Aphrodite IX

I recently picked up the second volume in this series while I as in the city. I was at a comic book shop and just picked it randomly because the cover looked interesting. I really enjoyed that volume and started to look around for more of this character and series. This is the first volume so this is where I was supposed to start with the story but whatever. The character is really interesting. Aphrodite IX is a synthetic life form designed to be the perfect assassin but she doesn't know it yet. Her memory blacks out a few minutes after the mission is complete thus rendering her useless to police. The ideas and story are done really well and the pace keeps you turning the pages. I will definitely follow this character and series some more and see where it goes.

Great comic love the glossy cover and the pages are really great except for sometimes they can be clippy when the image tries to share two pages but it's not too bad there's very few pages with it and also my shipper was really good Comic-N-Stuff put my comic book in between two pieces of cardboard and bubble wrap in the packaging so it deform while shipping also put a plastic comic book cover over the comic so that was good because my mailman decided to squeeze it into my mailbox with all my other mail but managed to come unscathed that's good so buy it if you like it it's worth it.

This was my first foray into the graphic novel format in many, MANY, years. I was pleased with every aspect of this product.

She does her job, then retains no memory of her past. But when she seeks out clues to her true identity, the blood flows faster than ever. Collecting issues #1-#4 of the original series, along with the rare Wizard #0 issue AND bonus art by Marc Silvestri, Joe Benitez, and Michael Turner. SC, 7x10, 142pg, FC

If you're a big fan of Heavy Metal Magazine, Sci-fi, Fantasy etc. you'll love this book. David finch art is great, you can see references from Blade Runner, Star Trek, even a little bit of Aliens and Star Wars, and Aphrodite is really, really hot so the art deserves a big ten. The story is you're basic origin of the character arc, but leaves you wanting more, still entertaining though. I would buy this more for it's art and concept, but i need to see a better Aphrodite IX story that'll blow my mind. Buy it, it's worth your money, and IX is freaking hot!!!

Nicely done, art that rises past mere competence (was there homage to Druillet?), story that moves well. Somehow, though, the whole never added up to the sum of the parts. And, I just have to imagine some high-perfance fiber (kevlar, maybe, or nanotube composite) in her underpants, since A) they feature so prominently under her less-than-buttwidth skirts and since her bounciness and B) her athletics must strain them so terribly. Really, just a bit too much compliance with the babe standard. Fun as a story, but makes a long trip of the return to reality. -- wiredweird

Can't say much about this one. A decent read, decent story. I would by the next one if there is going to be, but i'm in no hurry to re-read this. I did take the time to type a review for this, so it wasn't all that bad, but I normally type up must of my reviews for things i give three stars. The other stars speak for themselves

Normally, Aphrodite IX is the kind of book that I would rip to shreds. The main character is a gorgeous, scantily clad female. Not that I have anything against gorgeous, scantily clad females, but when a book features dozens of splash pages, many of them two-page splash pages, it's usually a sign that the book is all glitz and eye-candy and lacking any story. But a funny thing happened as I read this trade paperback collecting issues #1 - 4 of the series...I liked it. I really liked it! (with apologies to Sally Field). In a futuristic society where nearly all humans have some synthetic parts of some kind, Aphrodite is unique. She is totally synthetic and was created in a lab. Only she doesn't know it. Created to be an ultra powerful assassin and to carry out the whims of the head of the Council, Aphrodite kills without remorse or feeling and does so brazenly and with incredible efficiency. And, 15 minutes after her missions, she completely forgets them, retaining no memory of what she did or even what she is. Her first hints come when she leaves herself a recording, prior to forgetting. Then, she slowly begins to remember things in her dreams. She remembers the people she's killed and she remembers the Council and the man she affectionately called "daddy" the scientist who created her. The more she remembers the more of a conscience she develops over her actions. Aphrodite, the unstoppable assassin, fighting off security forces and a powerful cyborg named Abraxis, begins to piece together the clues of her mysterious life and finally comes face-to-face with the head of the council and learns all the secrets of her deadly past. Writer David Wohl borrows some themes from films and TV such as "The Matrix", "The 6th day" and "Dark Angel" and comes up with an effective, if not altogether, original story. I did find myself engrossed in Aphrodite's search for her background and the reason why she forgets her missions 15 minutes after completion. Dave Finch's artwork is simply striking. Yes there are a lot of splash pages but it is great stuff. He shows Aphrodite as the perfect, sexy, yet vulnerable and confused and manipulated killer that she is. The trade paperback also reprints all of the variant covers that were included in the regular comic series and a brief sketch gallery. Reviewed by Tim Janson