A cataclysmic event, now remembered only as 'The Midnight', led
to the collapse of civilization. Now, centuries after, the remnant of a
mega-city named Paradiso, is the only place on earth where humanity still
thrives. When Jack Kryznan arrives at the outskirts with a mysterious device
capable of bringing dead technology to life, his arrival sets off a power
struggle that threatens to embroil the human settlers, bionic creatures known as
Guardians and Paradiso herself. Jack and his companions will begin their journey
of self-discovery through this living city even as the city itself strives to
understand what it means to be alive.
Collects issues 1 through
4.
The first four issues of "Paradiso" introduces the post-apocalyptic final stronghold of humanity from which the series takes its name, with a new arrival in town destabilising the delicate balance there with a device that can resurrect dead technology.
"The sort of comic where every panel contains a
world. Savour it." -Kieron Gillen (THE WICKED + THE
DIVINE)