to be a main character. But it’s feels more she’s an excuse to have a girl who’s smart in a DC comic. At first I was hoping she would confess to Victor her love but she doesn’t and it’s never brought up again.
Mr.Stone
His there for the plot and to be the stereotypical dad. “Are you okay son!?” “It’s dangerous!” With a side of his science side. “Let’s analyze your data for 100000000th time “
Others
Just to be the plot there was no real value, very 2-D nothing unique. Even the villain bored me I saw him a DC Bucky just more grumpy and hates the world with no friends.
Plus Autumn and Parker was basically a twist of cyborgs back story.
Art.
Love the other artist thrown it with similar styles. But some of the angels were a bit off and so were the panels. It didn’t give that wow factor that was needed. Granted I love majority of it. Would recommend following of these artist you can see the time and effort to put into this.
Plot
This was very very weak. I haven’t read a comic with this bad of a plot in while. The creators took a character well known and loved by the DC fans for click bait.
You could easily throw another robot human character in and nothing dramatic would change.
At first I was so on board with the comic I love the intro with a fight since with cyborg dying then Coming back to life. It did give a excitement to keep reading. I believe the author did have a good being but was still writing out the ending as he finished up. I believe cyborg should have given up his robot side in order for the story to have a great ending or really die. I believe it would have been a better comic if it was a stand alone.
Not drag into two separate comics with a boring plot that only drags on. There were many plot holes to, what about I’m being able to look human? What about Sarah in love with him, the government?, the other cyber company?, the aliens? To many! It wasn’t flesh out enough and need way more work and fixing up.
Character(s)
Cyborg
Let’s start off with the main character. He is a marry sure let’s be honest since comic 1 he had gone threw almost no struggle at all. Yes he was challenge by the aliens that wanted to take him. But of course he quickly defeats them after this all his other battles become easy in the book. He basically sees a bad guy either hacks or beats the shit out of them and wins. This patterns happens out threw out the 2 comics and it becomes boring and repetitive. Plus the only question he desires to be answer “am I more man or machine?” Only comes so when it feels like there is nothing else for him to do. Or when there is no other plot. It truly seems like he doesn’t care and it fine with being who is. It just seems like a random question that pops up here and there.
He is the same person since the start of the story.
Sarah
She’s basically cyborgs fan girl and is there when it’s convenient. She was there when he was sad, she was there on the blonde when the plan was being hack, she was there to defend her employees in S.T.A.R labs. She’s suppose to be a main character. But it’s feels more she’s an excuse to have a girl who’s smart in a DC comic. At first I was hoping she would confess to Victor her love but she doesn’t and it’s never brought up again.
Mr.Stone
His there for the plot and to be the stereotypical dad. “Are you okay son!?” “It’s dangerous!” With a side of his science side. “Let’s analyze your data for 100000000th time “
Others
Just to be the plot there was no real value, very 2-D nothing unique. Even the villain bored me I saw him a DC Bucky just more grumpy and hates the world with no friends.
Plus Autumn and Parker was basically a twist of cyborgs back story.
Art.
Love the other artist thrown it with similar styles. But some of the angels were a bit off and so were the panels. It didn’t give that wow factor that was needed. Granted I love majority of it. Would recommend following of these artist you can see the time and effort to put into this.
Plot
This was very very weak. I haven’t read a comic with this bad of a plot in while. The creators took a character well known and loved by the DC fans for click bait.
You could easily throw another robot human character in and nothing dramatic would change.
At first I was so on board with the comic I love the intro with a fight since with cyborg dying then Coming back to life. It did give a excitement to keep reading. I believe the author did have a good being but was still writing out the ending as he finished up. I believe cyborg should have given up his robot side in order for the story to have a great ending or really die. I believe it would have been a better comic if it was a stand alone.
Not drag into two separate comics with a boring plot that only drags on. There were many plot holes to, what about I’m being able to look human? What about Sarah in love with him, the government?, the other cyber company?, the aliens? To many! It wasn’t flesh out enough and need way more work and fixing up.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 31, 2017
BoooYow! We get to spend some more time on the Cyborg end of the DC Comics universe and it is pretty good. One of the good things that came out of the DC You era at DC Comics was that writers and artist got an opportunity to write superhero stories we normally would not get. Cyborg has never been really a top tier character for DC and I thought it was a risky move for writer Geoff Johns to pull him from Teen Titans and start him off with the Justice League. But what has always intrigue me about Cyborg is that unlike the other DC Superheroes of the JL he does not have a secret identity or take off a costume. He is half man and half machine 24 hours a day. Due to the Technosapien alien invasion Cyborg finds himself under a strict watchful eye of the U.S. government. When the government declares all cybernetics to be deemed a danger to the public and a new for it to be regulated Cyborg comes to grips to a growing sentiment that sees cybernetic beings like himself not as human but weapons that need to be controlled. Not wanting to be used as a weapon Cyborg decides to take action to fight back along with the help of his dad and his fellow Justice League members.
