Cyberpunk 2077: Psycho Squad by Dan Watters,
Kieran McKeown (Illustrator), and Giada Marchisio (Illustrator) is a short four
issue series set in the Cyberpunk 2077 world. In this dystopia,
humanity is ruled by corporations and people have become increasingly
cybernetic. Sometimes people cut too much of their organics off and replace
them with robot parts and end up losing their minds. When that happens, they
tend to go on murder sprees as they are super powered invincible super soldiers
that slaughter civilians and cops alike.
To stop these rampages, Maxtac (cyborg
cops themselves) are sent in to stop them. Unfortunately, Maxtacs tend to be
just as violent and crazy as the psychos they allegedly are supposed to stop.
This book is basically a series of
missions for one of those squad members as they attempt to function under the
leadership of a new leader. The overarching problem is that their new leader is
just as nuts as the enhanced people they are supposed to stop. Of course,
things go badly for everyone involved.
This is a violent, dark book with
mediocre art, and an ambiguines ending that is pretty abrupt. Overall, this is
a good read if you are familiar with the Cyberpunk 2077 universe
and can follow all the slang they use.
If one is familiar with the Cyberpunk 2077 universe than
you already know going in that things are not going to go well for the
characters involved and you are just here for the car crash. I think if you are
not familiar with this universe, you will not enjoy the book as much since they
do not do a good job of explaining things to new readers. I think only fans of
this universe will like this read. If you are familiar, I think this read is
worth your time despite the caveats.
I read this through Hoopla, by way of
the Dallas Public Library System, so I did not have to spend my eddies (the
term cyberpunk uses for money).
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