Invincible Ultimate Collection Vols 1 & 4, by Robert Kirkman
Again, I was given free copies of volumes 2 & 3 of this series - obviously someone thought I’d enjoy Kirkman’s work (this series is written by the author of the Walking Dead comics). Again, it took me ages to get around to reading them, mainly because I didn’t see much point in starting in media res. Eventually, on a dull day, I picked up vol 2, had a go and really enjoyed it. Obviously volume 3 then followed, which was also very good, so it made sense for me to pick up the first volume at some point and then continue on. To be fair, that was about two years ago, so it has taken me a while to get around to it. Well, these things are expensive, and I find I hard to actually shell out for books, I’m so used to getting them for free. I know, difficult life, isn’t it?
Anyway, these were a lot of fun. I think I preferred volume 4, but that’s probably because it was actually continuing the story for me, whereas volume 1 was really just filling in the background, most of which I’d already picked up. Invincible is much more of a traditional superhero comic than The Walking Dead is, and I’m not sure I’d recommend it to someone who wasn’t already pretty au fait with comics, but it is a lot of fun. These collections are well put together, too, which is always a bonus, and the additional material is well presented, if often badly proof read.
I read both of these on one of my days off towards the end of July, ISBNs: 9781582405001 and 9781582409894. I also re-read volume 3, just to catch up…