DEATHLOK #1

*****

Book one of the four book miniseries, DEATHLOK #1 is a Marvel release published in July of 1990. It was written by Dwayne McDuffie and Gregory Wright and masterfully drawn by Jackson Guice. All I can say about this book is, "Wow!" This one is awesome! It looks great and is packed full of action, intrigue, character development and heart.

Deathlok was a research scientist named Michael Collins who worked for the Roxxon Corporation. Collins thought that he was working on a legitimate cybernetics project to help people with disabilities regain the use of their limbs, but discovered that the project was really the design and implemetation of the ultimate killing machine, a cyborg with a human brain. When Collins discovered what he was involved in, he quickly backed away from the project. However, to make sure that Collins wouldn't talk about the project, they killed him and implanted his brain into the cyborg. What they didn't plan on was that he would gain control over the cyborg's onboard computers and use Deathlok as the ultimate weapon against Roxxon.

Collins shows his true calling as a hero as he creates a "No Kill" parameter to the cyborg's systems. Also, having his brain inside the grotesque body of the cyborg, Collins contacts his wife, who is freightened of his new form and refuses to be with him. Now astranged from his family, he begins his quest to hunt down Roxxon and return himself to his own body.

Again, I can't say it enough, this Marvel comic is one that continues the meaning of it's brand name, a "Marvel!" I love the character for his realism and the completely humanistic manner in which he was written. In addition, the book is beautiful, a complete pleasure to read! It's not often, but this one I have to give a full five out of five stars! It ROCKS!!!