Athena Inc. Volume 1: Manhunter Project

by Brian Haberlin, Jay Anacleto (Artist)

Athena Inc., the blackest of black ops, has come up with the perfect operative - she can't be caught. And even if she could be, there is no way to link her to any action, because she doesn't even know she's an agent. She was hailed as a success, until the genetic trigger than enables her to switch personas began to break down. Now that she can switch forms on her own, she has become a threat to internal security and must be dealt with. But who will deal with whom first?

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics

240 pages, Paperback

First published September 2, 2003

About the author

An award-winning comic book artist, writer, editor and producer, Brian began his career in comics working at Top Cow Productions, where he co-created the Witchblade franchise. He co-founded Avalon Studios, which published many successful fantasy and sci-fi titles, including: Stone, Aria, Area 52 and M-Rex to name a few.

Brian also served for two years as Editor-in-Chief of Todd McFarlane Productions and penciled and inked its flagship title, Spawn. He currently writes and illustrates Faster Than Light and the upcoming Fury Formula comics series. Brian teaches comic art at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and his work is in the permanent collection at the Smithsonian Museum.

Reviews

[Sandra · Rating 2 out of 5]

A government organization has been set up to do genetic research on humans resulting in people with two sets of DNA in one body. The idea is for these people to be the ultimate spy but agendas change and they are trained to become the ultimate assassin. There are triggers that can cause a person to pretty much instantly and physically change into her other half and one half may not know the other exists. Gwen is one such person, genetically engineered, cloned from the researcher's dead daughter, living the life of a socialite, unaware that Mary the assassin resides within her.

This story had much promise but fell flat for me. I wanted more back story, more filler about the people in it, more information about the technology. Instead it was like a fast paced action flick with lots of jumping around from scene to scene but not many answers. It was also quite dark with not much light to alleviate it (within the story and illustrations). Maybe more background will be given in later volumes but I probably won't read them.

[Dani · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked everythibg about this exceot the non-traditional dialogue setup. I see what the creators were going for, but i felt it detracted from tge syory a lot at points. I did getvused to tge style, but it definitely didnt do any favors to increase my liking the book. Outside of that, the charscters are good, the story revealed as you go along, the artwork is fantastic on each page, and the pacibg is well done.

[Zanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

27.95