Irredeemable Vol 2 [Paperback]

Mark Waid (Author), Peter Krause (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Irredeemable | Publication Date: March 23, 2010

A comic book industry events continues: volume two of the new original ongoing superhero series from Mark Waid! IRREDEEMABLE dares to ask the question: what if the world's greatest hero decided to become the world's greatest villain? A "twilight of the superheros"-style story that examines super-villains from the writer of KINGDOM COME and SUPERMAN: BIRTHRIGHT.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Waid has managed to add disturbing new depths to his titular villain's pathos with each issue..." -- IGN.com

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: BOOM! Studios (March 23, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1608860000
• ISBN-13: 978-1608860005
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,964 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #35 in Books > Comics & Graphic Novels > Graphic Novels > Mystery

More About the Author

Mark Waid, a New York Times bestselling author, has written a wider variety of well-known comics characters than any other American comics author, from Superman to the Justice League to Spider-Man to Archie and hundreds of others. His award-winning graphic novel with artist Alex Ross, KINGDOM COME, is one of the best-selling comics collections of all time. (Secretly, however, he prefers SUPERMAN: BIRTHRIGHT and his IRREDEEMABLE collections as his favorite works he's produced.)

With over twenty years of experience in his field, Waid maintains a blog at www.markwaid.com that is full of advice for beginning writers and experienced authors both.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Collects #5-#8 of the Waid/Krause BOOM! series about a rogue superhero, April 20, 2010

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K. W. Schreiter (Conshohocken, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Irredeemable Vol 2 (Paperback)

This second trade paperback collects issues #5-8 of the acclaimed Boom! Studios superhero-gone-rogue comic book series "Irredeemable" from writer Mark Waid and artist Peter Krause. The narrative alternates between The Plutonian's superhero past with his allies The Paradigm and his terrifyingly nihilistic supervillian present-day persona. Krause's artwork remains strong, and the development of the cast of new superheroes and partial revelations of The Plutonian's motivations made the story more enjoyable than that of Volume 1.
However, I offer one significant criticism of Volume 2. Commendably, BOOM! priced Volume 1 at a mere ten bucks. Volume 2's thickness makes its $16.99 cover price seem reasonable... at first. I finished reading Issue 8 and then was surprised to see the variant covers for the four issues so early in the book. Then I was dismayed to find that the page count is padded by a fourteen page preview of another Mark Waid series! BOOM!'s list price of $16.99 for a measly four issues borders on the outrageous (more expensive than even the $3.99 individual comic books!), and without Amazon's discount I would have felt ripped off.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than Vol. 1, March 28, 2010

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Nicola Manning (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Irredeemable Vol 2 (Paperback)

I am hooked on this series that centres around the mightiest superhero who suddenly turns to the dark side and becomes the most evil super villain. We start out by meeting the last living member of The Plutonium's former superhero group, The Volt and a flashback to his joining of the group. This book heavily focuses on the group members as they regroup, try to locate The Plutonium and figure a way to bring him down. The dynamics between them and the individual personalities all take shape. There is also tension in a personal situation. The group does track down Plutonium's lair but one member goes off on his own to confront Plutonium and through flashbacks we find out the truth of events that lead up to his turning evil. The volume ends with a bit of a shock that leaves us hanging on for the next volume. I am really enjoying these characters. While not everyone yet has been a major focus, the ones who have been are showing to be many layered with multiple aspects to their characters with backstories and personal lives beyond just being super heroes. I am anxiously awaiting Vol. 3 which will be out later this year.

An added bonus in this volume at the end of the book, after the usual Art Gallery of cover art, is a 14-page preview of Mark Waid's Potter's Field which I must say has me very interested

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 2/3'rds of a great TPB!, May 13, 2010

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B. Bartunek "Color Blind Painter" (Olympus Mons, Mars) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Irredeemable Vol 2 (Paperback)

First of all, Mark Waid nad Peter Krause are a great team for generating quality comics and story telling.

The Irredeemable story is a great example of the culmination of their respective talents.

The story of "The Plutonian's" spiral into becoming the world's most dangerous super-villain/mass murderer is highly entertaining.

Second, I really don't appreciate that the publisher/talent have taken the opportunity to charge a premium for a trade paperback which is fully 1/3 ads and a sample story of another series with awful artwork.

I felt cheated and annoyed after finishing one part of the story only to be greeted with "Sample Covers" and "Other BOOM! Series" pages. Then there was a lame excerpt from a series about "John Doe", which was a neat idea put the art work is bad and the main character, John Doe, man of mystery, was just plain dull.

I recommend waiting for the larger collected TPB when it comes out, don't buy Irredeemable Volume 2, unless it's on sale. I paid [...] bucks for [...] worth of story.