{"product_id":"synthetics-volume-one-isbn-9781506751665","title":"Synthetics Volume One","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom award-winning writer J. Michael Straczynski and the phenomenal  artist Tony Parker comes a new, original science fiction comics story  about a final hope for humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarth is dying and soon the human race will be unable to survive…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith “dead zones”—areas so toxic no life can  survive—littering the Earth and growing every day, it’s estimated there  are only twenty years remaining before the planet becomes so toxic  humanity will die out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReactions to the news range from denial to rage and everything in between, but can something still be done? If a new type of human—stronger, able to work in toxic environments—could be made, could they be the key to fixing the dead zones and saving the planet? Or will they simply be humanity’s last gasp?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCollects \u003ci\u003eSynthetics Volume One\u003c\/i\u003e #1–#4.\u003cb\u003eJ. Michael Straczynski\u003c\/b\u003e has written for television (\u003ci\u003eBabylon 5, Sense8, Jeremiah, The Real Ghostbusters, Twilight Zone\u003c\/i\u003e), movies (\u003ci\u003eThe Changeling\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he was nominated for a British Academy Award; \u003ci\u003eThor\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWorld War Z\u003c\/i\u003e), and comics (\u003ci\u003eAmazing-Spider Man, Superman Earth One, Midnight Nation\u003c\/i\u003e). He has received the Hugo Award (twice), the Eisner, the Inkpot, the Saturn Award, the GLAAD Media Award, the Ray Bradbury Award, the Eagle Award and the SDCC International Icon Award among many others. He also claims to be able to fly around the room on his own power but we think he’s making that one up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Parker\u003c\/b\u003e is an Eisner, Ringo, and Inkwell nominated artist and writer. His clients include Sony, Disney, Santa Monica Studios, EA\/Bioware, Marvel, Dark Horse, Image, Heavy Metal, IDW, Games Workshop, Top Cow, BOOM!, and Aspen Studios. His debut writing OGN, \u003ci\u003eMedusa\u003c\/i\u003e (Dark Horse), was released to critical and popular acclaim. He loves lifting heavy object and lifting spirits. Former college cheerleader, bouncer, and college professor. Currently drawing.","brand":"Dark Horse Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233601171685,"sku":"NP9781506751665","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781506751665.jpg?v=1767737705","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/synthetics-volume-one-isbn-9781506751665","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}