The Complete Invincible Library, Vol. 1 [Hardcover]

Robert Kirkman (Author), Ryan Ottley (Author), Bill Crabtree (Author), Cory Walker (Author), & more (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 27, 2007

Collecting the Invincible Ultimate Collection Volumes 1-2 into one massive volume just in time for Christmas! Almost 800 pages of pure Invincible goodness. This is a can't-miss for any Invincible fan and a perfect addition to any reinforced, sturdy bookshelf.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 768 pages
• Publisher: Image Comics (March 27, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582407185
• ISBN-13: 978-1582407180
• Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 8.5 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,139,078 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good light reading, but not necessarily worth $125, September 27, 2007

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R. Newman "Electric Cowboy" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Invincible Library, Vol. 1 (Hardcover)

Luckily for all of us, Amazon offers this book for $75, not the incredibly steep $125 that it runs for in stores. While this is a pretty good series, I wouldn't justify paying $125 for it. Mathematically, it's a far worse deal than buying in single issue format, since your average single issue runs $2.99-$3.99, Trades run for $15 with 6 issues ($2.50 each), and this gives you 25 issues for $125 ($5 per issue!). The upside, however, is that the paper is nicer, the art is enlarged, and it is presented in a beautiful hardbound format.
Invincible, for those who haven't read it, is a teenage superhero comic that shows strong similarity to mainstream comics like Ultimate Spider-man or Ultimate X-men. It's superhero action with a little less violence and mature material so as to be popular with the under-18 crowd. It thrusts its hero into the classic (and sometimes cliche) situations common to this genre of comics. Our hero struggles to keep his job, schoolwork, social life, girlfriend, and superhero work separate with increasing difficulty, and this is for the most part the main focus of the book. There is far less super-action than fans of other series are used to.
One drawback to Invincible is that its writer, Robert Kirkman, struggles to convey plot through conversation. Too much of the author's speech and style shows through in every character's dialogue, making it hard to see them as different people. Those who have read his other work (the Walking Dead or Marvel Zombies) will recognize this. But overall, Invincible is a book that will give you a sort of fun, carefree read, and you'll find yourself finishing this book and wanting more far sooner than you think.

6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the money. Buy the Ultimate collection HCs instead., December 20, 2009

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Axel (St. Lucia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Invincible Library, Vol. 1 (Hardcover)

As others have pointed out, this volume is unbelievably overpriced and quite frankly not worth the extra money. For approximately the same amount, you could purchase the Ultimate Collections volumes 1-4. I highly recommend those volumes, and at 23.09 each, they are excellent value for money, and look great on the shelf. This series is absolutely fun, excellent reading and the stories in this volume are definitely worth getting, and quite frankly, if it were not for the fact that the regular HC weren't such high quality and excellent value, I would happily encourage anyone to buy this. However, when there's a much more accessible format of the same stories available, of comparable quality, a collection at this price point is pretty much a shameless money grab. It's essentially an author or publisher looking to extract every last bit of money from a good thing, and it isn't very smart. For the money involved here, you could easily get two different Absolute DC collections which would give many satisfying hours of reading.

A smarter thing for them to have done however, was to release volumes in oversized trade paperback formats. An 800 page paperback collection of volumes 1 and 2 of the HC for example, priced at just under the combined total of the two hardcovers, would have been an excellent way to get these stories out to a new audience while also providing an attractive and sensible alternative for the HC collections already released. Like I said, the Ultimate HC collections are excellent quality and well worth owning, and are also excellent value for money. I can't repeat that enough.

Definitely read these stories! But save your money on this one volume to buy all four HCs instead!!!!

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars worth the gamble, July 12, 2007

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Anthony Kujawa "kujwa" (appleton, wi) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Invincible Library, Vol. 1 (Hardcover)

i bought this with no knowledge of the character or comic, it just caught my interest one night. this is the 2nd greatest thing i've read this year, the first being the goon. issue #5 is one of the best stories i've read in 10 years. this comic keeps on coming up with new twists and turns and never comes off hokey. i hope volume 2 comes out soon.