EJunkies TPB (2023 Scout Comics) comic books 2021-2023
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Published Oct 2023 by Scout Comics.$18.00
$18.00
1st printing. Written by Nicholas Tana. Art by Kyle Faehnrich. Cover by Darick Robertson. In the year 2055, technology has transformed the human experience, using Nerve Reading Devices (N.R.D.s) to share dreams and Emo-Regs to filter and regulate emotions, leading pain and suffering to become commodities in a world that has made them virtually illegal. But a growing group of addicts, called eJunkies, continue to seek every kind of human experience by using drugs containing other peoples memories, including painful ones, in the form of an alternative drug (ALT) known as Torch. When Hector Holmes, a disgraced investigator and eJunky, nearly overdoses on Torch, his previous partner from the Alternative Reality Investigation Squad (A.R.I.S.) requests his help to stop The Guardians of Pain—a terrorist group distributing Torch to "wake" people to a painful and buried past in an effort to start a revolution. Hector enlists Astra, a dream celebrity whose television channel is hacked by the Guardians to promote their revolutionary message. Astras celebrity status gives Hector access to every level of society, helping him get close to the cult groups leader, a mysterious figure known as X. With Astras help, Hector scours the city and his own mind in pursuit of the Guardians, hoping to find some clues in the memory experiences they sell on the black market. But dosing these experiences comes with a price, and after several doses of Torch Hectors reality blurs, pulling people from his life into his Torch-induced visions. As Hectors mind unravels, he must confront a forgotten and painful past to stop a horrific future. Softcover, 256 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.
