The Mad Scientists of New Jersey (Volume 1)

Ever since his father went missing, Eddie Edison has suspected that Lake Mohawk held dark secrets. But when he and his friends fish a strange, mechanical device from its murky depths, Eddie's suspicions are confirmed. Pursuing the device's origin, Eddie stumbles upon a mysterious, fantastical stranger who might have answers about his father's disappearance as well as his own remarkable connection to the long lost Mad Scientists of New Jersey. Eddie Edison is the last of the Mad Scientists of New Jersey. After his father is abducted, Eddie is left foundering with no knowledge of his birthright. But when a mysterious stranger takes him under his wing, Eddie learns that not only is he the only hope of retrieving his father, but that he is the only person left to stand against the evil genius who brought about extinction of the Mad Scientists.