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Invincible: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1
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3.5 stars.
I must admit I was expecting a bit more from this.
The good things...l like the artwork, there are a great array of characters and there are some good in jokes within the story that link up other comic universes i.e. Star Trek + the justice league. Luckily they are scarce.
The bad... Kirkman doesn't spend enough time developing characters around invincible (Mark). Too many characters come and go without real backstory. I felt like the whole story was fast. It just whizzed by.
The good I'm taking from that though is that it's only the first volume. I have 8 more volumes to go (which I will read eventually) and I think the story will mature. There are a lot of questions to be answered at the end and I can see it being fun.
I must admit I was expecting a bit more from this.
The good things...l like the artwork, there are a great array of characters and there are some good in jokes within the story that link up other comic universes i.e. Star Trek + the justice league. Luckily they are scarce.
The bad... Kirkman doesn't spend enough time developing characters around invincible (Mark). Too many characters come and go without real backstory. I felt like the whole story was fast. It just whizzed by.
The good I'm taking from that though is that it's only the first volume. I have 8 more volumes to go (which I will read eventually) and I think the story will mature. There are a lot of questions to be answered at the end and I can see it being fun.
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June 15, 2015
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June 15, 2015
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August 9, 2015
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Cheers Alan. Good to know.
I felt the same as you after reading only the first volume. There's enough praise that I will eventually finish it out.
why develop every single character in the first volume? it whizzes by because that is how invincible felt: life was chaotic and didn't make sense and it was overbearing. also, invincible didn't know everything about every interaction or every person, so it made sense to not round characters out until needed
Yeah you're right I was just impatient. I'm enjoying it more knowing that.
As Kirkman owns this universe, you will have the unexpected happen because he doesn't have to answer to editorial above him (much like Erik Larson's Savage Dragon). I do suggest sticking with the series.