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A review by leons1701
Invincible: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 10 by Robert Kirkman
4.0
The teen hero, whether solo or a team of teens, is a very well examined idea, so one could have been forgiven for wondering just what Kirkman could bring to the table that we haven't seen before. Not much really, it's not the novelty of the ideas, it's how they are presented and the way they are combined. So family is a pretty common theme of teen comics, but we don't often get to see things from the viewpoint of what is essentially Superman's kid. Romantic subplots are a must (do teens even think about anything else?) but certainly not a focus here. Learning your powers, your place in the world? Yeah, that one we see everywhere in these early issues.
One could be forgiven for thinking that not a lot of creativity went into the early issues, many of the characters are pretty clear nods to better known characters, complete with the requisite ersatz JLA, but it's not easy finding fresh takes on comic book characters (especially since a big part of the appeal is their iconic nature) and there are certainly some refreshing twists.
Not quite as awesome as some reviews would make it out to be, but pretty darn good and a series I'll be looking to catch up on. (My current reading of these collections was powered by the much delayed recognition that most libraries have graphic novel collections now and inter-library loans are totally a thing. You'd think I was new to this or something.)
One could be forgiven for thinking that not a lot of creativity went into the early issues, many of the characters are pretty clear nods to better known characters, complete with the requisite ersatz JLA, but it's not easy finding fresh takes on comic book characters (especially since a big part of the appeal is their iconic nature) and there are certainly some refreshing twists.
Not quite as awesome as some reviews would make it out to be, but pretty darn good and a series I'll be looking to catch up on. (My current reading of these collections was powered by the much delayed recognition that most libraries have graphic novel collections now and inter-library loans are totally a thing. You'd think I was new to this or something.)