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Clear
Clear #6
A sci-fi mystery thrill-ride into a strange dystopian future, where a neurological internet connection is transforming reality.
Batman writer SCOTT SNYDER and Detective Comics artist FRANCIS MANAPUL unite to take readers on this hard-boiled sci-fi journey.
Part of the comiXology Originals line of exclusive digital content only available on comiXology and Kindle. Read for free as part of your subscription to comiXology Unlimited, Kindle Unlimited or Amazon Prime. Also available for purchase via comiXology, Kindle and collected in print via Dark Horse Books.
Batman writer SCOTT SNYDER and Detective Comics artist FRANCIS MANAPUL unite to take readers on this hard-boiled sci-fi journey.
Part of the comiXology Originals line of exclusive digital content only available on comiXology and Kindle. Read for free as part of your subscription to comiXology Unlimited, Kindle Unlimited or Amazon Prime. Also available for purchase via comiXology, Kindle and collected in print via Dark Horse Books.
27 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 31, 2022
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About the author
Scott Snyder
1,784 books5,183 followersScott Snyder is the Eisner and Harvey Award winning writer on DC Comics Batman, Swamp Thing, and his original series for Vertigo, American Vampire. He is also the author of the short story collection, Voodoo Heart, published by the Dial Press in 2006. The paperback version was published in the summer of 2007.
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June 14, 2022
I read this book via Kindle Unlimited.
Clear has consistently been a great series available through comixology/kindle unlimited. The art in this series is vivid and beautiful, I'm obsessed with the art but after reading this final instalment in the series, I think this series would be better enjoyed as a trade. In the final issue, I found myself getting confused in parts, wondering how we got to the ending that we did. We see Dunes on his mission to upload the Baxter veil to show everybody the truth and the true clear, however, parts in this issue lost me. Overall, the series in great, but I am a little meh about this final issue. Maybe I need to go and reread the entire thing together (hence my reasoning this is going to slap when it hits trade, it's gonna be great).
Clear has consistently been a great series available through comixology/kindle unlimited. The art in this series is vivid and beautiful, I'm obsessed with the art but after reading this final instalment in the series, I think this series would be better enjoyed as a trade. In the final issue, I found myself getting confused in parts, wondering how we got to the ending that we did. We see Dunes on his mission to upload the Baxter veil to show everybody the truth and the true clear, however, parts in this issue lost me. Overall, the series in great, but I am a little meh about this final issue. Maybe I need to go and reread the entire thing together (hence my reasoning this is going to slap when it hits trade, it's gonna be great).
August 13, 2022
Yes mate! A great end to a great little run. There was a bit which made no sense - Sam was veiled as someone but how can he be seen by everyone as someone else if the veils only let the user witness an individual veil experience? Surely you’d need a shared veil where everyone saw you as that other person, and shared veils were the big problem throughout the whole story. Odd. Other than that, really enjoyed this.
And that artwork!!! *drools*
And that artwork!!! *drools*
July 31, 2022
As we ride up the elevator, I can't help but think about what a Golden Gate this place really is. The bridge to a billion realities, a billion dreams of what could be, but isn't. The higher the elevator goes, the faster my heart races. All the years I thought I was seeing things clear but wasn't. But up here... up here I feel like I'm truly seeing things as they are for the first time and it's both terrifying and exhilarating.
I have had a little break from my comiXology original Scott Snyder comics but now have the free time to come back to them.
Clear it is a noir style murder mystery set in a dystopian future where people us 'veils' to hide the real world and see what they want to see instead.
Former policeman and current Private Eye, Sam Dunes, prefers to stay 'clear' and see the world how it is. His work is usually simple investigations, following husbands who prefer to 'veil' their wives into someone or something else.
His world is turned upside down by the apparent suicide of his ex-wife. After finding her message, that she'd been killed, he is on the hunt for the perpetrators. The investigation leads him to being attacked by a mysterious stranger with yellow eyes who looks shockingly like him. Fighting for survival, Sam now has the police after him and is running out of places to hide and acquaintances to turn to.
Jumping into the river, a seemingly un-survivable feat, is his only option and it soon seems like the end of our protagonist. However, rescue comes from an unexpected source, and Sam finds that he isn't a 'clear' as he believes and that even he is being misled to the truth of the world. His mission now is as simple as it is 'clear'. Bring down the veils and free society to see the truth!
This is very good and right up my street. The juxtaposition between the classic noir PI styling and narration with the dystopian dying world hidden by advancing technology is very intriguing. A solid limited run series which I will certainly read again in the future and will look to pick up the collected volume if it makes it to print. 5 stars.
I have had a little break from my comiXology original Scott Snyder comics but now have the free time to come back to them.
Clear it is a noir style murder mystery set in a dystopian future where people us 'veils' to hide the real world and see what they want to see instead.
Former policeman and current Private Eye, Sam Dunes, prefers to stay 'clear' and see the world how it is. His work is usually simple investigations, following husbands who prefer to 'veil' their wives into someone or something else.
His world is turned upside down by the apparent suicide of his ex-wife. After finding her message, that she'd been killed, he is on the hunt for the perpetrators. The investigation leads him to being attacked by a mysterious stranger with yellow eyes who looks shockingly like him. Fighting for survival, Sam now has the police after him and is running out of places to hide and acquaintances to turn to.
Jumping into the river, a seemingly un-survivable feat, is his only option and it soon seems like the end of our protagonist. However, rescue comes from an unexpected source, and Sam finds that he isn't a 'clear' as he believes and that even he is being misled to the truth of the world. His mission now is as simple as it is 'clear'. Bring down the veils and free society to see the truth!
