After seeing the wonderfully done Invincible animated series on Amazon Prime, and having the comic series it was based on recommended to me, I decided to use some gift cards and cash to get the first compendium. After starting to read the volume, it was apparent that I wanted to read the rest. Five weeks later I had finished all 144 issues in the three compendiums and was very happy about the series run.
Robert Kirkman was the writer for the entire series and he co-created the character with illustrator Cory Walker. In a nutshell the series is about a teenager becoming an adult and developing powers, akin to superman without the heat vision, like his father who is one of Earth's most powerful heroes. The overarching theme is the consequences and temptations power can bring both to the main character but to those he fights against or alongside, which becomes fluid as some persons alter their goals. It is also about what matters to the characters and how it shapes what they do right and wrong with those choices. Having one main writer allowed the series to have clear vision. It was also nice that the series ended with a nice bow tied around it, not having gone on too long nor not long enough, having said what needed to be said on the subjects brought up.
The compendiums do take up a lot of room on the graphic novel bookshelf but fortunately I have downsized a little.
The art inside was also extremely well drawn and suited to the activities taking place, whether it was fight scenes or dramatic character development. I will read it again every five years I think.
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