Kane, a very wealthy man, travels to a remote island. There the lead scientist tells about their recent breakthrough in virus research. Kane is eager to take the experimental drug, as he has less than a year to live. After some reluctance Kane is given the treatment. He wakes up and finds everyone around him has a blank face. He runs outside and fines the lead scientist who tells him the experiment mutated after it entered Kane's system. Before he mutates as well he gives Kane a cure. Once taken it will spread and reverse the effects. Kane ponders this, but ultimately does not take the cure. Content with his restored health, youth and millions of dollars in the bank.
Written by Dan Watters and illustrated by Morgan Beem this first issue is... fine. Twilight Zone is one of those things that is so hard to capture the feeling of. They've tried again and again over the years. The movie, the 80s revival, the early 2000s revival and the 2020s revival have attempted it. My opinion, only the 80s series came close. It is especially hard to recapture that Twilight Zone feel in comic book form. I could see this story as something from the 80s series perhaps. The idea of a Reagan era millionaire trying to cheat death sounds like a story they would tackle. Most great Twilight Zone stories have a twist or some biting commentary. Here we just have a selfish man who condemns humanity so that he can prosper. The blank face reveal feels borrowed from some of the better episodes of the classic series.
This is not a bad comic at all, I just wish it were better.
six out of ten.
