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Published by First Comics, Inc. in March of 1988, "Psychoblast #5" was written by Steven Grant and drawn by Robb Phipps and Al Vey.
Brian Burke, a.k.a. Psychoblast it seems is part of a scientific experiment by the Paradigm Institute along with four others for the specific purpose of creating humans with super-human powers. The five have been assembled into a group called "The New World Order." How original. Psychoblast however is more affected by the process and his brain becomes fragmented. As the different parts of his brain begin to come back together, Paradigm Institute realizes that the various parts of his brain have different personalities that function independently, and that they get more powerful and violent as his brain heals. During a mission, another member of the group, Anomoly, uses his ability to make it appear that Psychoblast has killed the creator of Paradigm and the New World Order. Unable to cope with this, Psych turns on the whole team.
I think that in my future endevors to the comic book store that I will look for any previous issues of Psychoblast that explain the back-story on this one. If the story is good, I might very well look for issues to come later. I didn't quite understand enough of Psych's power, nor what Paradigm's intentions were (I believe that they were trying to set up a super-hero rescue squad). However, the artwork was redeaming for the lack of storytelling. Well done Robb and Al. Also kudos to Les Dorscheid who colored this bad boy. Together, the artists on this one brought the rating up to a three out of five.
Brian Burke, a.k.a. Psychoblast it seems is part of a scientific experiment by the Paradigm Institute along with four others for the specific purpose of creating humans with super-human powers. The five have been assembled into a group called "The New World Order." How original. Psychoblast however is more affected by the process and his brain becomes fragmented. As the different parts of his brain begin to come back together, Paradigm Institute realizes that the various parts of his brain have different personalities that function independently, and that they get more powerful and violent as his brain heals. During a mission, another member of the group, Anomoly, uses his ability to make it appear that Psychoblast has killed the creator of Paradigm and the New World Order. Unable to cope with this, Psych turns on the whole team.
I think that in my future endevors to the comic book store that I will look for any previous issues of Psychoblast that explain the back-story on this one. If the story is good, I might very well look for issues to come later. I didn't quite understand enough of Psych's power, nor what Paradigm's intentions were (I believe that they were trying to set up a super-hero rescue squad). However, the artwork was redeaming for the lack of storytelling. Well done Robb and Al. Also kudos to Les Dorscheid who colored this bad boy. Together, the artists on this one brought the rating up to a three out of five.
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