This is very good and right up my street. The juxtaposition between the classic noir PI styling and narration with the dystopian dying world hidden by advancing technology is very intriguing. A solid limited run series which I will certainly read again in the future and will look to pick up the collected volume if it makes it to print. 5 stars.
June 13, 2025
Blockbuster end to the series
This has been a spectacular series with a story that despite possible inspirations from the Matrix series to a certain extent spins it's own wide web about a society that we currently seem to be slowly progressing towards.
The art is trippy and bright with ranges of colors, the story at the center of it tugs at the heartstrings and well nigh tears the heart out, breaking and shattering it into pieces and than bringing it back together before doing the same all over again.
The story is emotional and tragic and the ending is heartbreaking but nice.
Kudos to Scott for this series.
Recommended.
This has been a spectacular series with a story that despite possible inspirations from the Matrix series to a certain extent spins it's own wide web about a society that we currently seem to be slowly progressing towards.
The art is trippy and bright with ranges of colors, the story at the center of it tugs at the heartstrings and well nigh tears the heart out, breaking and shattering it into pieces and than bringing it back together before doing the same all over again.
The story is emotional and tragic and the ending is heartbreaking but nice.
Kudos to Scott for this series.
Recommended.
June 6, 2022
Bombastic Finalé
Sometimes I just wish that comic books had a beginning, a middle, and an ending. And sometimes I read a comic like “Clear” and wish it would go on forever. Well, maybe not forever but longer than it’s 6-issue run on Comixology. But what an ending! I’d give more stars if I could. Amazing how Snyder crafted a fully realized story in just six installments, while developing a rich lead character, as well as a deep philosophical theme centering around escapism and technology immersion. Incredible.
Sometimes I just wish that comic books had a beginning, a middle, and an ending. And sometimes I read a comic like “Clear” and wish it would go on forever. Well, maybe not forever but longer than it’s 6-issue run on Comixology. But what an ending! I’d give more stars if I could. Amazing how Snyder crafted a fully realized story in just six installments, while developing a rich lead character, as well as a deep philosophical theme centering around escapism and technology immersion. Incredible.
February 15, 2025
Wow, the artwork in this was incredible, a mix between dark/gritty noir with the beautiful/bright neon creativity of psychedelic cyberpunk. The art provides an environment and a feeling that massively aids the story, which is also incredible! A sci-fi noir blend with cyberpunk and anti-capitalist themes, the characters are very well developed and easy to empathize with. The running theme of the “joke” told at the beginning ties everything together across all 6 issues. This one will keep you thinking after reading.
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June 12, 2022Well, at least the art is pretty...
...As for the writing, it is way too derivative. A cross between The Matrix, Brian K. Vaugh's "The Private Eye", and the Hugh Jackman movie "Reminiscence", all set in another world that looks like Blade Runner. Ends with the tired hard boiled detective trope of the villain monologuing his entire plan to the protagonist. This story peaked with the first issue.
...As for the writing, it is way too derivative. A cross between The Matrix, Brian K. Vaugh's "The Private Eye", and the Hugh Jackman movie "Reminiscence", all set in another world that looks like Blade Runner. Ends with the tired hard boiled detective trope of the villain monologuing his entire plan to the protagonist. This story peaked with the first issue.
September 8, 2022
Ignorance is bliss but an inability or preference to not see the world clearly makes changes to improve things impossible and maybe even unwanted. I have to say this resonates as especially relevant right now as so many people seem to have chosen to live in a fantasy and deny reality. Pretty deep message for a comic!
May 18, 2023
Had me SOBBING at the end. What an amazing wild ride this series was. Brilliant writing and story telling. Amazing art direction. The characters were SO interesting and entertaining. The story tugged at your heartstrings. SUCH a good story. I can't WAIT to make a cosplay of Sam SOOOO freaking bad!
March 17, 2024
A good premise
Like the matrix but instead of messiness doing it to us, it's the big cloud companies, basically. Would make a good movie, but i don't know which big cloud studio would want to take it on, since it's effectively an unflattering view of them in about 50 years!
Like the matrix but instead of messiness doing it to us, it's the big cloud companies, basically. Would make a good movie, but i don't know which big cloud studio would want to take it on, since it's effectively an unflattering view of them in about 50 years!
June 1, 2022
Rating for the whole series. Very good, lovely art, well worth reading
August 9, 2022
Click … The End
Great graphics & interesting finale - It leaves you wondering, could this all really happen ? I mean who knows ?
Great graphics & interesting finale - It leaves you wondering, could this all really happen ? I mean who knows ?
March 19, 2023
4.5 stars for a very good ending. Entire series was phenomenal art and very good story.
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March 30, 2023Amazing!
A great conclusion to this fantastic sci-fi detective story. Love the whole concept behind this dark story. Scott Snyder is the best.
A great conclusion to this fantastic sci-fi detective story. Love the whole concept behind this dark story. Scott Snyder is the best.
April 23, 2024
#6 – “What will you do? Will you turn away again? And again? Or THIS time, will you face it?”
August 12, 2024
This final chapter ended up not being toooo bad, but honestly I just had no idea what was going on at all...
June 12, 2022
It was a fitting though messy end - both in terms of blood and plot. It struggled between being creative and convenient. Creative in that "I didn't see that coming." Convenient in "OK. Didn't see that coming but why?"
It's a grand ending with flourishes of both failure and success and of course death.
It's satisfying though.
It's a grand ending with flourishes of both failure and success and of course death.
It's satisfying though.
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