I like superhero comics set in their own universe, because they have the freedom of not being tied to 60 years of continuity, and get to portray a more realistic and brutal style. Because, let's face it, if people were given superpowers, we'd get a lot more villains than heroes.I was a little disappointed that this feels purposefully drawn out and open ended, unlike the similar Rising Stars series. Reprints Irredeemable #1-4 (April 2009-July 2009). The world’s most powerful superhero the Plutonian has gone bad. The world now fears him and no one knows his next actions. As the world is in fear, the Plutonian’s former teammates led by Qubit must discover a way to defeat their former ally and search for any means possible to stop him…before the Plutonian comes for them!Written by Mark Waid, Irredeemable—Volume 1 collects the first four issues of the award nominated series and has art by Peter Krause. The issues in the collection also has been collected as part of a Definitive Edition.Irredeemable is a fun series in the line of stories like Watchmen or even Squadron Supreme where the twist is the good superhuman character has gone bad. The Plutonian is an obvious Superman parallel and the character and in the volume, you start to get a bit of the origin of the character. All that is known about him is that he’s a man named Dan Hartigan who might have come from Wyoming and he had a girlfriend who was a reporter…who in a parody of Lois Lane, did not that the revelation that Dan was really the Plutonian very well.The series also shows a lot of potential in this volume. It becomes obvious that Waid (who I generally find solid but not wildly creative) has a plan for the character and smartly starts to develop subplots other than just having the basic concept of the series. It would be easy to just have the basic idea and not go anywhere with it, but the story looks like it could have a lot of directions.I will say that Irredeemable is one of those cases where I hate how it is collected. This collection has a fair cost of $9.99 and for four issues that isn’t awful, but later collections (also only four issues long) all cost about five dollars more. This is a rather rip off to the readers even if it is necessary for smaller companies like Boom! to keep competitive in the comic book market (often you can find this series for much cheaper so look around).Irredeemable is a fun comic, and I look forward to reading more. Having read Irredeemable—Volume 1, I don’t know where the comic is going to go and that is a good start to a series. Irredeemable presents an interesting story which soon gained its own spin-off title in Incorruptible.
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This was really good, but it had the potential to be great. I think the main flaw was that it started in media res. Without seeing just how good the Superman-esque character actually was (or without each character being a clearer direct mirror to the Justice League) there was no way of seeing how terrible his transformation into a villain actually was, or how frightening the shift would be for the members of the super team he was once part of.That being said, Waid has created a world where a hero with godlike powers has transformed into a villain with godlike powers, and his former super team members are suddenly realizing that stopping him is a hopeless endeavor.I'm looking forward to reading more of this storyline, with the hopes that I get a better sense of each of the characters, and that it becomes less about killing people and blowing things up, and more about the psychology behind the madness. There have been a few hints that suggest this is where the plot may be going, so here's hoping.
—sara
This book disturbed me ... My feelings are all over the place. It takes what you know, love and expect about a superhero and twists it into something very, very dark but understandable. I did not dislike it: the art was good it fit the world and the characters. The writing was solid and delivered the principles of the story flawlessly. I guess my core beliefs as they pertain to superheroes was rocked so much that I was left feeling .... Uncomfortable. I never gave it much thought but deep down inside I need my superheroes to be good NO MATTER WHAT! My brain was screaming while I read the first issue ... He can't do this ... He can't be upset at that ... This should not bother him. But things did "bother" Plutonian to put it lightly and he used his powers to put an end to anything and anyone who "bothered" him. I will keep reading out of a morbid sense of curiosity.
—BeeMari
Awesome book. Great storytelling and artwork. Really has me primed to continue the series.
—Jayson
This was mostly kind of "meh" for me, but the artwork was really well done!
—Anish
