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samdoo's review
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
irregularpearl's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
vetara's review
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
athnyx230's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood
ppetropoulakis's review
5.0
Mark’s father, Omni Man, reveals his true story to his son. After that all hell breaks loose to conclude with a powerful moment of family drama. A complete shocker of a story, you cannot forget after reading.
jagussow's review
5.0
My favorite part of this series is seeing Ottley's art skills sharpen. Just absolute phenomenal work and fun, soapy drama and superheroics from Kirkman.
The highlight being the jumps through multiple dimensions
The highlight being the jumps through multiple dimensions
jcschildbach's review
4.0
This book keeps getting better. Every part contributes to the whole, and there's a great balance of character development along with the superhero action. Love what they're doing with Robot, and with the potential redemption for Invincible's dad.
crookedtreehouse's review
5.0
Aliens, time travel, dimension-hopping, surprise family reveals, consequences, the third ultimate collection of Invincible has it all.
In "A Different World" we see some old faces, and are introduced to a whole new planet of faces, along with SURPRISE REVEAL. Much of what makes Invincible work is that Kirkman is constantly presenting scenarios that seem like they're complete, but they're all actually building to something bigger. This sixth volume of the trade paperback (the first six chapters of the Ultimate Collection) is a complete story. You could read it without ever bothering with the first five, and you'd know what was going on, and it ends at a perfectly reasonable point in the narrative that you could survive never bothering to read further. I love it when a creative team can pull off a complete narrative within a much larger narrative.
***
"Threes Company" provides a more standard I Hope You Read The Previous Volumes Scenario. While there are some repercussions from the SURPRISE REVEALs of the previous volume, much of this depends on stories from the Ultimate Collection Volume 2. There's also a steady increase in a really creepy subplot that doesn't seem at all creepy unless you know what's coming. Kudos, Kirkman.
I recommend this for fans of the best 21st century long-form superhero book, Cousin Oliver Brady enthusiasts, and M Night Shyamalan twist deniers.
In "A Different World" we see some old faces, and are introduced to a whole new planet of faces, along with SURPRISE REVEAL. Much of what makes Invincible work is that Kirkman is constantly presenting scenarios that seem like they're complete, but they're all actually building to something bigger. This sixth volume of the trade paperback (the first six chapters of the Ultimate Collection) is a complete story. You could read it without ever bothering with the first five, and you'd know what was going on, and it ends at a perfectly reasonable point in the narrative that you could survive never bothering to read further. I love it when a creative team can pull off a complete narrative within a much larger narrative.
***
"Threes Company" provides a more standard I Hope You Read The Previous Volumes Scenario. While there are some repercussions from the SURPRISE REVEALs of the previous volume, much of this depends on stories from the Ultimate Collection Volume 2. There's also a steady increase in a really creepy subplot that doesn't seem at all creepy unless you know what's coming. Kudos, Kirkman.
I recommend this for fans of the best 21st century long-form superhero book, Cousin Oliver Brady enthusiasts, and M Night Shyamalan twist deniers.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
Still an interesting world with an interesting set of characters. But the choices of what to focus on feels a little off. The relationships feel a bit off. And there are near misses like with Robot and Monster Girl. And with Atom Eve and Invincible. It's sort of like there is only half trying. Where the alien world of the short lived blue bug creatures actually kind of works. The "that's so gay" is jarring every time. Again it is hard not to compare this to Astro City and find it somewhat wanting. 3.5 of 5.