Hyde Street #1

Hyde Street has the same amazing storytelling I've come to expect from this team, but with some dark and creepy twists and turns. It's 'Mad Men' means 'Supernatural.' The cherry on the already perfect X-Ray glasses, were the details. From a nod to Junkyard Joe (another Ghost Machine comic), to everything happening on every page. Read Full Review

There was actually a guy who popularized X-ray specs and packaged Amazing Live Sea Monkeys. Harold von Braunhut was a sleazy racist who marketed some pretty shady stuff by mail order. (Crazy Crabs and the Invisible Goldfish were some of his lesser-known products.) The fictionalized Mr. X is a considerably more appealing anti-hero based on a much less appealing figure. Its nice to see Johns and company twisting his work in a direction that explores the darker end of humanity. Very cool stuff. Read Full Review

OOOhhh and just as Halloween season hits, Images Ghost Machine has powered up on Hyde Street. Grab this mystery and mayhem slathered first issue. Geoff Johns continues to DEMONstrate his supernatural ability of melding characters and build a mysterious world that haunts my days. Ivan Reis uses his artistic skills to expertly terrorize your new nightmares in their blood splattered demonic realm. I need more. Read Full Review

The best panels though come toward the end of the book where we see Dr. X-Ray get attacked by his latest money-making scheme, which happens to be a rare kind of Monkey that goes berserk when the Dr tries to feed it a banana. Read Full Review

Welcome to Hyde Street, where the monster isn't only at the end of the book. One may also live in a house at the end of the block. Read Full Review

Johns sets up a solid mystery suggesting there's going to plenty to explore on Hyde Street for many months to come. This was an exciting debut and one that left me intrigued about what's lurking around that next corner. Read Full Review

Hyde Street #1 delivers a chilling introduction to the darkest corner of Geoff John's Ghost Machine universe. While some aspects of the premise remain shrouded in mystery, the haunting visuals and intriguing storytelling make for a promising start to this new horror comic. Read Full Review

Overall, Hyde Street #1 is a bit of a departure from what readers might expect from both Johns and Reis, but the story and its art simply works. Read Full Review

I have been a fan of Ivan Reis art for a while now and I love the visual style of this issue. It is beautifully and brilliantly detailed in both the characters and the horror around them. Every page and panel is stunning in its design and layout. Read Full Review

HYDE STREET #1 pulls readers into a supernatural world where no past misdeed goes unpunished. Geoff Johns's take on Twilight Zone-esque storytelling is immediately interesting, and the art team's delivery is top-shelf. That said, this first issue is all setup without a compelling hook to demand your return. Read Full Review

Hyde Street #1 is a fairly solid debut, trading on horrifying imagery while its story takes a while to get going. Maybe future issues, including the upcoming Devour one-shot, will dive further into the mysteries of this world, but Hyde Street is going to have to work on its stories if it wants to build a new base of readers. Read Full Review

fthissite

Oct 01, 2024

I've read this three times now and had to come back and up my score. It really feels like the reader gets a lot without being gouged on the price. Please consider moving over to some more quality titles, like the ghost machine books for example, and leaving the rotting carcasses of $5 and $6 dollar big two books that (mostly) don't deliver on story and are really more about speculation than anything else at this point.

Un Cómic Más / Dave DSG

Oct 02, 2024

Plot There is a street that traps those who have something hidden in their past, where guiltness becomes instant death. In this place that exists between realities, in the middle of our world and the afterlife, we are introduced to two characters, Pranky the boy scout and Mr X, two Hyde Street Residents. Pranky makes an old lady confess her hidden secrets, unforgivable crimes, which this boy scout takes advantage of to earn another badge, something as noble as a boy scout badge is transformed into something scary and cruel. Mr X approaches Pranky and warns him that this type of abrupt interventions to the guilty are not fair, but Pranky only wants to continue increasing his badges, as requested by the cosmic entity Score Keeper. This issue tells the story and the lowest point of Mr X's life before being a Hyde Street Resident. Mr. Ray called himself Frederick Xavier Ray, he was one of the advertisers in 1966 who launched deceptive products to children such as X-Ray glasses, no matter who he was scamming, his goal is to make money by lying, nothing matters to him, not even his own daughter Judy. This comic mixes mysteries, suspense with terror in a place where reality is confusing and your hidden secrets come to collect debts of pain. This comic is able to go from a routine situation to maximum terror in a perfect narrative transition. Art Ivan Reis offers his organic art full of hypnotizing details that give a gloomy tone to moments that seem harmless, with excellent facial expressions and a magnificent handling of body language. Summary Welcome to a street that judges you by your darkest secrets, where depending on who you meet, your pain can be short or very long more

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GreenWing - Oct 2, 2024

The first paragraphs of your review sound like a Rod Serling intro to a Twilight Zone episode. Not bad.

Jawnyblaze - Oct 4, 2024

Twilight Zone is the exact vibe I got from the issue, it was the first thing I thought of after I finished reading it.

Un Cómic Más / Dave DSG - Oct 4, 2024

Exactly, it has that twilight zone vibe of mystery and horror, and the art is INCREDIBLE

Jawnyblaze

Oct 04, 2024

This issue took a hard swerve from what I was expecting and I like it a lot. It gave me Twilight Zone vibes, especially with Mr. X-Ray's background and the way it was presented. The art was fantastic, the writing was exceptionally good and the plot is very interesting. Probably my second favorite Ghost Machine book to date, behind Rook.

Sunny45

Oct 07, 2024

Great start I'm excited to see what the crazy world of Hyde Street has in store in the coming issues.

Chris Y

Jan 23, 2025

Hyde Street reads like an old spooky comic you're sure you read as a kid but you just can't put your finger on it. Maybe it didn't exist at all. I really like the deep concepts and storytelling the reader is introduced to in this first issue. The art is pretty good, conveying a creepy blend of horror and comedy. The opening scene was a bit too extreme for my taste though - sometimes less is more. Anyway, I'm hooked.

Deadlybeavis

Oct 06, 2024

Other cool debut for the Geiger universe. Loved the last panel. Excited to see where this goes.

fzanca

Oct 05, 2024

Though the artwork was good, this concept of an evil Twilight Zone just didn't capture me. I wasn't enthralled by the characters and just found myself not caring about this world. Kudos for Johns giving it a shot and I know many people like it. I'm just not one of them. It's a one-and-done for me. My Comic Book Channel - https://youtu.be/3YhmGswxenw

orbisstelassis

Oct 03, 2024

Reis is a very competent artist, but that "Killing Joke" reference midway through this is a cringeworthy bit of coat-tail-riding in a story that's already heavily reliant on Stephen King for tone/subject matter. I swear, the day after Alan Moore dies, Geoff Johns is going to get caught in the act trying to dig up his grave.

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Dave - Oct 3, 2024

Let me guess Zac Snyder fan who still has a gate boner for Heoff Johns

orbisstelassis - Oct 3, 2024

No, I despise both of them