Synthetics Volume One

Illustrated by Tony Parker
Contributions by Carrie Strachan, Steve Dutro
Paperback
$19.99 US
On sale Jun 23, 2026 | 104 Pages | 9781506751665

From award-winning writer J. Michael Straczynski and the phenomenal artist Tony Parker comes a new, original science fiction comics story about a final hope for humanity.

Earth is dying and soon the human race will be unable to survive…


With “dead zones”—areas so toxic no life can survive—littering the Earth and growing every day, it’s estimated there are only twenty years remaining before the planet becomes so toxic humanity will die out.

Reactions to the news range from denial to rage and everything in between, but can something still be done? If a new type of human—stronger, able to work in toxic environments—could be made, could they be the key to fixing the dead zones and saving the planet? Or will they simply be humanity’s last gasp?

Collects Synthetics Volume One #1–#4.
J. Michael Straczynski View titles by J. Michael Straczynski
Tony Parker is an artist and cover artist known for his work on Eerie, Mass Effect, R.I.P.D., Savage Sword, This Damned Band, and X.  View titles by Tony Parker

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From award-winning writer J. Michael Straczynski and the phenomenal artist Tony Parker comes a new, original science fiction comics story about a final hope for humanity.

Earth is dying and soon the human race will be unable to survive…


With “dead zones”—areas so toxic no life can survive—littering the Earth and growing every day, it’s estimated there are only twenty years remaining before the planet becomes so toxic humanity will die out.

Reactions to the news range from denial to rage and everything in between, but can something still be done? If a new type of human—stronger, able to work in toxic environments—could be made, could they be the key to fixing the dead zones and saving the planet? Or will they simply be humanity’s last gasp?

Collects Synthetics Volume One #1–#4.

Author

J. Michael Straczynski View titles by J. Michael Straczynski
Tony Parker is an artist and cover artist known for his work on Eerie, Mass Effect, R.I.P.D., Savage Sword, This Damned Band, and X.  View titles by Tony Parker

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