Invincible: The Ultimate Collection, Volume
4 the
mission to Mars complete in Volume 2 has ramifications and consequences in this
book. Additionally, humanity continues to prepare for the Viltrumite invasion
while Mark's half-brother Oliver continues to grow at an accelerate rate. Mark
also has girl problems, decisions to make in his regular life, and more
villains to face. Building off of the previous volume, Mark has to decide what
he wants and what is priorities are.
Action packed
and interesting, the read suffers a little bit due to the fact that the focus
is so much on Mark. The supporting cast continues to not get as much
development as they should due to the Mark heavy focus. That means that some
moments are not as intense or as strong as they should be. Also, a couple of Mark's
insults do not age well now here in the real world. Asking an alien that can
not speak English well “if he is retarded” or calling someone else “gay” for
what he wears is not really appropriate.
Once again,
some future plot points are seeded in this volume in order to set up things in
the future. One character in particular makes an incredibly stupid decision
that is out of character for him. A decision so monumentally out of character
and stupid so the reader knows that it will backfire.
Despite the
flaws in the read, I still recommend Invincible: The Ultimate Collection,
Volume 4 as well as the series. As always, these books need to be read
in order as they build on each other.
My reviews of
the first volume, the second, and the third in this very
entertaining series. Looking forward to the future volumes in the series.
Invincible: The Ultimate Collection, Volume 3
Robert Kirkman
https://imagecomics.com/creators/robert-kirkman
Image Comics
https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/invincible
April 2009
ISBN#: 978-1-58240-989-4
Hardback
336 Pages
My reading
copy came from the Lochwood Branch of the Dallas Public Library System.
Scott A.
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