Black Science (comics)

Black Science
Black Science Vol. 1 cover. Art by Matteo Scalera.
Publication information
PublisherImage Comics
Schedulemonthly
FormatOngoing series
Genre
Publication dateNovember 2013 – September 2019
No. of issues43
Creative team
Created byRick Remender
Written byRick Remender
Artist(s)Matteo Scalera
Penciller(s)Matteo Scalera
Inker(s)Matteo Scalera
Colorist(s)Dean White

Black Science is a creator-owned science fiction American comic book series by Rick Remender and Italian artist Matteo Scalera. Image Comics released the first issue in November 2013. The story follows Grant McKay, an ex-member of the Anarchist Order of Scientists, and his team and family as they are thrown through dimensions as they try to repair his dimensional device, "the Pillar", created by forbidden, unethical means – the eponymous "Black Science". Via the Pillar, McKay and his fellow "Dimensionauts" were able to leap between worlds to find technological and medical advances for their own, but a member of Grant's team sabotages the pillar, causing it to jump to random locations at random times in increasingly lethal and hostile dimensions, forcing the team to try to return to their own dimension before they are killed by numerous hazards, ranging from parasitic fungi, nihilistic dimensional conquerors, and alternate versions of themselves.[1]

The first several issues of Black Science sold out of first printings at the distributor level, and Image announced that certain issues would be reprinted.[2]

  1. ^ Black Science Preview, www.comicbookresources.com, 2 July 2013
  2. ^ Aaron Long, Image Announces Second Printing for Black Science #4, www.comicosity.com, 3 April 2013