Harbinger (2012- ) #1: Digital Exclusives Edition

Harbinger (2012) (Single Issues)

by Joshua Dysart, Khari Evans (Artist)

With EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL CONTENT including original sketches!
Read minds. Bend steel. Break all the rules. Teenager Pete Stanchek is out of work, on the skids, and-- unbeknownst to him-- a psionic-powered "harbinger" with the potential to reshape the course of human history. Toyo Harada is a wealthy business magnate, a respected philanthropist and the most powerful harbinger of all-- or so he thought. As they forge an uneasy alliance, will Harada offer Pete a chance for redemption -- or attempt to induct him into a secret network of conspiracy, subversion and control? Pete is about to discover that he's not alone in the world and, soon, the generation who has nothing will take on the man who has everything.

Genres: Comics, Comic Book

32 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 6, 2012

About the author

I write comic books, graphic novels and novels. I'm a three time Eisner nominee, two time Glyph award winner, New York Times bestseller, a recipient of The Dick Giordano Humanitarian of the Year award, and have been in competition twice at Angoulême.

I've worked on Hellboy, Swamp Thing, & Conan the Barbarian; I co-wrote a graphic novel with Neil Young; I helped restart Valiant Entertainment; and I've done on-the-ground research in Uganda (2007), Iraq (2014), & South Sudan (2016), writting graphic novels about war and famine in those regions.

Goodnight Paradise came out in 2018 with long time co-creator Alberto Ponticelli and is a murder mystery set in the houseless population of Venice Beach, Ca.

My first novel (novella - it's only 100 pages) has dropped. It combines my love of slasher horror, Agatha Christie fair-play mysteries, construction sites, and bugs. It's called BROOD X. Buy it wherever trash genre books are sold!

Reviews

[Gina · Rating 2 out of 5]

I guess the appropriate criticism for something about psychic powers is that this is full of bad vibes.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm coming into this series late, and with little idea of the overall storyline. Harbinger Bk 1 introduces an interesting world and a concept I'm eager to learn more about. The main character caught my attention, and I'm rooting for him; the way the author and artist show his ability, and how invasive it is, is extremely well done. I'm especially intrigued by the introduction of Faith, as she's such an unusual character to find in comic books (plus I'd take her Star Trek rug in a heartbeat!).

There's a twist in this first volume that is well handled and doesn't feel forced.

The art is good, though the style of coloring detracts from it. There's nothing particularly interesting about it, and the colors muddle the faces of the characters.

[Vyshakh Aravindan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A powerful opener. We meet Peter Stanchek, a deeply flawed protagonist - unstable, paranoid, drug-dependent. This isn’t a heroic introduction; it’s uncomfortable and raw.

The big strength here is tone: Dysart frames psiots (superpowered individuals) not as cool superheroes, but as dangerous, marginalized people. The introduction of Harada at the end is chilling - calm, controlled, and far more dangerous than Peter.

One of the strongest first issues in modern comics.