Black Science
9 primary works • 12 total works
Book 1
“A must-read for Remender's fans or anyonethrilled by bizarre and compelling sci-fi.” Starred Review -Booklist
“There is a lotof meat to this book. Plenty for everyone to like, or dislike. The dangers arereal. People die. The worldbuilding is solid even though we're jumping throughdifferent realities. Each of those worlds pops off the page and has their owndistinct look and feel.” -Kirkus
“This is a solidadventure tale...” - PW
GrantMcKay, former member of The Anarchistic Order of Scientists, has finally donethe impossible: He has deciphered Black Science and punched through the barriersof reality. But what lies beyond the veil is not epiphany, but chaos. Now Grantand his team are lost, living ghosts shipwrecked on an infinite ocean of alienworlds, barreling through the long-forgotten, ancient, and unimaginable darkrealms. The only way is forward, through the madness of the lightning sea-swampand a futurepast trenchworld, where the Sons of the Wakan Tech-Tanka wagenever-ending war on the savages of Europe! How did the Anarchist League ofScientists end up this deep in the onion? And, who among them sabotaged thePillar?
“There is a lotof meat to this book. Plenty for everyone to like, or dislike. The dangers arereal. People die. The worldbuilding is solid even though we're jumping throughdifferent realities. Each of those worlds pops off the page and has their owndistinct look and feel.” -Kirkus
“This is a solidadventure tale...” - PW
GrantMcKay, former member of The Anarchistic Order of Scientists, has finally donethe impossible: He has deciphered Black Science and punched through the barriersof reality. But what lies beyond the veil is not epiphany, but chaos. Now Grantand his team are lost, living ghosts shipwrecked on an infinite ocean of alienworlds, barreling through the long-forgotten, ancient, and unimaginable darkrealms. The only way is forward, through the madness of the lightning sea-swampand a futurepast trenchworld, where the Sons of the Wakan Tech-Tanka wagenever-ending war on the savages of Europe! How did the Anarchist League ofScientists end up this deep in the onion? And, who among them sabotaged thePillar?
Book 2
"Readers and comics fans who prefer their sci-fi fullof weird creatures, complicated world building, lots of action, and protagonistswith heart will find plenty to like in this series. Hand to fans of Brian K.Vaughan's Saga (2012) or Jonathan Hickman's Manhattan Projects(2012)." -Booklist
In thissecond volume of the hit series, the Anarchist League of Scientists divesfurther into the Onion construct of reality than ever before, jumping wildlythrough worlds of wonder, fantastic beauty, and cosmic horrors. Beset on dangersfrom without and within, the team must learn to be a family if they're ever tosurvive and find their way home again.
In thissecond volume of the hit series, the Anarchist League of Scientists divesfurther into the Onion construct of reality than ever before, jumping wildlythrough worlds of wonder, fantastic beauty, and cosmic horrors. Beset on dangersfrom without and within, the team must learn to be a family if they're ever tosurvive and find their way home again.
Book 3
- Reunited with their leader Grant McKay, the Anarchist League of Scientistsdive deeper into the Onion than ever before. Now veterans of inter-dimensionaltravel, the team begins to realize how damaging their actions are on the fabricof reality. No longer content with merely fixing the Pillar and finding a wayback home, they vow to uphold a new ideal: leave every dimension they visitbetter off than how they found it. Their idealism is put to the test, asinfighting and conspiracy within the group put not only themselves, but all ofthe Eververse at risk. As Grant struggles to keep his children safe, he beginsto see the cracks in his team’s commitment and trust towards one another.Just as he wanted to use the Pillar to achieve his dreams and hopes, so, itseems, did everyone else. And he has no idea how far some people are willing togo to see their ambitions met. Beset by dangers from all sides, the Leaguebarrels through dimension after dimension, struggling to do good, butnevertheless heading straight towards catastrophe!
- The juggernaut creative team of writer Rick Remender and artist MatteoScalera return to deliver the most thrilling and vibrant arc of BlackScience yet, combining dark and fascinating character drama withmind-bending sci-fi pulp action and gorgeously rendered visuals to deliver oneof the most fast-paced and exciting monthly comics on the stands.
Book 4
Book 5
Grant McKay attempts to rescue his team from the evil of the WitheringWoods, but his presence threatens to unravel a peace treaty between the world'sgods and cost his daughter a hard earned happiness. The Dimensionauts' longjaunt through alternative realities is finally leading them back home, but whatwill it take to get there? More importantly, what has happened while they weregone?
The pulp sci-fi smash hit by RICK REMENDER and MATTEO SCALERA rampsup the stakes and the tension for its most exciting arc yet with a finale thatwill finally demonstrate the true damage the Pillar has wrought. Was Kadir rightall along?
Collects issues 22 through 25.
The pulp sci-fi smash hit by RICK REMENDER and MATTEO SCALERA rampsup the stakes and the tension for its most exciting arc yet with a finale thatwill finally demonstrate the true damage the Pillar has wrought. Was Kadir rightall along?
