Clone #10 by Schulner, Ginsburg, McIntyre and Ryp
When the good folks at Skybound sent me Clone #8 a couple months ago I admit I was lost. Clone #9? Same thing. But I was intrigued enough to go back and read the first seven issues and by #10 I'm hooked! (And you should be, too).
Clone #10
written by David Schulner, Aaron Ginsburg and Wade McIntyre
art by Juan Jose Ryp
Image Skybound
September 2013
Clone is the story of an average man who encounters an intruder bleeding out on the floor of his kitchen. The man is him. and the other him is warning the man that he needs to get himself (both of him) and his wife (who is pregnant, which isn't supposed to happen for clones) away to safety immediately. Of course, he is too late and his wife is abducted by a pseudo governmental agency that is trying to round up all the clones that the government has made over the last thirty years - all of the man. Without his knowledge. Yeah, it's cool. But you can't just jump in. You gotta start at the beginning.
Over the course of the next 9 issues, the man, Luke, with companions attempt to get his wife and young child back. The government agency and the Vice President vie for control of the program and its future. Lots of clones die and lots of drama happens. I'm not gonna ruin the story for you. Go read it. Then once you're done read on.
[SPOILERS] In issue #10, Gamma has completed the virus and asks for his freedom and when it is denied he finds an ally in an unlikely place. Luke, Sanah, and Jennifer have broken in to the facility to save Luke's wife but she isn't there (she is with Eric - see issue #9). And the Vice President makes a surprise announcement that changes everything. [END SPOILERS]
It's getting good! This is one of the best written and best drawn (and most consistently well drawn) books on the shelf right now. If you haven't yet had a chance to pick it up, go pick up Clone Vol. 1 TP and catch up.
Reviewed by Scott Asher
2013-09-10