Title: Invincible: Ultimate Collection Volume 2
Author: Robert Kirkman
Artists: Ryan Ottley and Bill Crabtree
Genre: Superheroes / Action / Adventure
Year Published: 2006
Year Read: 2012
Series: Invincible #2
Publisher: Image Comics
Source: Library
Content Rating: Ages 16+ (Gory Violence)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
Brief Introduction:
After reading the first volume of Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker’s classic superhero comic “Invincible,” I just had to read the
second volume of this fantastic series and see more of Mark Grayson and his
family after the explosive and tragic revealation at the end of the first
volume! “Invincible: Ultimate Collection Volume Two” is definitely one
volume you do not want to put down!
What is the story?
After the tragic events in
the first volume, Mark Grayson is starting to look at life in a different light
now and must take over his father’s job of protecting Earth from villains. Throughout this volume, Mark will have to
face various foes that he has never faced before, while trying to graduate from
high school and make it to college!
What I loved about this comic:
Robert Kirkman’s writing!: As with the first volume, Robert Kirkman’s writing is just
fantastic as not only are we shown more action scenes than we were shown in the
first volume, but we also get so many emotional moments from the characters
themselves. I loved the way that Robert Kirkman actually explored the
turmoil that Mark and his mother suffered after what happened in the first
volume (I really do not want to spoil the ending of the first volume since I
want everyone to check this series out, but let me tell you, it truly was a
shocker). Just seeing both Mark and his
mother become so upset after the events of the first volume and trying to cope
with the situation the best they can truly shows that these are characters who
strongly relate to any person. Even
though most superhero comics do deal with your typical super heroic action
scenes, this was one of the few times I have actually read a superhero comic
that actually explores a character’s emotions on a certain situation (okay, I
actually read emotional content from some of the X-Men comics) and it was a
truly sad experience to sit through when I was reading this comic and I often
found myself sympathizing with Mark and his mother. I also loved the way that Robert Kirkman created many action
scenes in this volume so that way you can stay interested in the storylines and
enjoy the constant action scenes being shown in this volume! Again, I loved the way that Robert Kirkman wrote Mark Grayson’s
character as Mark is shown to be an average teenage boy trying to juggle his
time with high school and being a superhero and I love how he shows enthusiasm
in being a superhero while trying to stay close to his friends despite his
constant superhero duties.
Ryan Ottley and Bill
Crabtree’s artwork: Done in about the same style as Cory Walker’s artwork in the first volume, Ryan Ottley has done a brilliant job at doing the artwork for this
volume as the characters look a bit realistic and the facial expressions that
shows whenever a character is upset or shocked is extremely well done. Bill
Crabtree’s coloring is just as brilliant as before as the characters are
brightly colored and I also loved the dark coloring being done whenever the
characters are shown during the night time.
What made me feel uncomfortable about this book:
Like the first volume, there
are many scenes of blood and gore, especially with various killings in this
volume where characters are ripped apart and their insides are showing. Also, one small nitpick I had with this
volume was that there were so many different stories being shown all at one
time. In the first volume, we had one
storyline that had several small events happening to the characters while each
event led up to a bigger storyline that was unfolding. In the second volume, there are so many
storylines going on at the same time such as Mark and his mother dealing with
the tragic events of the last volume, Mark almost being married to the Queen of
the Underwater Kingdom, and a time traveler named
Angstrom Levy trying to save his timeline from a catastrophe. All of these events happening in one volume
is often confusing and sometimes, half of the storylines do not really wrap up,
which is irritating if you want to see the storyline all the way through.
Final Thoughts:
Overall, “Invincible:
Ultimate Collection Volume Two” is a truly brilliant follow up to the first
volume and anyone who is a huge fan of Robert
Kirkman’s works or is a huge fan of superhero comics will definitely get a
kick out of this series!
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