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Review: Invincible Ultimate Collection
I never learn about things when the first come out. Well almost never. This book was not one of the exceptions though. I found it at the library and checked it out because I couldn't pass up the opportunity to legitimately read something I would be interested in, but not brave enough to buy, down at All In A Dream Comics. Wowie. I like this image comic. That might be a first by the way.
This is a superhero story. If you can't stand the rubber physics and the insane villains, read something else. Beyond the surface layer of a young hero coming into his powers and the trials of also being an ordinary teen, which are good, it tells a story where even the secondary characters have a story. And the pretty darn good art doesn't hurt either, this isn't a Dr. Who situation where you need to use your imagination to cover up cheezy art so you can enjoy the story.
I've noticed things on my second reading like the artist drawing characters with flipped out shirt tags, little details that make them more real. Mainly I really love it because it is telling a story that brings up lots of emotions for me, things that resonate. It isn't just boy with powers beats up bad guys along side his superpowered father, I see things over and over that make me happy or sad about everyone from the hero right down to the random people he saves. I have felt genuinely sorry for the victims of the villains rather than seeing them as just a cardboard cutout of a figure that was there to show how bad the bad guy really is. Best of all we readers get see what happens to a lot of people and things later, a little but of follow up on what ended up happening after a person was saved or a villain was dealt with. I might have to buy it simply to check and see if it is true that nothing gets forgotten in this book.
Be warned though that a lot of bad things happen in these stories. People do die and sometimes in pretty horrible ways. However, I think it was needed to tell a story like this, it is not violent for the sake of the violence of porn like the the truly crappy work of Frank Miller. And unlike most major superhero titles it seems to be actually progressing through a story rather than changing only to be reset when the next writer comes along or sales don't meet their target. With those caveats, I strongly recommend this collection and this comic in general.
This is a superhero story. If you can't stand the rubber physics and the insane villains, read something else. Beyond the surface layer of a young hero coming into his powers and the trials of also being an ordinary teen, which are good, it tells a story where even the secondary characters have a story. And the pretty darn good art doesn't hurt either, this isn't a Dr. Who situation where you need to use your imagination to cover up cheezy art so you can enjoy the story.
I've noticed things on my second reading like the artist drawing characters with flipped out shirt tags, little details that make them more real. Mainly I really love it because it is telling a story that brings up lots of emotions for me, things that resonate. It isn't just boy with powers beats up bad guys along side his superpowered father, I see things over and over that make me happy or sad about everyone from the hero right down to the random people he saves. I have felt genuinely sorry for the victims of the villains rather than seeing them as just a cardboard cutout of a figure that was there to show how bad the bad guy really is. Best of all we readers get see what happens to a lot of people and things later, a little but of follow up on what ended up happening after a person was saved or a villain was dealt with. I might have to buy it simply to check and see if it is true that nothing gets forgotten in this book.
Be warned though that a lot of bad things happen in these stories. People do die and sometimes in pretty horrible ways. However, I think it was needed to tell a story like this, it is not violent for the sake of the violence of porn like the the truly crappy work of Frank Miller. And unlike most major superhero titles it seems to be actually progressing through a story rather than changing only to be reset when the next writer comes along or sales don't meet their target. With those caveats, I strongly recommend this collection and this comic in general.