Eclipse. Volume 1

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Call Number: Adult Graphic Novel / Eclipse, Adult Book / Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction / Eclipse 1
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch

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Downtown 1st Floor 4-week checkout	Adult Graphic Novel / Eclipse	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction / Eclipse 1	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Contains material originally published in single magazine form as Eclipse #1-4.
"What if you couldn't go outside during the day anymore? In the wake of a cataclysmic solar event, the sunlight that once fed the human race has turned deadly, killing many of the Earth's inhabitants and transforming societal routines. When a killer emerges in the now nocturnal New York City, murdering his victims with sunlight, disillusioned solar engineer David "Bax" Baxter is called in to help stop this new threat. Bax teams up with police detective James Everly to protect the killer's next target, the daughter of a solar industrialist, but they soon learn there's more going on in the city's shadows. Throughout this kinetic first volume, Bax must face his own dark past, but can he rise to the occasion and stop this killer?"--page 4 of cover

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Problematic post-apoc. submitted by eknapp on March 8, 2021, 11:55am Some vague 'change' to the sun suddenly melts anyone caught in its light, sending the remnants of humanity fleeing underground. Ten years later, the Solaris corporation runs NYC. A man who is strangely immune to solar death sneaks around killing the children of Solaris executives.

It's a cool idea but that doesn't come off. There's little speculation about what changed the sun, and there's not a lot of thought given to what a permanently subterranean civilization would look like beyond the obvious. The characters are one dimensional and hard to distinguish.

Colors are well chosen, it feels like there really is something wrong with the sunlight. And the use of reflective surfaces is creative. Too bad the male characters almost all look the same, especially in their protective suits. This is compounded by the fact that there are only two female characters.