Free Comic Book Day 2014

Project Black Sky #5

By Fred Van Lente

2015

First Published

3.76

Average Rating

Number of Pages

0H49M

Audio Length

When a biological weapon is hijacked from a secret facility in Nevada, the president calls in two of his top Captain Midnight and Brain Boy! Will the two disparate heroes, a time-displaced inventor from World War II and a snotty psychic Secret Service agent, be able to work together to stop the threat released from Block 13? And what does the mysterious rogue agency Project Black Sky have to do with it?! Written by New York Times best-selling author Fred Van Lente (Archer and Armstrong, Conan and the People of the Black Circle)! Featuring a cover and interior art from Michael Broussard (Incredible Hulk, Artifacts, The Darkness)! A perfect jumping-on point for Captain Midnight and Brain Boy! Praise for Brain Boy #1 by Fred Van A fun read with a dynamic, surprise ending that puts Price in a bad spot and gives readers something to look forward to, Brain Boy #1 is another solid, unexpected offering from Dark Horse. -Comic Book Resources

Avg Rating

3.76

Number of Ratings

315

5 STARS

42%

4 STARS

18%

3 STARS

21%

2 STARS

11%

1 STARS

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Author

Fred Van Lente

Author · 115 books

Fred Van Lente is the New York Times-bestselling author of comics as varied as Archer & Armstrong (Harvey Award nominee, Best Series), Taskmaster, MODOK's 11, Amazing Spider-Man, Conan the Avenger, Weird Detective, and Cowboys & Aliens (upon which the 2011 movie was based), as well as the novels Ten Dead Comedians and The Con Artist. Van Lente also specializes in entertaining readers with offbeat histories with the help of his incredibly talented artists. He has written the multiple-award winning Action Philosophers!, The Comic Book History of Comics, Action Presidents! (all drawn by Ryan Dunlavey), and The Comic Book Story of Basketball with Joe Cooper (Ten Speed September 2020). He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Crystal Skillman, and some mostly ungrateful cats.