Aphrodite V

Aphrodite V #1-4

by Bryan Edward Hill, Jeff Spokes (Illustrator)

Los Angeles. The near future. A city on the brink of evolution struggles with a new wave of terror empowered by black market technology.

Enter Aphrodite V, a fugitive from her masters, seeking individuality and purpose. She is the bleeding edge of biomechanics...and Los Angeles' best hope against a new enemy seeking to become a god among machines.

One machine wants to destroy the city. Another has come to save it. Only one will survive.

Collects APHRODITE V issues #1-4.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics Manga

128 pages, Paperback

Published December 25, 2018

About the author

Bryan Hill is a screenwriter, photographer, tv writer, and director. He is known for his work on the DC show TITANS and for his work in comics, most notably his outings on DETECTIVE COMICS, POSTAL, AMERICAN CARNAGE, KILLMONGER and ANGEL.
His writing is infused with esoteric principles, which can also be found in his photography and music.
He lives and works in Los Angeles.

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hopefully, we'll see more of this series. Aphrodite V is a a cyborg killing machine who has broken away from her creators and now wants to hunt down those who deserve it. She meets up with an eccentric billionaire and his badass bodyguard who get involved with some crazy A.I. from the future who was built by the billionaire's dad. Apparently, this also ties in with the latest Cyber Force series and the previous Aphrodite IX series by Top Cow. There's a lot of meat still on the bone with this book so I'd love to see more.

Jeff Stokes's art reminds me of Tony Harris. That's a great artist to be compared to as far as I'm concerned.

[Brandon · Rating 1 out of 5]

Some rich dudes made a god AI that turned evil and now a god AI that turned good needs to fight them. The books wants to be this cyberpunk anti-capitalist thing while also being scared to be futuristic, instead presenting an idea of a modern 'progressive' force that is progressive in nothing but name only. You can't just tell everyone your character is gay and a genius and have us sympathize with him. You can't just name drop a character as "problematic" and have everyone go along with it without expecting more. It's just one robot trying to fight other robots while a bunch of wealthy dudes stand around talking about whether robots should be fighting everyone, not just robots. And it doesn't even have good action scenes to make it worthwhile!

Hill says that he doesn't want to be "futurist", and he has nothing to say here really. Maybe capitalism bad, but capitalism also good! Everything bad is caused by mental health! Blah blah blah.

[Mutated Reviewer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Looking for a graphic novel with a kick ass female killing machine? Then this is the book for you. Following a man named Martin, he’s just trying to make Los Angeles a better place. A month ago, 2,500 people were lost in a suicide bomber attack. If he just could have implemented his technology to the building, and eventually the city, they could have detected the explosives before he even walked through the doors. But the Mayor won’t have that, because he doesn’t want to be the man to privatize law enforcement.

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[Theediscerning · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh – this certainly gave me a feel of deja vu, with a powerful cyborg saving a rich kid tycoon's life, because his dad once created an AI god that is going to come back and be a threat. Or something. I didn't mind what I didn't understand here, but there's a lot all told, and this clearly is a part of a bigger world, perhaps not solely within the pages of Aphrodite IX either, which I've never read. As to the book in hand, it is wordy, and too dark, leaving the ultimate big battle scene really unreadable. Some people may need this prequel (?) in their lives, but for newbies it's not exactly a brilliant jumping-on point.

[Johan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have read comics like this (Artemis, Apollo, Athena, Aphrodite, ...) before that I got from a Humble Bundle. I always had trouble trying to figure out what it was all about. Am I reading them in the correct order? What is their background story? This one is different. It came with an introduction and it was limited in scope. Neither the story, nor the artwork was special, but it was an enjoyable read.

From the Top Cow 30th Anniversary Humble Bundle.

[Lainy122 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting concept, dug the art, characters were pretty cool. Know what wasn't cool? Introducing four confirmed queer characters and then killing three of them pretty much right after they were introduced. Bury your gays, indeed.
I can see what they were going for, but hopefully more of an effort is put in next time.

[Am Gill · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars

[Fiore · Rating 2 out of 5]

The artwork is absolutely gorgeous with bold lines, strong dispassionate faces, and well-toned bodies. Unfortunately that is just about the only strength to the series so far as the characters are hardly engaging and the human protection machine vs. human destruction seeking machine story did not come with any surprises.