Cyborg: Rebirth #1 [Joe Benitez Cover]

(November 2016)

The Imitation of Life Prologue (Table of Contents: 1)

Cyborg / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

John Semper Jr.

Pencils

Paul Pelletier

Inks

Sandra Hope; Tony Kordos

Colors

Guy Major

Letters

Rob Leigh

Genre

superhero

Characters

Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Malware (cyber-biological monster); Dr. Silas Stone; Dr. Sarah Charles; Dr. Thomas Oscar Morrow; Elinore Beatty Stone (flashback); Justice League [Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Wonder Woman; Superman [Clark Kent]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]] (flashback); Metal Men [Gold; Platinum] (image on monitor screen); Cyborg Superman [Zor-El] (image on monitor screen); Red Tornado (image on monitor screen); The Brain (image on monitor screen); Steel [John Henry Irons] (image on monitor screen); Robotman [Cliff Steele] (image on monitor screen); OMAC [Buddy Blank] (image on monitor screen); other technologically based characters (image on monitor screen); unnamed adversary (Dr. Silas Stone doppelganger)

Synopsis

Malware, a cyber-biological monster, is sent by a mysterious adversary to attack S.T.A.R. Labs Detroit, to monitor Cyborg's response and capabilities. While fighting to stop Malware, Cyborg learns a secret of his origin that his father has been hiding from him.

Reprints

• in Cyborg (DC, 2016 series) #2 - Enemy of the State (2016 [January 2017])
• in DC Rebirth Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2016 [February 2017])
• in Cyborg (DC, 2017 series) #1 - The Imitation of Life ([May] 2017)

Keywords

S.T.A.R. Labs

Indexer Notes

Cyborg's origin is recapped.

Storyline continues in Cyborg (2016 series).