# Retro Review: Black Science Vol 1 How to Fall Forever

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/retro-review-black-science-vol-1-how-to-fall-forever/
- Published: 2019-03-13T07:00:58-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

Word: Rick Remember 
Pictures: Matteo Scalera Colors: Dean White Words: Rus Wooton
Publisher: Image Comics

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Synopsis: _Anarchist scientist Grant McKay has done the impossible! Using the Pillar,
he has punched a hole through the barriers between dimensions, allowing travel to
all possible universes. But now Grant and his team are trapped in the folds of infinity,
the Pillar sending them careening through a million universes of unimaginable adventure,
sanity-flaying danger and no way home… 
Presenting the first mind-warping chapter
of the critically acclaimed sci-fi epic by superstar creative team of writer RICK
REMENDER (Uncanny Avengers, Captain America) and artist MATTEO SCALERA (Secret Avengers).
Collects BLACK SCIENCE #1-6.

Black Science is a trip. The story follows Grant and his kids (Pia and Nathan), 
along with the team of scientists working on the Pillar; and it pretty much starts
out in the shit. You learn the Pillar is broken and they have no control over the
which dimension they jump to or when. You don’t get back story right out the gate,
but it works well in the flashbacks as the story goes on.

The book is well written. Remember does a good job of introducing the characters
and progressing the story simultaneously. If there is one flaw with the characters,
it’s with Grant; he’s an unconventional guy and you get hints of it, but you never
get the “anarchist” vibe from the synopsis.

Remember also does a good job with these alternate dimensions. He set up exotic 
setting. Frog people, technological Native American warriors fighting Nazis, and
spiritual apes are all seen with different jumps. Scalera beautifully draws it all.

The art is top notch. You never question which character is which and each dimension
feel completely different from the last. Scalera shows he can do sweeping landscapes
and action in the book. Add in White’s paint on top of the drawings and you get 
a visually stunning book.

A few **spoilers**: You learn Grant is sleeping with Rebecca, one of the other scientists,
and was planning on leaving his wife, Sara. You learn that someone in the group 
sabotaged the Pillar. You learn that Kadir is a slimeball, but has promise. You 
seen members of the group getting picked off. You also see a hitchhiker join the
group, and I’m not talking about the Shaman. Most important of all, you see a version
of Grant and Sara from another dimension, trying to save the kids because their 
Grant can’t.

**End spoilers.**

The book is big jump into science fiction and might not be for all people. It’s 
full of wide spread action that just scratches the surface in the first volume. 
I’ve already picked up volumes 2 and 3.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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