The story is definitely intriguing and filled with thrills. I love the fact that Walker does incorporate Cyborg's humor along the way. This is especially showcased well with his relationship with Shazam. They are the youngest members of the Justice League and are always filled with awe struck wonder on the adventures they have as superheroes. Cyborg is always humbled by the faith that Big league heroes like Superman Batman and Aquaman have in him. Walker does a good job of balancing the inward conflict of whether Cyborg is still a man or is he becoming something else. The pacing was handled well up until the last issues which felt a bit rushed. Artwork is handled nicely with this volume and can see Ivan Reis' influence on the layouts of this book. I also want to give credit to Marv Wolfman who comes back to write some issues in this collection. I would recommend that DC comics fans check out Martian Manhunter, Volume 1: The Epiphany, Gotham Academy, Vol. 1: Welcome to Gotham Academy,and The Omega Men: The End is Here. The mention titles are some of the most interesting series for the DC You era comics.
The story is definitely intriguing and filled with thrills. I love the fact that Walker does incorporate Cyborg's humor along the way. This is especially showcased well with his relationship with Shazam. They are the youngest members of the Justice League and are always filled with awe struck wonder on the adventures they have as superheroes. Cyborg is always humbled by the faith that Big league heroes like Superman Batman and Aquaman have in him. Walker does a good job of balancing the inward conflict of whether Cyborg is still a man or is he becoming something else. The pacing was handled well up until the last issues which felt a bit rushed. Artwork is handled nicely with this volume and can see Ivan Reis' influence on the layouts of this book. I also want to give credit to Marv Wolfman who comes back to write some issues in this collection. I would recommend that DC comics fans check out Martian Manhunter, Volume 1: The Epiphany, Gotham Academy, Vol. 1: Welcome to Gotham Academy,and The Omega Men: The End is Here. The mention titles are some of the most interesting series for the DC You era comics.
November 13, 2016
Much better Volume than the last! This is Cyborg as we expect to see him!
Coming off the Invasion of the last season, the majority of this Volume deals with events surrounding the government wanting to enact a Cybernetic Registration Act (very reminiscent of Marvel's Superhuman Registration Act). Cyborg, with the help of the Justice League, sets up a trap to figure out the real reasons behind this government intrusion, and ends up saving the day in a very well-balanced story involving both motive and drama AND action.
Other than including some stories about how Victor defines being human, there is one issue where you see how, while fully plugged into the Internet, Cyborg can assist and help resolves MANY problems all at once through control of online connected machines. Very cool to see him be a hero all from the space of a tank where he is being scanned the whole time.
I know that the Cyborg comic ends with Rebirth's arrival, but I do hope that Victor continues to be a valuable asset wherever they end up placing him.
Recommend.
Coming off the Invasion of the last season, the majority of this Volume deals with events surrounding the government wanting to enact a Cybernetic Registration Act (very reminiscent of Marvel's Superhuman Registration Act). Cyborg, with the help of the Justice League, sets up a trap to figure out the real reasons behind this government intrusion, and ends up saving the day in a very well-balanced story involving both motive and drama AND action.
Other than including some stories about how Victor defines being human, there is one issue where you see how, while fully plugged into the Internet, Cyborg can assist and help resolves MANY problems all at once through control of online connected machines. Very cool to see him be a hero all from the space of a tank where he is being scanned the whole time.
I know that the Cyborg comic ends with Rebirth's arrival, but I do hope that Victor continues to be a valuable asset wherever they end up placing him.
Recommend.
August 4, 2016
Finally catching up on single issues that I've had lying around for months. It's too bad Walker left Cyborg because Wolfman's rendition of the character wasn't good at all (what happened to his humor and sense of voice??) and it was clearly noticeable that there was a writer change. If I didn't get so behind in my subs I would've dropped this when Walker left. 2 stars are because of issues 8 and 9. Issues 10-12 were a clusterfuck.
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