Full disclosure: I am 100% biased towards Jeff Lemire. I find the stories he writes to be fascinating, engaging, and full of heart and humanity. No surprises here. Descender, Vol 1 nails all of those elements and is another excellent series in the Lemire comic cannon.

The setup for this series is great. Ten years ago giant planet-sized robots called Harvesters appeared suddenly and wreaked havoc across the galaxy, killing millions and severing the tenuous diplomatic threads between planets. With anti-robot sentiments at an all-time high, of young android named TIM-21 wakes to find ll robots have been outlawed. But TIM's machine DNA may hold clues to understanding the Harvesters, and he quickly becomes the most wanted robot in the universe. With bounty hunters, feuding factions, and various other dangers around every corner, TIM embarks on an epic quest of adventure and discovery.

This first volume is full of thrilling action scenes, a variety of great characters (I think the lumbering mining droid Driller might be my favorite), and plenty of twists and turns in the plot. And the art by Dustin Nguyen is simply stunning! Vivid colors and beautiful full-painted panels adorn every page, elevating an already good story to the next level.

I've been craving some science fiction, and Descender certainly helped scratch that itch. But it's also just a great story, and I'm very much looking forward to continuing the series in the next volume!