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Review: Cyborg #7

By Philip Schweier
December 20, 2016 - 03:53

The first rule of the spy game is to trust no one, so was it any surprise when Variant, the female cyborg, turned on Victor? She was corrupted by the international political environment, convinced that the only way to restore balance in the world was to do it herself.

 

Maybe I’m not enough of a strategist to really know, but in this story, her gambit seemed to hinge on a great number of variables, any one of which could have resulted in failure. But nevertheless, her plan worked exactly as she’d hoped, and now she has Cyborg under her control, and her goal of global control is imminent. Or is it? Well, I’ll try not to give anything away, other than to say turnabout is fair play.

As stories go, it wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t terribly original either; evil for the sake of being evil stuff. But I am encouraged to see a sub-plot that has been running the past few issues is about to mature. I’m glad to know that plot thread wasn’t going to last forever. Teasing is a delivate process, and not every teaser knows the proper amount before the tease will tire of it.

 

Last issue I was gushing over the artwork of Will Conrad. As much as I like it, the team of Pelletier and Kordos brink to mind that of John Byrne, who is missing from the comic book stage all too much these days. If Cyborg continues to rotate between those two art trams – and disregard the odious Green & Silver team from issue #4 – the book will be in good hands.

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