{"id":718,"date":"2010-09-23T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-23T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2010\/09\/23\/comic-book-report-irredeemable-vols-1-and-2\/"},"modified":"2010-09-23T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-23T18:45:00","slug":"comic-book-report-irredeemable-vols-1-and-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2010\/09\/23\/comic-book-report-irredeemable-vols-1-and-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Book Report: Irredeemable, Vols. 1 and 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There are very few comics books I actually purchase in monthly “pamphlet” form, because twenty-some pages just isn’t enough story<\/i> in most cases. And my wife generally isn’t interested in a title unless she can get it in collected trade paperback form.<\/p>\n

In the case of Irredeemable<\/i>, even the collections aren’t long enough. Only four issues? Are you kidding me here? I really like the story so far, but I’m glad I can get these from the library instead of paying $12 a pop–and that’d be after the Amazon discount. Cover price is $17, or $4.25 an issue. Seriously?<\/p>\n

Anyway. Irredeemable<\/i> is writer Mark Waid’s answer to the question: “How does a man go from being the world\u2019s greatest superhero to its greatest supervillain?” He’s stated in interviews that as he sees it, “[in] superhero comics, pretty much everyone who\u2019s called upon to put on a cape is, at heart, emotionally equipped for the job.” And this is his idea of what might happen if, basically, Superman went truly and completely psycho.<\/p>\n

It’s a pretty gripping yarn so far, but we’ll see how it shakes out after the flashbacks catch up with the real-time narrative.<\/p>\n

Buy the books:<\/span> Volume 1<\/i> – Powell’s<\/a>, Amazon<\/a>; Volume 2<\/i> – Powell’s<\/a>, Amazon<\/a> (affiliate links)<\/p>\n

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