Collects issues 22 through 25.
Book 6
After years adrift in the chaotic Eververse, the McKayfamily finally reunites in their home dimension. But it’s far from thehappy end they expected. To save all there is and ever will be, theDimensionauts need to cut deeper into the Onion than ever before!
RICK REMENDER & MATTEO SCALERA present thesixth Chapter of the runaway pulp Sci-Fi smash hit BLACKSCIENCE!
Collects BLACK SCIENCE#26-30
RICK REMENDER & MATTEO SCALERA present thesixth Chapter of the runaway pulp Sci-Fi smash hit BLACKSCIENCE!
Collects BLACK SCIENCE#26-30
Book 7
The Eververse collapsing under its own weight. TheDimensionauts, a ragtag collection of heroes, scientists and anarchists fromcountless alternate realities, must band together and head towards the center ofthe Onion, the infinite-layered construct of all there is, was and ever couldbe. Grant McKay created the Pillar to save the world with science, now he mustuse it to save all worlds, all of creation, or doom reality itself tooblivion.
RICK REMENDER and MATTEO SCALERAcontinue the mind-bending pulp sci-fi series with another chapter of fast-pacedaction, gripping drama and trippyvisuals.
Collecting Black Science#31-34
RICK REMENDER and MATTEO SCALERAcontinue the mind-bending pulp sci-fi series with another chapter of fast-pacedaction, gripping drama and trippyvisuals.
Collecting Black Science#31-34
Book 8
The Anarchist League of Scientists arescattered to the cosmic winds. Abuse of the Pillar’s power has gnawed atthe very foundation of reality, as all that ever is, was, and will be is fallingin on itself. Beaten and dismayed, it falls to Grant McKay and what allies hehas left to start a hail-Mary mission to the center of the Onion, and the chanceof salvation that rests there.
Rick Remender and Matteo Scalera settheir sights on the End of the Eververse as the Dimensionauts begin their finaljourney into the Onion construct to fix everything that ever went wrong—ordamn all of eternity to the void.
Collects BLACK SCIENCE#35-38
Rick Remender and Matteo Scalera settheir sights on the End of the Eververse as the Dimensionauts begin their finaljourney into the Onion construct to fix everything that ever went wrong—ordamn all of eternity to the void.
Collects BLACK SCIENCE#35-38
Book 9
Sometimes our lives are boiled down to one moment, one choice. This is thatmoment for Grant McKay.
The Anarchist League of Scientists chargesforward for one final adventure as RICK REMENDER & MATTEO SCALERA bringtheir seminal pulp science-fiction epic to a mind-shatteringfinale.
Collecting Black Science #39-43
The Anarchist League of Scientists chargesforward for one final adventure as RICK REMENDER & MATTEO SCALERA bringtheir seminal pulp science-fiction epic to a mind-shatteringfinale.
Collecting Black Science #39-43
Books 4-6
Black Science Premiere Hardcover Volume 2: Transcendentalism
by Rick Remender
Published 19 December 2017
Following the catastrophic final jump of thePillar, the Grant McKay is stranded in the furthest reaches of space, adrift onthe wreckage of his former self. Before he can reclaim his mantle as protectorof the Eververse, he must first overcome the demons that lurk within his ownsoul. And when his path finally leads him back home, what has happened whilethey were gone? In a world of infinite possibilities, what can one man do tokeep everything that could ever possibly go wrong from doingso?
Collecting arcs four through six of theongoing sci-fi smash hit series by RICK REMENDER and MATTEO SCALERA in oversized8x12” hardcover.
Collecting arcs four through six of theongoing sci-fi smash hit series by RICK REMENDER and MATTEO SCALERA in oversized8x12” hardcover.
Books 7-9
Black Science Premiere Hardcover Volume 3: A Brief Moment of Clarity
by Rick Remender
Published 2 June 2020
The Eververse is collapsing under its own weight. GrantMcKay created the Pillar to save the world with science, and now he must use itto save all worlds, all of creation, or doom reality itself to oblivion.
The Anarchist League of Scientists chargesforward for one final adventure as RICK REMENDER and MATTEOSCALERA bring their seminal pulp science fiction epic to a mind-shatteringfinale.
Collects BLACK SCIENCE#31-43
The Anarchist League of Scientists chargesforward for one final adventure as RICK REMENDER and MATTEOSCALERA bring their seminal pulp science fiction epic to a mind-shatteringfinale.
Collects BLACK SCIENCE#31-43
Books 1-3
Black Science Premiere Hardcover Volume 1 Remastered Edition
by Rick Remender
Published 9 February 2016
Collecting the first three arcs of theseminal pulp sci-fi smash hit by jive-ass super powered disco dancers RICKREMENDER and MATTEO SCALERA. Crammed with sketches, concept art and other raregoodies in a glorious oversized 8”x12” hardcover, truly the mostincredible edition of BLACK SCIENCE in all the Eververse. Collects BLACK SCIENCE#1-16.